Bear Bryant on Leadership: Life Lessions from a Six-time National Championship Coach

by Williams, Pat; Ford, Tommy (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781599322100
• ISBN10: 1599322102
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services
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Summary

Paul Bear Bryant, the legendary Head Football Coach at the University of Alabama
from 1958-1982 continues to inspire athletes and fans. Books have been
written about Bryant for the last 30 years examining this coaching legend,
but never has he been examined under the microscope of leadership.Leadership
expert Pat Williams has teamed up with University of Alabama athletics
executive Tommy Ford to bring to light what made Coach Bryant so successful
and how you can incorporate his leadership principles into your own
life.Williams and Ford have interviewed over 200 former players, coaches and
members of the media that knew Bryant well. The book uncovers never before
revealed leadership insights from Bryants leadership and coaching genius.
This 200 page book is packed with riveting stories and illustrations that
will appeal to leaders at all levels of society.Football fans will love it
and individuals with any leadership role will benefit immeasurably.

Author Biography

PAT WILLIAMS, longtime NBA executive and basketball Hall of Famer, is currently leading an effort to bring Major League Baseball to Orlando. He is the author of well over a hundred books, many of them on leadership. Pat is the father of nineteen children and has twenty-one grandchildren.

TOMMY FORD - Few people know the University of Alabama and the coaches and former players better than Tommy Ford. Ford knows his Alabama football, having served as sports editor of the Crimson White while in school at Alabama. In his professional career, Ford has served the Athletic Department as Ticket Manager, Director of TIDE PRIDE, and currently as Director of Donor Programs. Ford is the author of Alabama’s Family Tides, a book about families of Alabama football, the Alabama All-Access Football Vault, and the Alabama-Auburn Rivalry Football Vault.

Table of Contents

THE SPARK THAT LIT THIS BOOK
THE SEVEN SIDES OF LEADERSHIP
PAUL W. "BEAR" BRYANT
VISION
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
PEOPLE SKILLS
CHARACTER COUNTS
COMPETENCE
BOLDNESS
CONTRIBUTORS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS