John Wooden’s Success Pyramid
Saturday morning I woke up to the news of John Wooden's death. John Wooden won 10 straight NCAA basketball championships as the head coach at UCLA. If you have been reading the tributes that his former players made to Coach Wooden, you know the impact he made on their lives.
While reading his tributes I kept hearing about his Pyramid of Success. I Googled it and found the official John Wooden website and learned more about Coach Wooden. Go to http://www.coachwooden.com/ and download a copy of Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success. Coach Wooden's philosophy applies to business as much as it does basketball.
Larry Bossidy, former CEO of Allied Signal, once remarked that if you ever wanted to know how you were doing as a leader that you should ask yourself this question: How many people can point to you as someone who impacted their lives and helped them get to the next level? By this definition it would seem that Coach Wooden was truly a great leader.
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I was intrigued by the success pyramid and went to the web site. I will be adding this to my favorites. This looks like it will prove to be a very interesting and useful site. I agree that these priciples are as applicable to business and life in general as well as basketball. After all we all need to have a good team to suceed in anything.
Holly - No one reaches the next level without the help and support of other people. As Dales Carnegie teaches, we should always show appreciation to the people in our lives that help us.