TURNING CORNERS GLOBALLY WITH MATTEO ZURETTI (EP. 011):
In today’s episode we sat down with Matteo Zuretti, Chief International Relations and Marketing Officer for the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), the union that represents all 450 NBA Players. In his role, he has helped build and create the international department and the global strategy of the organization.
In this episode, we discuss:
- His role with the National Basketball Players Association
- The differences between a player and a champion in both sports and life
- What it means to be a global citizen
At the start of the 2019-2020 NBA season, there were 108 international players from 38 countries on opening-night rosters and Matteo is leading the charge for all things global for the NBPA. He previously worked as an agent representing talent from twenty different countries in contract negotiations across global basketball markets. He is originally from Rome, Italy and he currently lives in New York City with his wife Roberta and their daughters Matilde and Lidia.
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- What life was like for Matteo as a kid and his early passions (2:47)
- How Matteo made the jump from player to coach (6:16)
- How long Matteo was with the team (7:06)
- Matteo’s first exposure to a successful player (9:23)
- What Matteo did after six years of coaching (12:00)
- How Matteo developed skills that pushed him to keep going even when he failed (16:35)
- Advice on finding a mentor and developing a relationship (20:00)
- What is the NBPA? (23:00)
- His day to day list of tasks (29:40)
- Matteo’s role as an educator and his definition of a brand (33:12)
- How does someone improve their multicultural agility? (36:00)
- The other programs Matteo is involved with (41:48)
- The challenges Matteo faces when executing different programs (47:14)
- Matteo’s team and their roles (51:18)
- His yearly travel habits and the countries he goes to (53:00)
- What opportunities do people have who want to break into the sports industry outside of the United States? (54:40)
- What advice do you like to give to young people who are trying to break into sports? (58:29)
- Matteo’s advice for people to build their sense of confidence and self-awareness (1:01:45)
- Matteo’s daily habits (1:03:54)
- His keys to success (1:06:25)
- How to develop deep relationships with people (1:08:27)
- Has Matteo ever had a major screw up or failure and if so what did he learn from it? (1:09:23)
- What’s one piece of advice that you’ve received in your career that you want to pass down to the next wave of talent? (1:11:46)
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