Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization

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"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 Leadership explains 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 for Wooden on Leadership:

--Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Wooden On Leadership offers 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

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Steve Jamison is a #1 best-selling author and America's foremost authority on the life and leadership of UCLA Coach John Wooden who is often cited as the greatest coach of the 20th century (ten March Madness national championships).

Together they collaborated on nine popular publications including WOODEN: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections, which is published worldwide, and the Wall Street Journal best-seller, WOODEN ON LEADERSHIP. Mr. Jamison is also executive producer of the award-winning PBS special JOHN WOODEN: Values, Victory, and Peace of Mind, and a consultant to the UCLA/Anderson John Wooden Global Leadership Program.

Coach John Wooden was named The Greatest Coach Ever by Sporting News and Coach of the Century by ESPN. He won 10 NCAA championships as Head Coach of men's basketball at UCLA. Since then, his wisdom, summarized most famously in his Pyramid of Success, has reinforced his status as a modern-day legend. His memorable mottos, unforgettable turns of phrase and timeless, sage advice have enriched countless lives.

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Praise for Wooden 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 People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness