Over the course of his remarkable 26-year career, Mark Messier won six Stanley Cups and remains the only player in NHL history to captain two different franchises to a championship. Few elite athletes have been asked to reinvent themselves as often or as successfully.In Edmonton, he spent a decade alongside Wayne Gretzky as the team's indispensable second star. When Gretzky was traded in 1988, Messier stepped into the captaincy and led the Oilers to another Stanley Cup two years later. Then he arrived in New York, where he joined a franchise that hadn't won a championship in 54 years and helped end that drought in his third season.In this episode of Grey Matter, Mark joins Consello Founder, Chairman and CEO Declan Kelly to reflect on a career shaped by constant adaptation. They discuss how he learned to meet the demands of different teams, different moments, and different stages of his career, and why that same mindset matters just as much in business as it does in sport.In this conversation, Mark discusses:· The realization at nineteen that led him to train his mind as deliberately as his body · How he thought through the Gretzky trade in 1988, and why he changed his role · What separates a good teammate from a great one, and why surrendering to the team is the highest form of leadership · How leaders hold people accountable without breeding resentment · How he weighed the move to New York when the people he trusted told him not to go About ConselloConsello is an Advisory and Investing Platform with offices in New York, Miami, Atlanta, Dublin, Belfast, London, Barcelona, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.Consello’s distinct advisory practices provide the complete strategic counsel today’s leaders need to grow and transform their organizations. Consello’s advisory expertise spans Corporate Advisory; M&A; Management Consulting; Talent; and Sports and Entertainment. Dedicated teams operate in each practice, led by a leadership group with deep operational experience across industries, business growth stages and market cycles and with an expansive set of global corporate relationships.Consello’s investment business, Consello Capital, identifies high-potential mid-market companies and invests capital and expertise to transform their growth.About Grey Matter Host Declan KellyDeclan Kelly is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Consello, one of the world's most influential boutique advisory firms. A trusted advisor to dozens of CEOs leading the world's top companies, Mr. Kelly has built or run four global consulting companies over the last three decades prior to founding Consello. Mr. Kelly also served in government as US Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland during the Obama administration.

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