After the game
For athletes whose playing days are over
Discipline, resilience, and team-first thinking are a business education. I wrote the playbook for making that transition in After the Game.
I help athletes, founders, and public-sector leaders navigate the moment one chapter ends and the next has to be built.
A handoff is the moment the thing that defined you ends and the next thing has to be built. I've lived it more than once, and I help leaders make it on purpose.
For athletes whose playing days are over
Discipline, resilience, and team-first thinking are a business education. I wrote the playbook for making that transition in After the Game.
For founders and owners planning an exit or succession
I've been part of 50+ transactions. The lesson is the same every time: values and trust decide the deal as much as price does.
Talk about your exitFor superintendents and public leaders inheriting a bond program
Public money has to earn public trust. That's what The Public Trust Playbook is about.
Follow the PlaybookWhen football ended, I learned what it feels like when the thing that defined you is suddenly gone.
I rebuilt as a high school English teacher, then as a founder. I started East Cooper Heating and Air, grew it to 30+ people, and sold it. I built companies in real estate management and worked in M&A in New York City.
By most measures it was working. Then a mentor told me to make the leap from success to significance. So I moved my work toward schools and people, and spent six years helping California districts plan, fund, and build the places kids learn.
Every chapter taught me the same thing: handoffs are where people and organizations either lose their identity or build something better.
“This book is indispensable reading for anyone experiencing significant career change.”
Paul Ingram, Kravis Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
With early support from DeMaurice Smith, former NFLPA executive director, and Steven Devall of Vox Media.
Featured conversation
Jay Dixon with Coach Mark Gottfried
Bridging the Gap from Winning Athlete to Thriving Entrepreneur
A business fable about what you do when the thing that defined you ends, and how you build what comes next.