Bill Walsh book on how he defines leadership, starts with how you have to create an environment of excellence. His stories he tells throughout the book, consider how people need to look at everyday life and becoming a strong and divine leader. His book goes through his time as a coach, and how he made his life by executing leadership and culture into his everyday life. He starts out the book by defining his standard of performance and how he would lead and make people lead by. “Exhibit a ferocious and intelligently applied work ethic directed at continual improvement; demonstrate respect for each person in the organization and the work he or she does; be deeply committed to learning and teaching, which means increasing my own expertise;
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He talks about how he brought the organization of the San Francisco 49ers from the bottom and how he was there himself and brings his philosophy of leadership of coaching to light. In the book he talks about teaching and how it affects people around him and his own leadership. He talks about “leadership, at its best, is exactly that: teaching skills, attitudes, and goals (yes, goals are both defined and taught) to individuals who are part of your organization” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009). He talks about three keys to great leadership and it all has to do with the teacher. First, “Pasion is a love for the act of teaching itself” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009). From the authors own experience, you will dream of things and always be thinking of ways to do it better, teach it better and it’s something you care a lot about. Passion is what you want in someone that you hire as a leader to drive your business and to find ways to make things better. Bill talks about expertise, “you develop it, research it, and thrive on learning as much about your subject as you possibly can” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009). Having experience in what your job consisted of or as leader or team player you will be greater than someone with just talent. Bill also talks about, “the more you know, and the higher you go” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009). This is with anything in life, you will be better and go farther with the …show more content…
You don’t always have the easiest job but you have to show emotions and dedication to who you’re leading. “The leader who will not be denied, who has expertise coupled with strength of will, is going to prevail” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009, p. 77). You have to have respect for people that have this strength of will and Walsh talks about other head football coaches that he has respect for: Mike Holmgren, Tom Landry, and Jimmy Johnson. He talks about all there leaderships and personalities are different but they all have had success because of the strength of will to teach and overcome issues that come in organization or in football. In the book it talks about how to be a leader and twelve habits leaders have. These twelve habits plus one in a condensed version from the
He talks about how he brought the organization of the San Francisco 49ers from the bottom and how he was there himself and brings his philosophy of leadership of coaching to light. In the book he talks about teaching and how it affects people around him and his own leadership. He talks about “leadership, at its best, is exactly that: teaching skills, attitudes, and goals (yes, goals are both defined and taught) to individuals who are part of your organization” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009). He talks about three keys to great leadership and it all has to do with the teacher. First, “Pasion is a love for the act of teaching itself” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009). From the authors own experience, you will dream of things and always be thinking of ways to do it better, teach it better and it’s something you care a lot about. Passion is what you want in someone that you hire as a leader to drive your business and to find ways to make things better. Bill talks about expertise, “you develop it, research it, and thrive on learning as much about your subject as you possibly can” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009). Having experience in what your job consisted of or as leader or team player you will be greater than someone with just talent. Bill also talks about, “the more you know, and the higher you go” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009). This is with anything in life, you will be better and go farther with the …show more content…
You don’t always have the easiest job but you have to show emotions and dedication to who you’re leading. “The leader who will not be denied, who has expertise coupled with strength of will, is going to prevail” (Walsh, Jamison, & Walsh, 2009, p. 77). You have to have respect for people that have this strength of will and Walsh talks about other head football coaches that he has respect for: Mike Holmgren, Tom Landry, and Jimmy Johnson. He talks about all there leaderships and personalities are different but they all have had success because of the strength of will to teach and overcome issues that come in organization or in football. In the book it talks about how to be a leader and twelve habits leaders have. These twelve habits plus one in a condensed version from the