Let Them Lead
Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Let Them Lead
Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team
About This Book
The New York Times âbestselling sportswriter helps a high school hockey team go from losers to legends in this inspiring memoir and leadership guide. 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 squadâa 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-makingâand it worked. In just three seasons the River Rats bypassed ninety-five-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.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Authorâs Note
- Introduction
- First Year: Changing the Culture
- When Youâre on the Floor, You Canât Fall out of Bed
- Be Patient with Results, Not Behavior
- Learning How to Count
- Make Sure Youâre the Dumbest Guy in the Room
- Reduce Your Rules, but Make Them Stick
- Second Year: Building Trust
- Let Them Surprise You
- You Canât Motivate People You Donât Know
- I Work Hard for You, You Work Hard for Me
- Listen to Their Problems Nowâor Youâll Get More Later
- Third Year: Giving Control
- Make Peer Pressure Work for You
- The More Power You Give, the More Power You Get
- All Credit Goes to Your PeopleâNot You
- Epilogue: Coach Lapper
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Ann Arbor Huron High School River Rats Ice Hockey Team: Players and Coaches, 2000â2004
- Index
- About the Author
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