Lead with Purpose

CHAPTER 6DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF PURPOSEFUL LEADERS

“I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.”

—LARRY BOSSIDY, BUSINESSMAN AND AUTHOR

Once upon a time they called him the “Indiana Rubber Man” because he was so agile. Much later, they called him the “Wizard of Westwood,” as well as the “Reverend.” Of these monikers, the one he despised was “Wizard” because, in his mind, there was no magic to what he did. He was a teacher who became the most successful coach—at least in terms of championship titles—in collegiate basketball history. He was John Wooden.

A coach in high school, and later in college for more than 40 years, Wooden left ...