Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization
A compelling look inside the mind and powerful leadership methods of America&#8217;s coaching legend, John WoodenPraise forWooden on Leadership:&#8220;What an all-encompassing Pyramid of Success for leadership! Coach Wooden&#8217;s moral authority and brilliant definition of success encompass all of life. How I admire his life&#8217;s work and concept of what it really means to win!&#8221;--Stephen R. Covey, author,The 7 Habits of Highly Successful PeopleandThe 8th Habit: From        Effectiveness to Greatness&#8220;Wooden On Leadershipoffers valuable lessons no matter what your endeavor.  'Competitive Greatness' is our goal and that of any successful organization. Coach Wooden&#8217;s Pyramid of Success is where it all starts.&#8221;--Jim Sinegal, president & CEO, CostcoJohn Wooden&#8217;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&#8217;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 &#8220;be at your best when your best is needed&#8221;--and teach your organization to do the same.Though he was better at it than almost anyone in American history, building a sports dynasty was never a goal for UCLA head coach John Wooden. Rather, it was Wooden&#8217;s passionate desire to teach his players how to become the best team they could be. To Wooden, &#8220;Competitive Greatness&#8221; was a tangible and teachable force.One of the lesser-known aspects of Wooden&#8217;s career is the private notebooks in which he regularly recorded his observations, goals, and leadership concepts as they applied to basketball, success, and life.Wooden on Leadershipdraws from those personal notes to share practical and powerful leadership skills that anyone can use to improve performance and overcome self-imposed limitations.Wooden on Leadershipcontains the best of Wooden&#8217;s observations, covering everything from teamwork (&#8220;It takes 10 hands to score a basket&#8221;) and self-control (&#8220;Emotion is the enemy&#8221;) to concentration (&#8220;Don&#8217;t look at the scoreboard&#8221;) and dealing with defeat (&#8220;Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out&#8221;).  Featuring pivotal moments in Wooden&#8217;s own leadership journey, it explores the 15 fundamental leadership qualities--building blocks--of his famous Pyramid of Success, illustrating their relevance in building a winning organization. Each chapter concludes with Wooden&#8217;s &#8220;Rules to Lead By,&#8221; point-by-point action steps covering the chapter&#8217;s key concepts. along with pivotal moments in his own leadership journey.&#8220;On Wooden&#8221; summary sections throughout the book feature penetrating insights on Coach Wooden&#8217;s leadership methods from players and coaches who worked with him during his career, including All-Americans Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Gail Goodrich, and David Meyers and assistant coaches Denny Crum, Gary Cunningham, and Eddie Powell. As participants and contributors to Wooden&#8217;s legacy, their words provide a revealing and personal perspective.Wooden on Leadershipreveals the leadership wisdom of John Wooden. It presents the core concepts, methods, and beliefs that Wooden used to teach his teams how to attain Competitive Greatness, and true personal success.