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How Leaders Lead with David Novak

#22: John Calipari, University of Kentucky Head Basketball Coach—Care About Your People

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8596 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is John Calipari, head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky. Yes, the legendary Coach Cal!  I gotta tell you, if you’re listening to this podcast first thing in the morning, you can just skip the coffee. Coach Cal will get you fired up with just his passion and energy alone.  But you know, there’s something even more powerful behind that enthusiasm – and that’s how much Coach Cal cares for his players.  He is always pushing his guys to improve. He knows how to relate to each guy to draw out their best. He is a master at framing up a big goal, and you can see, in every decision, he is putting his players and their families first.  It’s the foundation of every season, and it comes before the tactics and strategies. It’s a huge reason his teams continually do well, and it’s placed Coach Cal in the pantheon of college coaching legends. When we truly care about our people – and they know that we truly care – good things happen.  You’ll also learn: How to take risks to improve even when things are working (fun note: it involves the story of the dribble-drive offense) Secrets of his legendary recruiting skills His process for helping tap into each player’s individual strengths The power of setting one big single goal (and why other good results tend to follow when you do) The one defining trait of leadership he strives to teach his players Take your learning further. Get proven leadership advice from these (free!) resources: The How Leaders Lead App: A vast library of 90-second leadership lessons to stay sharp on the go  Daily Insight Emails: One small (but powerful!) leadership principle to focus on each day Whichever you choose, you can be sure you’ll get the trusted leadership advice you need to advance your career, develop your team, and grow your business.

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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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