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

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Dazu ist es leider auch schon etwas älter und man kennt nicht mehr viele dieser College-Spieler die er erwähnt. Lots to enjoy for hoops fans of my vintage (‘86 high school grad) who will remember all the awesome Duke games and personalities. Quite some time ago, I had skimmed the book, co-written by best-selling author on leadership Donald T. Der Kern seines Ansatzes ist es, als Anführer (leader klingt im englischen Buch bedeutend treffender) zwar die absolute Verantwortung für sein Team zu übernehmen, dabei aber so wenig wie möglich in das, was das Team tut einzugreifen. While the "tips" and learning aspects were very good and our Scrum Master network focused our conversations around these topics, I often found myself wondering if Coach K had written this book to address critics.

A Handshake Deal Long before the first team meeting, during the recruiting process, I've made a handshake deal with every one of our players. Bottom-line: A pure joy to read, this poetic rendering of how to do things right, especially coaching and team leadership, is a must-have for one’s sports/life library! And it's pretty general, at that, because "not doing anything detrimental to yourself" covers a lot of things.As great a coach and human being as Coach K may be, his book doesn't come close to Wooden's but neither does any other that I have read.

And even if I don't yet understand every aspect of their personalities, at least I know the fabric of who they are. I loved his examples of players and actual games which showed his teachings on communication,commitment,trust and collective responsibility. Best-selling author Don Phillips brings history alive with crisp compelling prose and historical accuracy.From sportsmanship to respect, Leading with the Heart is a genuine gift from a coach who knows how to lead with heart. And when I had a good game, he'd come up to me and say, "Hey, Mick (my nickname back then), that was a great game. In his more than twenty years coaching the Blue Devils, Coach Mike Krzyzewski has made his program the most admired in the nation, with back-to-back national championships in '91, '92, and again in 2001, and ten Final Four appearances since 1986.