You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life (Jon Gordon)

Description

NFL head coach Mike Smith lead one of the most remarkable turnarounds in NFL
history. In the season prior to his arrival in 2008, the Atlanta Falcons had a
4–12 record and the franchise had never before achieved back-to-back winning
seasons. Under Smith’s leadership, the Falcons earned an 11–5 record in his
first season and would go on to become perennial playoff and Super Bowl
contenders earning Smith AP Coach of year in 2008 and voted Coach of Year by
his peers in 2008, 2010 and 2012.You Win in the Locker Room First draws on the
extraordinary experiences of Coach Mike Smith and Jon Gordon―consultant to
numerous college and professional teams―to explore the seven powerful
principles that any business, school, organization, or sports team can adopt
to revitalize their organization.Step by step, the authors outline a strategy
for building a thriving organization and provide a practical framework that
give leaders the tools they need to create a great culture, lead with the
right mindset, create strong relationships, improve teamwork, execute at a
higher level, and avoid the pitfalls that sabotage far too many leaders and
organizations.In addition to sharing what went right with the Falcons, Smith
also transparently shares what went wrong his last two seasons and provides
invaluable lessons leaders can take away from his victories, success, failures
and mistakes.Whether it’s an executive leadership team of a Fortune 500
company, a sports team, an emergency room team, military team, or a school
team successful leaders coach their team and develop, mentor, encourage, and
guide them. This not only improves the team, it improves the leaders and their
relationships, connections, and organization.You Win in the Locker Room First
offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at one of the most pressure packed
leadership jobs on the planet and what leaders can learn from these
experiences in order to build their own winning team. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley; 1st edition (September 21, 2015)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1119157854
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 54
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.7 x 0.9 x 8.6 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #23,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #18 in Business Mentoring & Coaching (Books) #204 in Business Management (Books) #293 in Leadership & Motivation
• #18 in Business Mentoring & Coaching (Books)
• #204 in Business Management (Books)