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Subject:Re: Managing skills From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:19:41 -0700
>Wayne Douglass wrote:
>> If I were to advocate using sports team managers or coaches as role
>> models, I would recommend Joe Paterno (English teacher), John Wooden
>> (ditto), or Vince Lombardi (Latin teacher).
Larry Kunz replied:
>>
>Interesting list, Wayne. If I had to pick a common denominator among
>all three men, it's that they successfully emphasized the good of
>the team over the good of any one individual. I don't recall who
>first said "there's no 'I' in 'team,'" but I wouldn't be surprised
>if it was one of those three.
<<
>
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There is a football coach--I think he coached Notre Dame--who has made a
business selling his teaming approach to executives. His name escapes me
right now, but then I don't care a whole lot about most sports. ;-)
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