Dr. Jack's Leadership Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Basketball |
Buy Dr. Jack's Leadership Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Basketball here, one of 750 Basketball History books offered for sale at discount prices here in the history books section at R bookshop. There are currently 88182 history books in our history books section, and over 1,000,000 books listed in our book store. We greatly appreciate your patronage at R bookshop and look forward to offering you a large selection of great books at discount prices now and in the future. Thank you for shopping at R Bookshop!
|
You Are Here: Home > History Books > Basketball History > Item 284
|
Dr. Jack's Leadership Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Basketball
|
by Jack Ramsay
Sales Rank: 923861
|
$27.95
At Amazon
on 9-16-2008.
|
|
|
|
Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 288 pages
Published by: Wiley January 5, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0471469297
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471469292
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1.1 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Ramsay, whose 20-year career as a professional coach included a stint with the NBA title-winning Portland Trail Blazers, is currently a pro basketball analyst for ESPN. Although billed as a guide to leadership strategies learned from professional experience as well as his observation of outstanding players and other coaches, this manual is more a recollection of the sport Ramsay knows and loves. Many of the author's tips, directed to those who want to lead both on and off the court, include the need to set clear goals, develop self-confidence, make firm decisions and accept responsibility-certainly not original and often hackneyed. The text becomes more interesting when Ramsay backs up his advice with anecdotes about such basketball greats as Pat Riley, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. He credits Bird's ability, for example, to make a successful adjustment from college to NBA basketball to innate self-confidence honed by repetitive practice drills. Magic Johnson's HIV diagnosis motivated the player to maintain job readiness by eating right and exercising regularly, a plan that Johnson credits with keeping his disease under control and has inspired Ramsay's own pursuit of a healthy lifestyle. In the end, these leadership bromides, leavened by basketball stories, will interest mainly fans of the sport.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Review
Ramsay, whose 20-year career as a professional coach included a stint with the NBA title-winning Portland Trail Blazers, is currently a pro basketball analyst for ESPN. Although billed as a guide to leadership strategies learned from professional experience as well as his observation of outstanding players and other coaches, this manual is more a recollection of the sport Ramsay knows and loves. Many of the author’s tips, directed to those who want to lead both on and off the court, include the need to set clear goals, develop self-confidence, make firm decisions and accept responsibility—certainly not original and often hackneyed. The text becomes more interesting when Ramsay backs up his advice with anecdotes about such basketball greats as Pat Riley, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. He credits Bird’s ability, for example, to make a successful adjustment from college to NBA basketball to innate self-confidence honed by repetitive practice drills. Magic Johnson’s HIV diagnosis motivated the player to maintain job readiness by eating right and exercising regularly, a plan that Johnson credits with keeping his disease under control and has inspired Ramsay’s own pursuit of a healthy lifestyle. In the end, these leadership bromides, leavened by basketball stories, will interest mainly fans of the sport. (Feb) (Publishers Weekly, January 12, 2004)
Reader Reviews
Wow! What a spectacular book. Dr.Jack, an excellant writer, tells stories and gives advice that any true basketball lover would die to read. A work of genious, it truely is just that.
Comment | |
(Report this)
Back To Top
|
Dr. Jack's Leadership Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Basketball
Available from Amazon
Price: $27.95
Updated on 9-16-2008.
|
NOTICE: All prices, availability, and specifications
are subject to verification by their respective retailers.
| We offer Dr. Jack's Leadership Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Basketball and other related Basketball History Books here at Rbookshop.com. To view more books about Basketball History please use the previous and next buttons near the top of this page.
|
|
Search for books at
