Coach Wooden's Leadership Game Plan for Success: 12 Lessons for Extraordinary Performance and Personal Excellence

by John Wooden, Steve Jamison

“Each member of your teamhas the potential for personalgreatness; the leader’s job isto help them achieve it.”—JOHN WOODEN

Coach Wooden’s Leadership Game Plan for Successpresents a unique opportunity to study underthe man ESPN hails as “the greatest coach ofthe 20th century.” Practicing character-basedleadership before the term was invented, JohnWooden consistently led his legendary teamsto victory and has since taught countless businessleaders his fundamentals for achievingand sustaining success.

Now, using this hands-on book based on theacclaimed John Wooden Leadership Course©,you can “interact” with Coach to learn andapply his philosophy of world-class leadership.This unique tutorial introduces you tohis core fundamentals of success as a leaderand reinforces them with examples, exercises,quizzes, and quotations. You’ll learn how to

Create a relationship of respect andcamaraderie with those you lead Remain alert to opportunity, threats,trends, and changes Act with confi dence—but neverarrogance Practice moderation and balance inall that you do Be a model of poise, grace, and reason—especially under pressure Coach Wooden’s Leadership Game Plan for Successdrives home Mr. Wooden’s trademark 12 Lessonsin Leadership and his famous Pyramidof Success.

When you base your leadership style and substanceon Coach’s straightforward attitudes,values, and principles, you’ll lead your teamand business to success the Wooden way.

Genres: Nonfiction, Leadership, Business, Self Help, Basketball, Personal Development

263 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

John Robert Wooden is a retired American basketball coach. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (class of 1961) and as a coach (class of 1973). He was the first person ever enshrined in both categories; only Lenny Wilkens and Bill Sharman have since been so honored. His 10 NCAA National Championships in a 12 year period while at UCLA are unmatched by any other college basketball coach.

Reviews

[Jim]

John Maxwell, Michael Josephson & others have raved about John Wooden's leadership skills. This book is a quick read and worth your time. It's a little light on content compared to some of the other leadership books I've read, which is why I only gave it 3 1/2 stars. The book describes how John Wooden's father and his basketball coaches influenced him and how Wooden's leadership style evolved over his coaching career. The book describes John Wooden's Pyramid of Success, his leadership lessons and other observations on leadership. Some of John Wooden's former players & coaches share their stories about how John Wooden exemplified various leadership traits. After reading this book you'll be impressed w/ John Wooden's leadership, not only as a coach, but more importantly outside of basketball.

[Jonah G · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book for leadership training, and I have to say that there is only one main flaw; the fact that there is so much writing. For example, when one finishes the pyramid of success section, they are greeted with 3 questions; who best examples Industriousness in your life/history, who does it best on your team, and how do you encourage this. After you finish these three questions, you turn the next page to see that you have to do it again with enthusiasm. In total, you have to do this 15 times. I wish that there could be less writing and more in-depth explanations of things. But, overall, I really liked it. It was easy to read, short (yet, again, that caused it to lack depth), and powerful. I think everyone could read this and benefit from it. Here's one of my favorite quotes:
"Have one team, not starters and substitutes. No one feels good being a 'substitute'" (Wooden 122).
Considering how I have been a treated like a sub many times, this really resonates with me. A wonderful read; if one of my two complaints that it isn't long enough, then it means that I enjoyed it that much! :)

[Fabio Francisca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m speechless… This is a must…..

it is not a simple history of the great John Wooden, this is a life forever story. You can’t ready this book and thing - nah this isn’t for me… for every single chapter you just got grabbed inside to read more and more, you get excited to implement all that someone challenged you for.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent workbook on leadership and coaching guided by the lessons and learnings of John Wooden. Though predominantly beneficial to the sporting arena, the lessons can be equally applied to business and life.

[Janice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! His teachings stand up to the test of time! Great book for coaches and anyone that works with people!

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 2 out of 5]

Three books: an overview of Wooden’s philosophy, quote breakdowns and observations by others without theme.

It may have worked as one kind of book...but not three.

[Steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

Coach Wooden's philosophy harkens back to the days when character was king. The ultimate team work book. Put away ego, work 100% to be the best you can. Keep an open mind. Quite a few life lessons.

[Already Overbooked · Rating 5 out of 5]

You must earn the right to be confident. The kind of confidence that comes from proper preparation

[Zach Mitchell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. I would recommend it to my friends and family. Even if you are not a big reader this book is still incredible helpful and prepared the reader to some consequences and pro of being a good leader. Being a good leader isn't just about productivity it is about what type of leader has a great heart and intentions. This book taught me many lessons of what a good leader should look like and gave many life scenarios. These life scenarios will stick with me forever and I am very grateful that i had to opportunity to read this book even though I am not that big of a fan of reading.
Overall, I believe that this book gave me many emotions and scenarios that will help me throughout the rest of my life and I believe that this book is very important and should be in every house-hold.

[Jesse Stoddard · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are looking for a leadership book that puts you into action and gets you really thinking, this book is for you. Instead of just theory, the work book style of the content challenges you to journal and answer questions about yourself and your team while helping you put together a plan to execute.

[Chris Rea · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book teach great lessons. What's more John Wooden has the track record to back up his teachings. Like all books of this category it does have the issue of giving many, many examples of the same principal.

[Tammie Acuff · Rating 1 out of 5]

My book study for summer staff development. Time to get started before summer is over!

[Brigid · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love John Wooden, which makes me love his leadership book!