Reminiscing about the 1992 Olympic “Dream Team,” considered by some to be the best assemblage of sports stars ever, coach Mike Krzyzewski asked 15,000 HR managers, “Wouldn’t you like to hire that team’s recruiter?”
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“Coach K” inspired attendants at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Annual Convention and Exposition held recently in Las Vegas. Coach K is the long-time coach of basketball at Duke University, where he became the winningest basketball coach in Division I history. He was also assistant coach of the Olympic “Dream Team” in 1992, and coach of two subsequent gold medal winners.
On Inspiring Your Team
Coach K said that he played “The Star-Spangled Banner” to his Olympic team before the games, and would say, “One of these games, you’re going to hear that song twice. The second time will be when you’re standing on the podium receiving your gold medals.”
Three Concepts of Leadership
Coach K advanced three key concepts that leaders must possess:
- Adaptability
- Ownership
- Feelings
Adaptability
“You must be incredibly adaptable,” he says. He’s known for his ability to change, as does anyone who does something well for 40 years, and whose team changes somewhat every year and totally turns over at least every 4 years.
Ownership
At the end of the first “Dream Team” practice, Coach K got the team together and introduced his players to the team’s support staff. Make sure everyone feels important, he says. You don’t want any “diva-esque” ball player saying, “Hey you,” or “Yo,” when addressing any member of the team, including the person mopping up the locker room or collecting the towels. Coach K’s team members are expected to know all the support staffers.
Usually, you only know these people because of a tragic loss or a fire, he says; you should know the person before.
Coach K’s standards:
- Always look the person you are talking to in the eye.
- Always tell each other the truth.
I don’t have rules, he says, because rules are things you have to obey. He wants standards that always apply. His Olympic teams set standards, including always being on time for meetings, and never having a bad practice. Since the team members established the standards, they abided by them.
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Kobe Plays Pure Defense
To show his mettle as a defender, Kobe Bryant said he wanted the toughest person on each team to guard. Kobe guarded well, but to prove a point, didn’t shoot.
K had to say to Kobe, one of the best shooters of all time, “Kobe, please shoot.”
Feelings
You must be “heart and soul” with your teams, says Coach K. They have to feel what they are doing and feel why they are doing it. En route to Duke’s 2015 championship, the team endorsed four E’s:
- Enthusiasm
- Energy
- Emotion
- Eight (the size of the team by the end of the season)
And it was that number eight player who fired up the team at the critical moment in the final game. With a loud and heart-felt LET’S GO! Coach K turned the 15,000 attendees of the SHRM Annual Convention and Exposition into his team as he passionately repeated those words to close his presentation.
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