{"id":153,"date":"2015-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/press-releases\/what-happened-when-leaders-met-the-nfl-and-rfu\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:40:08","slug":"what-happened-when-leaders-met-the-nfl-and-rfu","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/news\/what-happened-when-leaders-met-the-nfl-and-rfu\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened when LEADERS met the NFL and RFU?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/374.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Nov 04, 2015                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/news\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>News<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">What happened when LEADERS met the NFL and RFU?<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/leadership-culture-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Culture<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/news\/what-happened-when-leaders-met-the-nfl-and-rfu\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/news\/what-happened-when-leaders-met-the-nfl-and-rfu\/&#038;text=What happened when LEADERS met the NFL and RFU?\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: What happened when LEADERS met the NFL and RFU?. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/news\/what-happened-when-leaders-met-the-nfl-and-rfu\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/news\/what-happened-when-leaders-met-the-nfl-and-rfu\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">Key takeaways from our Leaders Meet breakfast<\/p>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><p>Last Friday, the latest <strong>Leaders Meet<\/strong> breakfast welcomed two of the most senior decision makers in the world of sport, Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the <strong>National Football League<\/strong> and Ian Ritchie, CEO of the <strong>Rugby Football Union,<\/strong> alongside a selection of sport\u2019s senior figures to a private location in central London.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from key brands, broadcasters and rights holders including Coca-Cola, Fox Sports, HSBC, MasterCard, BBC Sport, Twitter, The FA, EA and Manchester United FC were in attendance to gain a window into the synergies between the two and what can be learnt from those at the top of their game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/library\/content-articles\/roger_goodell.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 465px; height: 310px;\" src=\"\/library\/content-articles\/roger_goodell.jpg\" alt=\"roger goodell\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whilst this was a private gathering, Leaders shares some of the key learnings from the discussion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>GEAR UP FOR GLOBALISATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RG: \u201cReaction from the fans &amp; media here is overwhelming. Our clubs are wanting to come over here. I hear it from our players &amp; coaches \u2013 they love being here. We\u2019ve convinced our own membership that a franchise is a real possibility\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>UTILISE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE FAN ENGAGEMENT\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IR \u201cMic\u2019ing up the officials brings entertainment. Using the technology is very important to engage fans. Technology is our friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RG \u201cBeing available to the widest possible audience brings in new audiences.\u00a0 They can get what they want from the NFL, when they want it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>STAY TRUE TO YOUR VALUES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RG \u2013 \u2018Values drive your culture &amp; organisation. You have to bring them to life. Get better and innovate whilst staying true to your core.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>IR \u2013 \u201cAll organisations go through tough times, retain your values and live by them.\u201d \u201cAdmit it. Deal with it. Make a commitment to raise the bar higher\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leadersevents\/albums\/72157660541655871\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to view the behind the scenes images from the morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 465px; height: 310px;\" src=\"\/library\/content-articles\/ian_ritchie.jpg\" alt=\"ian ritchie\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since the Leaders Meet on Friday, the NFL and RFU have announced an exciting three year deal to stage at least three regular-season games at Twickenham Stadium from October 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives from key brands, broadcasters and rights holders including Coca-Cola, Fox Sports, HSBC, MasterCard, BBC Sport, Twitter, The FA, EA and Manchester United FC were in attendance to gain a window into the synergies between the two and what can be learnt from those at the top of their game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":154,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[20],"class_list":["post-153","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership-culture-performance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What happened when LEADERS met the NFL and RFU? 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