A Passion to Lead - by Jim Calhoun (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Motivation...Success...Leadership...Passion. Hall of Fame college basketball coach Jim Calhoun shares his secrets for success for the first time ever in A Passion to Lead.

Coach Jim Calhoun is one of the most successful coaches in college basketball history. Having sent countless players to the NBA, Coach Calhoun is known for producing not just great athletes but great human beings. He is both an exceptional leader and self-made man whose ability to motivate and inspire young men is unsurpassed. In A Passion to Lead, he shares the fundamental principles that have allowed him to have an impact on so many.

When he took command of the Connecticut Huskies, the team had had a losing record for five straight seasons. In twenty-one years of leadership, Calhoun has transformed a middling regional program into a national powerhouse with two NCAA championships.

But what makes Coach Calhoun such an excellent leader? How did he take a program with a modest tradition and turn it into a national champ and perennial title contender? What is his management style? What are his motivational techniques? Calhoun reveals them here and includes anecdotes about his life as a coach, family man, and, ultimately, a teacher--as well as the following key principles:

*Win Every Day: Talent determines what you can do in life. Motivation determines what you decide to do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
*Standards, Then Victories: To build a winning organization, establish a culture of winning and make everyone accountable. Out of high standards come victories.
*Tough Love: Pushing is only half the equation. Individuals perform best when they feel good about themselves.
*And much more.

A Passion to Lead is for all those who are serious about making their dreams a reality. It's a motivational tool for achieving success both at work and in life, and it can help turn any adversity into an advantage.

About the Author

JIM CALHOUN is the former legendary coach of the University of Connecticut Huskies. He is among the winningest coaches in NCAA History, ranking third in all-time Division I victories. He is also one of only 5 active Division I coaches with at least 750 career wins. He has guided the Huskies to 18 NCAA Tournament appearances and his Huskies captured the NCAA National Championship in 1999, 2004, and 2011. In 2005, Jim Calhoun was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and in 2006 he was named as a member of the Founding Class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

RICHARD ERNSBERGER, JR. is a veteran journalist who spent 20 years as a writer, correspondent and senior editor with Newsweek magazine. He is the author of the successful books BRAGGING RIGHTS: A Year Inside the S.E.C. Football Conference and GOD, PEPSI AND GROOVIN ON THE HIGH SIDE: Tales from the Nascar Circuit.