Review on a Leadership book: John wooden Leadership, Review of "Wooden On Leadership"

Table of Contents1. Introduction……………………………………………………….……32. The Pyramid of Success. ……………………………………....…42-1. Definition of Success………………………………………….…..42-2. A Pyramid Created……………………………………..…………..42-3. John Wooden's Pyramid of Success…………………………….62.3.1. Foundation of Leadership Success…………………………….62.3.2. The Pyramid's Second Tier………………………………...…….62.3.3. The heart of the Pyramid…………………………………...…….63. Lessons in Leadership……………………………………………....73-1. Twelve Lessons in Leadership from John Wooden…………...74. Moving team like a family……………………………………..……74-1. Good values attract good people………………………… ……...84-2. Use the most powerful four-letter word ………………...……….84-3. Call yourself a teacher……………….………………….………. …94-4. Emotion is your enemy…………………………………….……….95. Motivation is best reward……………………………..……..….….105.1. Little things make big things happen……………..……………...105.2. Make Each Day Your Masterpiece…………………………….…..105.3. The Carrot Is Mightier Than A Stick………………………….……105.4 Make Greatness Attainable by All……………………….……..…..116. Change is the key to victory…………………………….….….…..116.1. Seek Significant Change…………………………………….….…..116.2. Don't look at the scoreboard…………………………….…….…..126.3. Adversity is your asset……………….……………………………..127. Conclusion ………………………………………….…….……..………138. References……………………………………………………………….151. IntroductionJohn Wooden is one of the great coaches in American history, who builds a sports dynasty which won 10 NCAA national championships in 12 years (a record), including 88 straight games and four perfect seasons.

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He was named Coach of The Century, elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame, and recently he was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. How did he make such a great career and how can he create all those phenomenal records? One of the keys is the good habits he taught under his leadership. The exact nature of those "good habits" and how you can incorporate them with your organization is the subject of this book. How to create a winning organization? Inside this book, readers will find out those good habits being taught will become the inculcation of values, knowledge, team spirit, discipline, consistency, standards, ideas, balance, character, hard work, love, self-control, loyalty, diligence in most effective manner. Those are the features and characteristics that make John Wooden's Leadership so compelling. John Wooden officially became the coach at Daytoh High School, Kentucky,