Leading With the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

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On winning and losing, Coach K draws inspiration from his Military Academy training where he was taught the key principle of not to worry about losing and thinking about winning, and how to convert a defeat into a victory. What I’ve tried to do is tell people about the simple things of relationships and trust, and to use the coach as a teacher, so we don’t become big-headed. I’ve tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we’ll win again, but I’ve also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.

Invest in your employees. Provide opportunities for learning and development. These opportunities can be on-the-job learning activities or training conducted outside of your organization. Mike Krzyzewski: They saw that it impacted me in a positive sense. They understood that I became more disciplined. So they allowed my teachers or my coaches to coach me. They were on the side of the teacher, so to speak, in wanting to see me getting better. I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts. So my parents worked with the coaches and the teachers to make sure that I continued to do that.

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Some people who have attained great things or a sense of personal excellence in sport, or in other physical realms, talk about having a vision. Without that vision, they can’t see the finish line, they can’t see themselves at the finish line. Do you believe your imagination has something to do with winning too? We’re not only trying to build good habits. Sometimes we’re trying to destroy bad habits. A bad habit being the fear of failure. How do you destroy that? Is there a book on that? Is there a pill that you take? It’s different in every individual. In some cases, you have to exorcise that. It takes passion, it takes a lot. If somebody’s just looking from outside, they’ll say, “Well, you shouldn’t do that.” I’ll say, “No, you don’t understand what I’m doing.” And I wouldn’t try to do it unless I already connected with this kid and we had a relationship. In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved.” Mike Krzyzewski The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it’s a whole new team. A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on “x’s and o’s” as compared to time spent learning about people. Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need. You don’t just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other. 28 Mike Krzyzewski Quotes About Life and Leadership ( SUCCESS) During his military service, he coached service teams and served for two years as head coach at the U.S. Military Academy Prep School at Belvoir, Virginia. After resigning from the service with the rank of Captain in 1974, Krzyzewski worked as a graduate assistant to his old Army coach, Bob Knight, at Indiana University. The following year, he returned to West Point as head coach. In 1980, he accepted an invitation to become head coach at Duke University, where he has remained. The first three seasons were disappointing, but over the next few years “Coach K,” as he is often called, led the Duke program through a remarkable turnaround. In 1984, Krzyzewski led his Blue Devils into the NCAA tournament for the first time.

Well structured – You’ll find this to be particularly well organized to support its reception or application. Mike’s focus was to combine athletic competitiveness with academic achievement. Coach K writes, “We want university life to be a total experience for the students. That’s one reason there are no athletic dorms on campus. While it’s up to the individual students to graduate, I also believe it’s incumbent upon the school to positively influence its athletes in their studies.” Don't be discouraged if you find some insistency, for change can happen. Leaders can become more intentional with their actions for developing this style of leadership. Below are some strategies for leading with the heart: Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I’ve always looked up to. She never went to high school. I remember, in an old Polish way, she said, “Mike, I went to the eighth grade twice because the teacher liked me.” She had great, self-effacing humor, and loved life. I really admire her.He served as an officer in the army from 1969-1974. In 1980, Krzyzewski was made head coach of Duke University‘s basketball team. From the 1983-1984 season onwards, Krzyzewski led the Duke basketball team to at least 20 victories and a streak of 11 consecutive seasons.

Live': Kelly Ripa Asks Mark Consuelos If He Is Taking Her And The Audience On A "Strip Club Crawl" To Honor His Favorite Places In New YorkEncourage employees to be innovate and creative by providing opportunities for them to participate in planning activities or leading projects. I need to have that bond between me and that kid. Maybe that’s intimidating at times, to the parent. I don’t want to be the kid’s father, or mother, or take the place of the parent. On the contrary, I want to be that kid’s mentor, teacher, coach, whatever name you want to give me. Concrete Examples – You’ll get practical advice illustrated with examples of real-world applications or anecdotes.