Spotlight on Team USA and the upcoming LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Advance and perform: it applies as much to athletes as business itself. What makes a successful athlete or sports organization often goes beyond performance on the field of play and transcends the game they are known for. As a trusted advisor of the USOPC and LA28, Deloitte is helping these organizations so they can drive business impact.

Deloitte is a trusted advisor of Team USA and LA28. For 15 years, we’ve worked closely with the USOPC to help drive business impact. We’re also helping LA28 harness leading-edge solutions to support the backbone of the Games in 2028. Deloitte is bringing top talent to enable LA28’s goal of delivering an innovative and technologically advanced experience. Learn more.

The LA28 Games is poised to be a huge moment for the USOPC, and it will require tremendous coordination. The USOPC wanted to position stakeholders for success with a more integrated approach to technology. As a trusted advisor of Team USA, Deloitte stepped in to help craft a transformative strategy that could guide the journey toward upcoming Games. Learn more.

When you advance to a top leadership role, you, like an Olympic athlete, receive a torch that you must keep lit by protecting the previous leader's legacy while also finding the best ways to enhance and grow the business so you can pass that success onto the next leader, writes leadership expert Craig Johns. "Be grateful and say thank you for the opportunity and responsibility you've been given to lead a team, organization and an industry," Johns writes.

A knee injury forced Megan Clarken, CEO of Criteo, out of track and field events at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, but she took the principles of training into her leadership, including finding that competitive edge, being decisive and focusing on what's best for her team. "I make sure that I'm steering people in the right direction, giving people guidance, and giving people the things they need to be very successful on their own. Then I let them go and shine," Clarken says.

Olympic gold medalist downhill skier Lindsey Vonn says she lives off of adrenaline and needs a challenge to drive her and notes that it's that mental perseverance that both athletes and leaders need to make success look effortless under pressure. "If you use pressure to your advantage, it can be a huge driving force," Vonn says.

Workplace leaders increasingly fear that AI might "pose a risk to the human experience," writes Amelia Dunlop of Deloitte Digital. In this commentary, Dunlop covers four areas of potential conflict, including how over-reliance on AI might hamper "the accuracy, thoroughness, and diversity of thought needed for high-quality work."

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