3. Major Life Events
1998-2002 : Worked in the San Diego Padres front office
5 Nov 2002 : General Manager of the Boston Red Sox – Youngest
GM in baseball history (28 years old)
2004 : Boston Red Sox won World championship after 86 years ,
breaking the “Curse of the Bambino” and “The Impossible
Dream”
2007 : Boston Red Sox again won World Championship
4. Contd.
2011: Left Boston Red Sox
2012 : Joined Chicago Cubs as President of Baseball Operations
officially
2016 : Chicago Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship
Series and 2016 World Series, breaking the “Curse of Billy
Goat” after 71 yrs. & 108 yrs. respectively
5. Leadership strategy
Turned baseball’s most famous lovable losers into winners at last
A deeper understanding of human qualities among his players—the character, discipline
and chemistry that turn skilled athletes into leaders—enabled Epstein to engineer one of
the most remarkable turnarounds in sports
Basically focused on character – on & off the field
Determinant in achieving the target
Restructuring from the base for betterment
Doing the impossible twice
Knowing the strength & weakness of the team and work on it
World series of Curses World Series Championship
6. His Book
The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best
Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse.
7. AWARDS & HONORS
As a front office executive, Epstein is a three-time World Series Champion,
winning twice with the Red Sox (2004 and 2007) and once with the Cubs (2016).
2007: The United States Sports Academy named Epstein the recipient of its
"Carl Maddox Sport Management Award."
2008: Baseball America named Epstein its Baseball America Major League
Executive of the Year.
2009: Epstein was named Sporting News Executive of the Decade. At the same
time, the Red Sox were named Sporting News Team of the Decade.
2009: Sports Illustrated named him (A) MLB's Best General Manager of the
Decade and (B) No. 3 on its list of the Top 10 GMs/Executives of the decade.
8. Contd.
2016: Epstein was named the Sporting News Executive of the Year.
2016: Epstein won the Esurance MLB Award for Best Executive.
2017: Epstein was announced as Yale's Class Day Speaker. Fortune Magazine
also ranked Epstein #1 in their 2017 list of the "World's Greatest Leaders".
2017: Time Magazine named Epstein one of the world's 100 most influential
people.
9. tHaNk YoU!!!
I DON’T KNOW TO PLAY BASEBALL, BUT
I KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME !
-Theo Epstein
