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Wooden on Leadership

John Wooden and Steve Jamison

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Summary

John Wooden explains his approach to leading a team through twelve leadership lessons and his Pyramid of Success. Drawing on coaching, he describes developing people’s skills and confidence and directing individual effort toward the team’s performance. The book presents a method for leading an organization rather than a chronological sports memoir.

  • SourceWooden on Leadership — primary content source · Overview; 12 Lessons in Leadership, team effort, skills, confidence and organization performance, web lines 455–460

Why read it Our view

Use the team-leadership method to examine how you set standards, develop staff and connect each person’s work with the organization’s performance.