Every sports coach and every company executive look for ways to build a championship culture. Great leaders realize that a successful organization is built on a solid foundation.
This is how six famous coaches chose to build the foundation for their programs. Their methods have proven to be successful.
John Wooden- “The Pyramid of Success”
John Wooden was the highly successful coach of the UCLA Bruins. Over the course of his coaching career, he developed a “Pyramid of Success.” At the foundation of the pyramid was the qualities of Industriousness, Friendship, Loyalty, Cooperation, and Enthusiasm. Wooden believed these were qualities that were first needed to be successful in basketball and life. These foundational skills are based on ingredients important to relationship building.
The next tier was Self-Control, Alertness, Initiative, and Intentness. I would label this tier as characteristics necessary for growth.
The next tier was Conditioning, Skill, and Team Spirit. It is interesting this is the first tier that involved basketball skills. The foundation needed to be solid first.
Above that tier were simply Poise and Competitiveness. After developing skills, these were things that made a difference.
The top tier then became Competitive Greatness.
Wooden’s definition of success then was… “Success is the peace of mind which is direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the most of which you are capable.”
Pat Summitt- “Definite Dozen”
1- Respect yourself and others
2- Take full responsibility
3- Develop and demonstrate loyalty
4- Learn to be a great communicator
5- Discipline yourself so no one else has to
6- Make hard work your passion
7- Don’t just work hard, work smart
8- Put the team before yourself
9- Make winning an attitude
10- Be a competitor
11- Change is a must
12- Handle success like you handle failure
Tony Bennett- “Five Pillars”
Humility- Know Who You Are, Know How You Need to Grow, Know You Need others to Succeed
Passion- Do Not Be Lukewarm
Unity- Do Not Divide Our House
Servant hood- Make Your Teammates Better
Thankfulness- Learn from each circumstance
Nick Saban- “The Process”
Focus more on the process than on the outcome.
Focus on the small, controllable, details, and daily execution of tasks rather than getting distracted by the final outcome.
Believing that consistent, disciplined performance on each play, drill, and moment leads to inevitable success, creating a culture of high standards and self-improvement.
Bill Belichick- “Do Your Job”
Success comes from being prepared, working hard, paying attention to details, and putting team first.
If everyone just does their job, as a team we will succeed.
Do try to look to do something great or special or super, just execute your job.
Coach K- “Brotherhood”
The Duke basketball program was built on the importance of developing strong connections between the players. Relationships were the most significant thing.
A symbol of this was the FIST. Coach K used it to illustrate that the FIST was stronger than five individual fingers.
Duke actually has an informal “Brotherhood Class” in the summer as they are building their team. It includes daily lessons with former players as guest speakers talking about topics of basketball, Duke history, and relationships.
The believe is that if you build the team into a family, they will all bring out the best in each other.
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