This post is reprinted from the April 25, 2008 post:
John Wooden (born October 14, 1910 – died June 4, 2010) was coach of the UCLA Bruins basketball team from 1948 to 1976 and the most winning coach in basketball history. You might ask, what does this have to do with coaching outside of sports? Check out Wooden’s Pyramid of Success and 12 Lessons for Leadership(www.coachjohnwooden.com/puramidpdf.pdf). Both speak to self responsibility and values that are foundational for all coaching.
In October 1987, Werner Erhard hosted a satellite broadcast with famous sports coaches of the time. The discussion purpose was to identify the uniform distinctions of coaching, regardless of the subject being coached. Jim Selman moderated the discussion and documented the outcome in an article called “Coaching and the Art of Mangagement” in 1989 (http://paracomm.com/documents/Art_of_Management.pdf).
You can learn more about Wooden at http://youtube.com/watch?v=RHvWILGkvQM. What else can you share about Wooden and his impact on coaching as we know it today?
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