Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life Paperback – March 1, 2001

I have always known about Coach K but never really looked into him. Im from LA so there I was more into Phil Jackson, now if you like self-help or motivational speakers this is the book for you. It ties in life to basketball, it speaks from the voice of a leader, a provider, and most of all a father. Must read for anyone looking to make changes.

Great book I highly recommend it

I graduated from Duke in 68 and am an avowed fan of Coach K.However, I've hit a rut in my reading recently, can't find anything that seems stimulatiing or interesting.I was afraid this book would just be another of those "smaltzy" rah rah type of books that coaches(and usually someone else write), but I was happily surprised. It is really worth everyones attention, whether to motivate a business person or anyone on how to live ones life. The usual blah blahing about excellence is pretty much left out, thank goodness, and the book is full of very helpful aphorisms about what priorities to put first and how to lead a wholesome and successful life,even if you don't have a jump shot.Coach K comes across as really honest and sincere.I can't stand phonies and really was pleasantly surprised by the book. Lots of real life anecdotes about games, players, situations and how to take defeat.Truly inspirational from a superb leader. For sports fans, look what he did with the team of mostly freshman this year, way beyond anyones expectations.He uses his heart a lot, but also his head.You can also read and skip around in the book, its not like a novel.Again, his repeated emphasis on how to deal with defeat and failure shows true wisdom, far beyond that of most college coaches. I remember the tonge in cheek defintion of a college basketball coach by a player once."you have to be a little bit crazy to base your career on someone else's jump shot." Coach K is crazy like a fox.

Good book. Good lessons. Resonated well with me because (A) I was at Duke in K's early years and (B) I'm now a CEO working to be a better leader.Where it excels: While many books say, "do this" K explains why you "do this," which makes the lesson much more valuable. Focuses specifically on interpersonal skills, rather than vague over-arching principles of some Forunte 100 CEO. Gives lots of examples and the fact that I witnessed many of them myself (albeit on TV) helped me understand. Summarizes the points at the end of each chapter (though this could be improved).Where it's weak: K himself says he wants honesty, so here it is: He needs more confidence as an author and to set his sights higher. It's a "good" leadership/basketball reminiscing book that could be a truly _great_ leadership-only book if it were better edited to spend less time on irrelevant details of some game in 1988 and more time on being concise. Those details are entertaining, but we're business leaders, we need people to get to the point. The publisher probably said it needed fluff to sell. However, I'll bet a second edition with less fluff and promoted more as a true management book would sell more. In K terminology, the "heart" of this book is in its leadership lessons. We've already seen the games.One other troubling aspect: contradictions. K will talk about honesty with players and media, then later cite a ploy with Brian Davis and "blowing smoke at the media" before the second UNLV game. Those should be clarified.Either way, I recommend it. Coach, you helped me learn.

Great book on leadership, teamwork, and culture. Would recommend this book to everyone, especially those who want to learn and grow and become a better version of themselves. Again I say, EXCELLENT BOOK!!!! 5 stars!!!

"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!

Estoy a la expectativa de este libro, he leído que es un Bestseller y lo quiero comprobar ya!!!I’m so impaciente to read it!!!

Was war der für mich inspirierendste Gedanke?Behandle dein Team immer fair, aber behandle deine Teammitglieder niemals gleich.Was hat mich dieses Buch gelehrt?Das Buch zeigt viele bekannte und weniger bekannte Führungstechniken auf sehr lebendige Weise auf. Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass ein Buch über Basketball einen derartigen Lerneffekt für das Thema Führung liefern kann.Wem empfehle ich das Buch?Führungskräften, Lehrern, Coaches und jedem, der andere Menschen beeinflussend durch ihr Leben begleitet.ReviewAuf der Awesome People Conference 2017 hatte Christian Bischoff dieses Buch als empfehlenswert und inspirierend beschrieben. Nun, zu viel hat er auf jeden Fall nicht versprochen.Ich habe tatsächlich einen neuen Lieblingtipp für alle Führungskräfte dadurch erhalten.„Leading with the heart" stellt eine Mischung aus einem Ratgeber für Führungskräfte und einem Motivationsbuch dar. Mike Krzyzewski demonstriert einen Führungsstil, wie man ihn sich nur von jedem Vorgesetzten, aber auch von jedem Coach nur wünschen kann. Auch für die, die nicht das beste Englisch sprechen (und das ist wohl fast jeder, der eine deutsche Rezension zu einem englischensprachigen Buch liest) werden gut durch den Text kommen, da der Autor einfach und leicht verständliche Beispiele verwendet und jeden Tipp und jede Technik immer im Rahmen einer kleinen Geschichte erklärt.Der Kern seines Ansatzes ist es, als Anführer (leader klingt im englischen Buch bedeutend treffender) zwar die absolute Verantwortung für sein Team zu übernehmen, dabei aber so wenig wie möglich in das, was das Team tut einzugreifen. das mag einfach klingen, ist in der Praxis aber täglich eine Herausforderung.Die Art, wie das Wissen vermittelt wird, sollten viel mehr Bücher anwenden. Erst wird ein Thema mit einer Geschichte eröffnet, in der alle wichtigen Inhalte gezeigt werden und am Ende jedes Kapitels gibt es eine Zusammenfassung in Stichpunkten. Das macht das Lesen und Bearbeiten des Buches wirklich angenehm.

A wonderful insight into the coaching ideals that made Coach K so successful.

Started reading the book and applied some of thinking in my way of coaching. Dont get me wrong, youre not gonna be coach K.But there is some good tips that can be useful for your way of thinking about TEAM concept

Ich liebe diesen Menschen einfach. Er ist ein wunderbarer Mensch und Trainer. Wie er sein Team führt ist einfach überragend. Dieses Buch muss jeder Spieler, jeder Trainer, jeder Geschäftsmann, jede Führungskraft, einfach jeder Mensch lesen.