Bacon John U.
Bacon John U. - Let Them Lead Unexpected Lessons In Leadership From America's Worst High School Hockey Team - Hardcover
Bacon John U. - Let Them Lead Unexpected Lessons In Leadership From America's Worst High School Hockey Team - Hardcover
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Description: An uplifting leadership book about a coach who helped transform the nation's worst high school hockey team into one of the best. Bacon's strategy is straightforward: set high expectations make them accountable to each other and inspire them all to lead their team. When John U. Bacon played for the Ann Arbor Huron High School River Rats he never scored a goal. Yet somehow years later he found himself leading his alma mater's downtrodden program. How bad? The team hadn t won a game in over a year making them the nation's worst squad a fact they celebrated. With almost everyone expecting more failure Bacon made it special to play for Huron by making it hard which inspired the players to excel. Then he defied conventional wisdom again by putting the players in charge of team discipline goal - setting and even decision - making and it worked. In just three seasons the River Rats bypassed 95 - percent of the nation's teams. A true story filled with unforgettable characters stories and lessons that apply to organizations everywhere Let Them Lead includes the leader's mistakes and the reactions of the players who have since achieved great success as leaders themselves. Let Them Lead is a fast - paced feel - good book that leaders of all kinds can embrace to motivate their teams to work harder work together and take responsibility for their own success.
Title: Let Them Lead Unexpected Lessons In Leadership From America's Worst High School Hockey Team
Author(s): Bacon John U.
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780358533269
Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/7/2021
Description: An uplifting leadership book about a coach who helped transform the nation's worst high school hockey team into one of the best. Bacon's strategy is straightforward: set high expectations make them accountable to each other and inspire them all to lead their team. When John U. Bacon played for the Ann Arbor Huron High School River Rats he never scored a goal. Yet somehow years later he found himself leading his alma mater's downtrodden program. How bad? The team hadn t won a game in over a year making them the nation's worst squad a fact they celebrated. With almost everyone expecting more failure Bacon made it special to play for Huron by making it hard which inspired the players to excel. Then he defied conventional wisdom again by putting the players in charge of team discipline goal - setting and even decision - making and it worked. In just three seasons the River Rats bypassed 95 - percent of the nation's teams. A true story filled with unforgettable characters stories and lessons that apply to organizations everywhere Let Them Lead includes the leader's mistakes and the reactions of the players who have since achieved great success as leaders themselves. Let Them Lead is a fast - paced feel - good book that leaders of all kinds can embrace to motivate their teams to work harder work together and take responsibility for their own success.
Title: Let Them Lead Unexpected Lessons In Leadership From America's Worst High School Hockey Team
Author(s): Bacon John U.
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780358533269
Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/7/2021
