Coach John Wooden was organized with his details. He believed that ‘big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.’

Coach Wooden limited his scouting of opponents to a basic understanding of the strategy they might employ. Preparation? Coach commented on this perspective: “One of my players, a very interesting person—some of you I’m sure have heard of Bill Walton—once said we had...

In the workplace, a supervisor sometimes criticizes an employee and walks away thinking they have just helped that employee improve. The reality is they have left an employee upset, feels picked on and is less productive. The ability to create an environment in which...

In John Wooden’s first 17 seasons at UCLA, his teams appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times and posted a record of three wins and nine losses. Bill Gates' first company, Traf-O-Data (a device which could read traffic tapes and process the data), failed miserably....

Let us overcome the angry man with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity, the liar with truth. In his book, Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success with Jay Carty, Coach describes one of his first lessons about the power of overcoming anger with...