Greg Papp has found a way to take two powerful American metaphors - football and pizza - and effectively grab the attention of a sports-saturated generation that often lacks the life skills and spiritual depth required to make sound choices. Winning Choices speaks to the uncertainty that many feel in today's world and offers solutions that are understandable, appealing and effective in reaching across cultural, generational and educational boundaries. This book provides street-level ideas and tools to teach both principles and practices of making better choices.
Ideas are fortified with input from over a dozen former NFL and college football players and coaches. Each chapter begins with a brief narrative from football, Scripture or contemporary life that is chosen to illustrate a specific point. More than 50 verses from Scripture can be found throughout the book to solidify the underlying Christian worldview.
Today's culture of confusion magnifies the challenges faced by individuals seeking to make successful life choices. Students, career-seekers, prisoners and others know they need to get their lives together, but often lack the skills to make it happen.
Winning Choices is targeted to reach the coaches, mentors and counselors who can work with these inexperienced individuals and provide the tools they need to find a sense of direction. Greg's lessons can help build valuable communication and trust between the coach and the player and ultimately between both of them and God.
About the Author: Greg Papp has more than 30 years of professional and executive experience in finance and engineering at several Fortune 500 companies including General Motors, Ford and Allied-Signal. Currently, he serves as an adjunct faculty member for the University of Toledo and the president of Cube Culture Corp., a company dedicated to assisting organizations learn sound methods for driving positive operational change.
As part of the Prison Fellowship Ministries, Greg completed the Centurion Program in 2009, which prepares individuals to engage the current culture and educate communities of people in the redeeming facets of a Christian worldview. He also provides guidance as a volunteer in several organizations including the Great Lakes regional board for The Fellowship of Christian Athletes plus serves as a deacon in his local church.
In 2007, Greg co-authored The Two-Minute Drill, a book that teaches organizational change techniques utilizing the metaphor of football to help leaders quarterback successful, rapid change initiatives when the stakes are high, time is short and real results are needed. Greg received an MBA from the University of Arizona and a BS in Industrial Engineering from General Motors Institute (Kettering University). He has also participated in advanced management education programs at Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan, and the Kellogg School of Business Management.
