Advice On Career Transition from remBrand Sports

RembrandlogoCourtesy of our partners at remBrand Sports, “3 Steps: Sport Skill Transition” outlines three main steps that athletes can follow to ensure a successful life outside of sports, simply by recognizing and correctly applying their transferable skills. Taken from the article “Life After Sports” by Al Steele and Shari Levett, it focuses on the relationship and correlation between successful transition after sport and the ability to recognize and utilize your transferable skills properly.

remBrand gives three examples of former professional athletes who were able to tap into those transferrable skills, including former NHL players Mike McPhee and Sean Pronger and NBA player Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

For the link to remBrand’s piece, click here, and for the more, detailed article by Steel and Levett, click here.

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remBrand’s Jackman Featured In Access Athletes Premiere E-Guide

RembrandlogoJoe Jackman, founder of remBrand Sports (a partner of NexGoal) was featured in Access Athlete’s premiere e-guide. His feature, “Active Professional Athletes: Lifelong Success Starts Now” focused on planning for the future following an athletic career.

Access Athletes – and its website – serve as an exclusive, informational resource for athletes during their careers and beyond. Qualified sports professionals, such as Jackman, contribute articles aimed at  high school, college, professional, and retired athletes, as well as others in the sports industry. Through these articles, Access Athletes informs athletes about a wide-range of topics related to their athletic development, everyday life, and post-athletic career.

The full issue is available here. You can sign up to receive future issues on the Access Athletes website, as well register to receive their newsletter.

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Dahl Participates In Inaugural Trilogy Mentor Conference

NexGoal CEO Kevin Dahl (L) talks to fellow Trilogy Mentor John Haime (R), a former tournament professional golfer about the "mental side" of the game.

NexGoal CEO Kevin Dahl (L) talks to fellow Trilogy Mentor John Haime (R), a former tournament professional golfer about the “mental side” of the game.

NexGoal president and CEO Kevin Dahl joined a panel of former Olympians and professional athletes at the Inaugural Trilogy Mentor Conference in Toronto, Ontario.  These individuals have been recognized as trailblazers who not only were accomplished athletes, but have carried that success into their business careers.

A division of remBrand Sports, this program will deliver athlete-to-athlete mentoring through a private membership organization exclusive to these executives, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.  During the three-day event, mentors were coached by top leaders in business, athletic development, and transition planning on how to better understand and support elite athletes.

“Joe Jackman (founding partner of remBrand)  put on a fabulous conference.  I truly enjoyed learning Rembrand’s vision, and also all the insight of the athletes involved.”

Trilogy will be hosting additional Mentor Conferences in 2013. The partnership between NexGoal and remBrand Sports continues to get the most from our athlete-candidates and mold our franchises.

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