#22: John Calipari, University of Kentucky Head Basketball Coach—Care About Your People
How Leaders Lead with David Novak
David Novak Leadership
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to How Leaders Lead where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very best leaders in the world. |
| 0:10.7 | I break down the key learnings so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple you can apply as you develop into a better leader. |
| 0:19.3 | That's what this podcast is all about. Today's guest is |
| 0:22.9 | John Calipari, head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky. Yes, the legendary Coach Cal. |
| 0:29.9 | I got to tell you, if you're listening to this podcast first thing in the morning, you can just |
| 0:34.2 | skip the coffee because Coach Cal will get you fired up with just his passion and energy alone. |
| 0:40.3 | But you know, there's something even more powerful behind that enthusiasm. |
| 0:44.0 | And that's how much Coach Cal really, really, really cares for his players. |
| 0:49.4 | He's always pushing his guys to improve. |
| 0:52.0 | He knows how to relate to each guy to draw out their best. |
| 0:55.3 | He's a master at framing up a big goal. And you can see in every decision he makes, |
| 1:01.7 | he's putting his players and their families first. It's the foundation for every team, |
| 1:08.4 | every season, and every player, |
| 1:13.7 | and it comes before the tactics and strategies. |
| 1:17.4 | It's a huge reason his teams continually do well and has placed Coach Cal in the pantheon of college coaching legends. |
| 1:23.0 | But enough of the pregame show. |
| 1:24.7 | Let's actually get to it. |
| 1:26.4 | Here's my conversation with my good friend, |
| 1:29.0 | and soon to be yours, John Calipery. |
| 1:36.6 | John, I want to thank you so much for taking time to have this conversation. |
| 1:41.2 | David, I appreciate you. You've got to remind them that I was fired by the New Jersey |
| 1:44.7 | Nets. That's just that's something that I like to make sure it's in there. Hey, you know, coach, |
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