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Summary: In Serving Each Other We Become Effective and Fulfilled
Review: "Leadership is the privilege of making differences for and through others." At least, this is my definition. I have read every significant book on leadership that has been published for the past ten years. I am a passionate student of the very subject that is my life's work: helping others in the business arena realize their potentials for greatness. At the outset of a leadership class not long ago, one of the questions I asked was, "What leaders past or present would you list as being truly great?" This was after we addressed "why leadership now" and "how we learn it." One individual listed two: Abraham Lincoln and Mike Krzyzewski. I'll never forget that. I had read Donald Phillips work, Lincoln on Leadership and LOVED it. When I saw that he and Coach K had collaborated, I KNEW I was in for a treat. I am as big a fan of college hoops,ACC particularly, and Blue Devils specifically (my hometown) as I am of leadership. There are HUGE lessons in the text for leaders at all levels. I've already captured one and e-mailed it to several leaders in business and industry. Coach K is to great team leadership at college level what Phil Jackson is at the NBA level. It's all about selflessness and compassion. I wish the book had been twice as long. I'm going to get the audio for reinforcement. He has many "quotables" throughout that people will want to remember. It's a powerful and emotional journey that's fun to take! This is the stuff from which great movies are made!
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Summary: Unbelievable
Review: A great book for everyone. Talks about basketball as well as life. Lessons he has learned and it is very touching.
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Summary: More about basketball and coaching than leadership
Review: As one who is interested in leadership development, I was disapointed in this book. For those of you who are coaches of athletic teams this book will be usefull. For those who are looking at leadership for business, government etc, there are likely better books out there that cover the subject minus the glory of the Duke basketball team.
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Summary: Excellent for the business and sports minded alike
Review: Coach K has written a genuinely entertaining and conceptually sound book on leadership. He not only leads with his heart, he speaks from it also. This book is honest and poignant. The bulleted lists of major ideas that accompany each chapter are exceptionally helpful tools for review, and the ideas he presents are applicable to both the business world and the sports world. I would recommend this book to anyone, but first to coaches of all sports--Truly, Coach K is doing it the right way.
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Summary: Great Coach
Review: Coach K is a great coach and this book pretty much sums it u
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Summary: Not only a coach but a cadet
Review: Coach K went to West Point where, as he put it, everyone majors in leadership. Because of all the leaders he's been around, it's easy to see why Duke is the preeminent college basketball power today.
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Summary: Coach K's book succeeds on many levels-Like Duke University
Review: Coach Krzyzewski of Duke University has written a great book for leaders in business, sports, or any other field. As a teacher and coach myself I found each chapter to be an excellent instruction for anyone who is interested in building teamwork and developing leadership. Coach K has succeeded on the basketball court and has shown us through his development of young men that while he is devoted to the goal of winning, for him, winning is more than just scoring more points at the end of a night. For Coach K, developing and teaching young men is the ultimate goal. This is a great book and I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Valuable Resource
Review: Duke Basketball is a phenomenon among college sports. Under coach Mike Krzyzewski, Duke has three National Championships, six National Players of the Year, and nine Final Four appearances.
Krzyzewski has been named an 11-time national coach of the year and boasts an overall 637-227 record. The success of Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils is almost unparallel.
So what makes a team like Duke dominate? Coach K suggests in Leading With the Heart that success, whether on the court or off, comes through basic principles. He goes on, stating how the way he runs his basketball team, could be adapted to an office setting, committees, and for life in general.
Former Duke player who defined success, Grant Hill, appropriately wrote the foreward. Hill explained his admiration for Krzyzewski, accrediting much of his life success to the bond they shared. Hill said he chose Duke when he heard one of Krzyzewski's then-graduating seniors speak of the values his coach had taught him. These included: "commitment, toughness, honesty, integrity, collective responsibility, pride, love, and friendship."
Leading With the Heart suggests that many of these qualities are essential to being successful. Coach K states that "communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring, and pride" are five values that "make every team great." These represent what Coach K calls the "fist"-where the fingers also represent the members of the team. The characteristics and members form the team's identity and "any one fist can break any one finger" so all of the fingers or team players must work together.
