Wooden on Leadership How to Create a Winning Organizaion

by Wooden, John

• ISBN13: 9780071453394
• ISBN10: 0071453393
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-26
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

AWall Street JournalBestseller A compelling look inside the mind and powerful leadership methods of America's coaching legend, John Wooden "Team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, determination. . . . Acquire and keep these traits and success should follow." --Coach John Wooden John Wooden's goal in 41 years of coaching never changed; namely, to get maximum effort and peak performance from each of his players in the manner that best served the team.Wooden on Leadershipexplains step-by-step how he pursued and accomplished this goal. Focusing on Wooden's 12 Lessons in Leadership and his acclaimed Pyramid of Success, it outlines the mental, emotional, and physical qualities essential to building a winning organization, and shows you how to develop the skill, confidence, and competitive fire to "be at your best when your best is needed"--and teach your organization to do the same. Praise forWooden on Leadership: "What an all-encompassing Pyramid of Success for leadership! Coach Wooden's moral authority and brilliant definition of success encompass all of life. How I admire his life's work and concept of what it really means to win!" --Stephen R. Covey, author,The 7 Habits of Highly Successful PeopleandThe 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness "Wooden On Leadershipoffers valuable lessons no matter what your endeavor. 'Competitive Greatness' is our goal and that of any successful organization. Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success is where it all starts." --Jim Sinegal, president & CEO, Costco

Author Biography

John Wooden was the winner of 10 NCAA basketball championships in 12 years with the UCLA Bruins and was named Coach of the Century by ESPN. The only person to be inducted into basketball's Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, he is the author of They Call Me Coach and Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court.

Steve Jamison is a popular columnist and speaker. A close confidante of John Wooden, he is coauthor of the bestselling biography Wooden.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Prologue: The Joys of My Journey	xiii
PART 1 THE FOUNDATION FOR MY LEADERSHIP
Introduction	3	(13)
The Pyramid of Success	16	(15)
The Pyramid's Second Tier	31	(10)
The Heart of the Pyramid	41	(18)
PART 2 LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP	59	(174)
Good Values Attract Good People	61	(19)
Use the Most Powerful Four-Letter Word	80	(12)
Call Yourself a Teacher	92	(15)
Emotion is Your Enemy	107	(10)
It Takes 10 Hands to Score a Basket	117	(18)
Little Things Make Big Things Happen	135	(18)
Make Each Day Your Masterpiece	153	(12)
The Carrot is Mightier Than a Stick	165	(13)
Make Greatness Attainable by All	178	(14)
Seek Significant Change	192	(17)
Don't Look at the Scoreboard	209	(10)
Adversity Is Your Asset	219	(14)
PART 3 LESSONS FROM MY NOTEBOOK	233	(56)
Epilogue Some Things Don't Change	289	(4)
Index	293