Wooden's Wisdom - Volume 13 | Issue 651 |
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"DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED IN DIFFERENT WAYS." (PATRICK LENCIONI AND JOHN WOODEN) In his New York Times bestselling book, The Ideal Team Player, Patrick Lencioni says that the ideal team player is smart. Lencioni explains what he means by "Smart" this way:
"Smart is not about intellectual capacity. In the context of a team, smart simply refers to a person's common sense about people. It has everything to do with the ability to be interpersonally appropriate and aware. Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group situation and how to deal with others in the most effective way.
They ask good questions, listen to what others are saying, and stay engaged in conversations intently. Some might refer to this as emotional intelligence, which wouldn't be a bad comparison, but smart is probably a little simpler than that.
Smart people just have good judgment and intuition around the subtleties of group dynamics and the impact of their words and actions. As a result, they don't say and do things—or fail to say and do things—without knowing the likely responses of their colleagues."
As a coach, John Wooden was the ultimate "smart" communicator with his players. In his book, Coach Wooden's Leadership Game Plan, Assistant Coach Gary Cunningham described Coach Wooden this way:
Coach was a master at analyzing personalities. Player A might just need an explanation. Player B might need some push. He knew what everybody needed to learn his lessons, and he supplied it.
Do you know what everybody on your team needs?
Yours in Coaching, Craig Impelman
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