The fist can also be adapted to a business situation. Every group, whether athletic or professional have goals and must work together to achieve these goals. Krzyzewski uses the fist to teach his winning principles, which add up to teamwork.
Although hard work is critical to be successful, Coach K also attributes most of his success to friendship, where he states, "friendships, along with love, make life worth living." Throughout the entire book, Coach K suggests many times how important being a good person with likable qualities is in society. For one thing, Duke Basketball players are friends on and off the court. Coach K believes this is important for the overall health of the team. But most importantly, players come back to Duke because of the relationship they have established with their coach. Coach K keeps relationships with his players long after they graduate. Numerous players come back to coach and to take in a few games from Coach K court, if they are not playing in the professional leagues themselves.
Success is not just the product you make, but what lingers around afterwards. Krzyzewski has life-lasting relationships with his players, which in many situations would outweigh the success on the basketball court.
If applied properly with the right attitude, the ideals in Leading With the Heart can be used in almost any situation. Although a college basketball fan can appreciate the book more, it has valuable assets for anyone involved in any type of organization.
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Summary: Valuable Resource
Review: Duke Basketball is a phenomenon among college sports. Under coach Mike Krzyzewski, Duke has three National Championships, six National Players of the Year, and nine Final Four appearances.
Krzyzewski has been named an 11-time national coach of the year and boasts an overall 637-227 record. The success of Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils is almost unparallel.
So what makes a team like Duke dominate? Coach K suggests in Leading With the Heart that success, whether on the court or off, comes through basic principles. He goes on, stating how the way he runs his basketball team, could be adapted to an office setting, committees, and for life in general.
Former Duke player who defined success, Grant Hill, appropriately wrote the foreward. Hill explained his admiration for Krzyzewski, accrediting much of his life success to the bond they shared. Hill said he chose Duke when he heard one of Krzyzewski's then-graduating seniors speak of the values his coach had taught him. These included: "commitment, toughness, honesty, integrity, collective responsibility, pride, love, and friendship."
Leading With the Heart suggests that many of these qualities are essential to being successful. Coach K states that "communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring, and pride" are five values that "make every team great." These represent what Coach K calls the "fist"-where the fingers also represent the members of the team. The characteristics and members form the team's identity and "any one fist can break any one finger" so all of the fingers or team players must work together.
The fist can also be adapted to a business situation. Every group, whether athletic or professional have goals and must work together to achieve these goals. Krzyzewski uses the fist to teach his winning principles, which add up to teamwork.
Although hard work is critical to be successful, Coach K also attributes most of his success to friendship, where he states, "friendships, along with love, make life worth living." Throughout the entire book, Coach K suggests many times how important being a good person with likable qualities is in society. For one thing, Duke Basketball players are friends on and off the court. Coach K believes this is important for the overall health of the team. But most importantly, players come back to Duke because of the relationship they have established with their coach. Coach K keeps relationships with his players long after they graduate. Numerous players come back to coach and to take in a few games from Coach K court, if they are not playing in the professional leagues themselves.
Success is not just the product you make, but what lingers around afterwards. Krzyzewski has life-lasting relationships with his players, which in many situations would outweigh the success on the basketball court.
If applied properly with the right attitude, the ideals in Leading With the Heart can be used in almost any situation. Although a college basketball fan can appreciate the book more, it has valuable assets for anyone involved in any type of organization.
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Summary: A Solid Effort!
Review: Duke University basketball coach Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski and co-author Donald T. Phillips have written a heartfelt and practical book. The coach weaves his leadership and team strategies into lessons not just for sports, but for business and life. The book, which includes a foreword by Grant Hill (yes, he can write, too!), is filled with personal experiences, anecdotes, and examples. The coach uses sports as a metaphor for management. For example, he advises: "Never let a person's weakness get in the way of his strengths." We [...] recommend this well-written book to anyone interested in emotionally balanced team-building, as developed by a winning coach.
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