Effective coaches model and teach leadership. Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg was asked about his team. He answered, "ask me in twenty years and I'll be able to give you a better answer."
Navy SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin wrote the book Extreme Ownership about leadership and followership as practiced in the elite military unit.
Almost forty years ago a SEAL came in for a checkup, saying he didn't feel well. He looked like Rambo. He couldn't share where he had been or what he was doing. "It took me an hour to run the ten miles to get here." During training, they have to complete a four-mile run in boots on the sand in about thirty minutes.
Their commitment to each other and to their missions is complete.
Here are some quotes from the book:
Lagniappe. Tips from an expert.
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