{"id":2386,"date":"2020-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-exploring-the-cultural-evolution-at-the-brooklyn-nets\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:19:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:19:59","slug":"virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-exploring-the-cultural-evolution-at-the-brooklyn-nets","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-exploring-the-cultural-evolution-at-the-brooklyn-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Leaders Meet Total High Performance: Exploring the Cultural Evolution at the Brooklyn Nets"},"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\/nets-session-card-1.png);\">\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 16, 2020                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\" 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>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Virtual Leaders Meet Total High Performance: Exploring the Cultural Evolution at the Brooklyn Nets<\/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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/summit-session\/\" rel=\"tag\">Summit Session<\/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\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-exploring-the-cultural-evolution-at-the-brooklyn-nets\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-exploring-the-cultural-evolution-at-the-brooklyn-nets\/&#038;text=Virtual Leaders Meet Total High Performance: Exploring the Cultural Evolution at the Brooklyn Nets\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Virtual Leaders Meet Total High Performance: Exploring the Cultural Evolution at the Brooklyn Nets. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-exploring-the-cultural-evolution-at-the-brooklyn-nets\/\">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\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-exploring-the-cultural-evolution-at-the-brooklyn-nets\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\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                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/474743029\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><p>Sean Marks has served as the General Manager of the Brooklyn Nets since 2016 and, in that time, he has overseen a renaissance at the NBA franchise.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets were struggling when Marks arrived from San Antonio to take the reins \u2013 enduring an 11-game losing streak at one stage \u2013 but there were to be astute trades that brought in young talent and cleared salary cap space and improved performances as a cohesive roster began to gel.<\/p>\n<p>In Marks\u2019 third full season Brooklyn returned to the NBA Playoffs for the first time in four years. Growing prestige has since attracted NBA All-Star talents in the form of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving and Marks makes no secret of the fact that the Nets are looking to take the next step.<\/p>\n<p>Here, Marks discussed scaling the Nets\u2019 organisational culture, player and staff to buy-in, and the transition from a team built on diamonds in the rough and young talents to one possessing the star talent to challenge for the NBA Championship.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It began with small wins along the way and that started with staff. Brooklyn brought in talented individuals who had left great jobs to be at the Nets, which gave them opportunity and ownership within the rebuild. The Nets showed they were investing in the futures of staff and they made sure there were family support systems in place. Families remain the No1 priority.<\/p>\n<p>Your culture can establish themes and environments but honest conversations with players are essential. You cannot shy away from difficult conversations if something is awry or if a player has been affected. Marks and his staff consider themselves open and available. It is essential for building trust and preventing silos. There needs to be clear, concise messaging across the board.<\/p>\n<p>When Durant and Irving came as free agents it shifted the culture but Marks insists that the Brooklyn culture needed to continue to evolve anyway. He sat down with both, learning from them what they wanted to see, how they wanted to grow and what they needed from a successful organisation. For Irving, being close to his family in New Jersey and the desire to do something special \u2018in this borough\u2019 were considerable motivating factors.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":"","protected":false},"featured_media":2387,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[20,33],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2386","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership-culture-performance","category-summit-session"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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