Presented by:

Yan Ortiz

Joshua Jackson

Pamela McGuffin

Dung To

Katherine Olmstead

Baber Sami

Performance Management

1. Overview2. Overview3. Overview4. Overview5. Overview6. Overview7. Overview

Game Plan

The Big Picture

Tom Brady Case

NFL Ruling/Reaction

Previous Cheating Scandals

NFL Mission & Values

Team Culture, Morale & Performance

NFL Draft

NFL vs. Other Professional Sport Leagues

Involve Parties

Quarterback - Tom Brady

Judge Berman

Owner - Robert Kraft

Coach - Bill Belichick

Commissioner - Roger Goodell

The Larger Picture

Patriot Penalties

• 1 million dollar fine

• Confiscation of 2 draft picks

Tom Brady’s Penalty

• 4 game suspension

NFL Ruling of Deflate Gate

Judge Berman’s September 3, 2015 ruling on Deflate gate case

took away Tom Brady’s 4 games suspension on the grounds that:

• No testimony was provided from the NFL General Council (Jeff Paschu)

• Tom Brady was not given notice of discipline from NFL

• NFL didn’t share investigative evidence with Tom Brady’s lawyers

Decided based on NFL’s lack of compliance with HR legal

guidelines. Centered on due process not guilt vs. innocence.

NFLPA & Goodell

NFLPA (players association) stated after ruling that NFL collective

bargaining is a much better process, and CBA does not grant the

commissioner authority to be unfair.

Commissioner Goodell is appealing Berman’s ruling in an effort to

uphold the CBA and the integrity of the game. He wants to set his own

precedence about

• NFL disciplining players from within

• Following the integrity of the game

Facts Don’t Match Up

• NFL does not follow the law to provide players with notice of

discipline.

If the NFL does not comply with legal HR standards is it fair?

• NFL expects players to be responsible and accountable for their

behavior legally, ethically and morally.

How often do employees rise to higher standards than modeled by

management of their organization?

NFL Policies Tweaked

NFL policies improved

• Testing

• Recording

• Removal of footballs at halftime of random games this season.

Two officials designated

• “To conduct a pregame inspection to make sure all footballs meet the

required specifications.”

• Number all 24 balls

• Take and record a PSI measurement of every ball

• Legal range of pressure in NFL footballs is 12.5 PSI to 13.5 PSI

NFL & Expectancy Theory

• NFL Models a culture of “Win at Almost any Cost”

• Performance measures centered around won games,

not integrity in following rules

• Expectancy Theory Functioning beautifully for winning

games

• Players find winning games attractive – valance

• Strong link between effort and performance – expectancy

• Strong link between performance and reward – instrumentality

NFL History of Cheating Scandals

New England Patriots – Spy Gate (2007)

What Happened?• Patriots were punished for videotaping the New York Jets’ Defensive

coaches’ signals from an unauthorized location

What Are the Results?• NFL fined the Patriots team for an amount of $250,000 and their

head coach for $500,000

How Did It Affect Performance Management?

• Patriots neglected to promote positive influence to players.

NFL History of Cheating Scandals

New York Giants– Fake Injuries (On-going)

What Happened?• New York Giants players fake injuries to slow down the game

down.

What Are the Results?• The league issued a memo of new consequences including:

• Fines, suspensions and lost draft picks.

How Did It Affect Performance Management?• The case promoted cheating cultures within the NFL.

NFL History of Cheating Scandals

New Orleans Saints - Bounty Gate (2009)

What Happened?• Awarded cash prizes to players who injured select members of the opposing team.

• Head coach Sean Payton was both aware and involved in the program’s cover-up.

What Are the Results?

• Head coach was suspended for 1 year without compensation.• Suspensions for all players involved ranged from 3 months to a year.

How Did It Affect Performance Management?

• Allowed the NFL to correct the coaching staff’s misuse of results criteria to

motivate their players.

NFL Mission & Values

MissionTo provide our fans, communities and partners the highest quality sports and

entertainment in the world, and to do so in a way that is consistent with our

values.

ResponsibilityEvery member of the NFL community embraces our unique leadership role in

society and assumes the trust, character, and responsibility that comes with

that role.

NFL Values

RespectEveryone matters. Everyone contributes.

We celebrate diverse opinions and perspectives. We honor hard work and

commitment. Every contribution makes us better.

IntegrityWe always look to make the right call.

We do the right thing when no one is looking, And even if it’s unpopular when

they are looking. We demand accountability and we expect fair play. We accept

responsibility when we get things wrong and then work to make them right.

NFL Values

Responsibility to Team

As a team, we support one another. We depend on one another.

Our fans give us their hearts. Our communities see themselves in us and we

see ourselves in them. Everything we do has a consequence for someone else.

We humbly strive to make our teams, our players, our fans, and our

communities proud and better.

Resiliency

We set high standards, and continuously strive for excellence.

We turn losses into lessons. We adapt to changing circumstances and lead in

new contexts. We embrace the greatest challenges and rise to meet them.

What Brings Down Team Morale

• Coaches not caring for players

• No trust between players or coach

• Players lack commitment

• Avoidance of Accountability

• Heavy workloads on stress, with no reward

or gratitude

• Losing Games

Team Culture

The culture is grounded in an identified sense of

mission and shared goals.

A team culture built on positive energy, support and

fun will…

• Lift everyone up on the team

• Feel comfortable

• And produce results

Creating Team Culture

• Coaches need to take an active role in the creating

of team culture.

• Through their leadership the team can identify

values, attitudes, and beliefs that will act as the

foundation for their personalized culture.

Important Questions to Ask

• What values do we want to act as the foundation for our

team culture?

• What are the goals that the team wants to pursue?

• How do the athletes and coaches want to treat each other?

• What kind of atmosphere do we want on the team?

Building Positive and High Performance

• Team Culture determines the team’s

• Fun

• Mastery

• Success

• Individual accomplishments

NFL Drafts

The Draft, also known as the “Player Selection Meeting.”

• An annual event in which professional teams select

eligible college players to play for them

• Takes place in the middle of the off season

Prior to the Draft

Draft Advisory Board Decisions

A board consisting of scouting experts and team executives which

makes predictions about the likely round a player would be drafted

NFL Scouting Combine

A six day assessment of skills in which college football players

perform tests in front of NFL coaches, general managers, and

scouts.

• Physical Test

• IQ Test

• Personality Test

What HR Should Learn from NFL

• Focus on demonstrated capabilities associated with success

• The managers work closely with players to help them develop

their skills and play at the highest level

• HEAVY emphasis on recognizing and rewarding the best

performers

• Different positions requiring distinctly different skills and

abilities

• Winning is a TEAM accomplishment

• Teams recognize the need for job or position specific

skills

• Pro teams have an average of 15 to 18 coaches

• Player evaluation is a very important part of training

• Ratings are linked to tangible and intangible rewards

What HR Should Learn from NFL

Result

Professional sports leagues are a great representation of effective performance management

Through Tom Brady’s case, the NFL culture shows through repeatedly as arrogance and status

trump player’s integrity and accountability

Performance = Winning, not cheating. NFL should address the cheating culture immediately

When organization culture aligns with its mission and values, it can assist employees in making

sense of their behaviors by providing justification for behaviors

A positive team culture and morale can help maximize team performance

NFL Draft