About Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A compelling look inside the mind and powerful leadership methods of America’s coaching legend, John Wooden
“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
“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
“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
- Complete Title: Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization
- Format: Hardcover
- Language:
- Number of Pages: 302
- Publication Time: April 26, 2005
- Publisher: McGraw Hill
- ISBN: 0071453393
- ISBN13: 9780071453394
About John Wooden
John Wooden
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 Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization
Chris
I’ve heard of John Wooden most of my life, but hadn’t really studied this remarkable man/coach until I read this autobiography. His midwestern modesty coupled with his drive for constant improvement s…
Sandy
Wooden seems almost too good to be true, even Ghandi’s and King’s lives were tarnished with some human failings. Perhaps because it was a book about Leadership and not an autobiography, he paints hims…
Ty
John Wooden is a college basketball coaching legend, so i was interested in his leadership methods. over his many years of coaching, he developed an extremely detailed system for molding young men int…
Jerry Fultz
This book is without equal – perhaps the best book on leadership I think I’ve ever read. I give it my highest recommendation.From the pyramid of success to the lessons in leadership, the book is infus…
Mindaugas MozĊĞras
An incredible book on Leadership. I absolutely relished it. “Wooden on Leadership” will become my go-to suggestion to answer the question “What is Leadership?”. The only thing I was a little wary abou…
Doug Mart Fischer
Great book! It’s pretty simple and straightforward, but a lot of gold in here. I’ve been coaching for about 6 years now, so some of it I had already learned/practiced, however he approaches coaching i…
Andrew Carr
Over the last 6 months I’ve been looking to articulate ways of leading and competing that are internally-driven. Rather than set big rar-rar goals, or end up in reactive spirals, how can we set clear…
Omar Halabieh
In this book, coach John Wooden – one of the most successful basketball coaches of all times – shares with his readers the leadership framework that he has developed and used through the years. The bo…
B L Lewis
Phenomenal read! I’d recommend it for every leader to read. I’m not into basketball much -nor am I knowledgeable about the sport , but I am into great leaders, and thus I picked up this book. You don’…