Leading With the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

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Best-selling author Don Phillips brings history alive with crisp compelling prose and historical accuracy. Leading with the heart" stellt eine Mischung aus einem Ratgeber für Führungskräfte und einem Motivationsbuch dar. His trilogy on American leadership (The Founding Fathers on Leadership, Lincoln on Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Dazu ist es leider auch schon etwas älter und man kennt nicht mehr viele dieser College-Spieler die er erwähnt. In addition to the players, the rest of the team is present, including: the trainer, the team physician, the managers, my administrative assistant, and our three assistant coaches.

Jay Bilas, for instance, once told me that he could never remember questioning me or my commitment to the things I was saying to him and the other players. If I can provide that kind of support system for our team-where the managers feel good, the assistants feel good, the freshman feels good about the senior, and the senior about the sophomore, and so on-then we're going to be that much stronger a team. Even though there was always intense focus on the smallest details (the next game, the next quarter, the next play, the next 2 seconds. But the exhilaration I feel being with the team causes me to be even more excited toward the end of the meeting. Bestselling author Don Phillipsbrings history alive with his trilogy on American leadership ( The Founding Fathers on Leadership, Lincoln on Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr.As the head coach, I receive weekly updates throughout the year on significant events in each student's academic life-and then take action accordingly.

If the answer to that question is, "Yes, we should have a team," then we should have the best damn team we can possibly have. Mutual commitment helps overcome the fear of failure-especially when people are part of a team sharing and achieving goals. I know that when my wife, Mickie, and I look at each other, we know what we're going to say is the truth. In this informative and inspirational book, Coach K explains how he motivates peak performances from his players, relying on lessons he learned as a captain in the U. I was disappointed because there was not much to separate this book from any other leadership book written by a coach.Now, in Leading with the Heart, Coach K talks about leadership-how you earn it, how you practice it, and how you use it to move your organization to the top.

I have always been heavily into the coaching books where they talk about how they improve their players mindsets by using their psychology back ground. The basic principles he tries to teach each group include integrity, planning, remaining flexible in thinking and planning, always working to improve performance, and always thinking about what you are doing and how to do it better--the same principles that make a good leader or coach. From sportsmanship to respect, Leading with the Heart is a genuine gift from a coach who knows how to lead with heart. Nothing too mind blowing but plenty of good frameworks and inspiring to ride shotgun for building such an epic program.even if you don't like Coach K or the Duke Blue Devils, after reading this book I think you can at least respect the man and have some admiration for his coaching style. I personally believe everyone possesses leadership skills and whether they use them or not determines if they become a leader. We usually have the initial meeting in our locker room because it's where we're going to be for many intimate moments in the future. Even though our first formal practice is still six weeks away, I'm already comfortable with the kids on the team.

It frequently hits enough emotional chords/heartstrings to give one goosebumps or shivers in the presence of something so good. In this book, Coach K talks about the types of players he wants to coach, and what type of leader he want to be.I'm glad that I did read it though, as I've gained some great insight on someone who is a successful team leader and I can definitely apply this to my every day life. Then I'll usually pop in with something like: "Just remember, the managers are part of our team-as is everyone here.