Tag: John Wooden

• Under the Spell of the Wizard of Westwood

    He was known as a wizard – the Wizard of Westwood.  I am not sure how that moniker came to be attached to him, except that this pithy alliteration well described his mastery of the the basketball court as coach of the UCLA Bruins.  But that nickname seems to have rung true for another reason. By…

  Dennis Griffith

  June 6, 2010

  Leadership, Sports Pages

  John Wooden, Leadership, Pyramid of Success, UCLA, UCLA Basketball, UCLA Bruins, Wooden’s Pyramid of Success

• 15 Books on Leadership

  The following books are some I highly recommend for those who are in leadership positions, or aspire to grow as leaders.    While my primary interest is church leadership, I am fascinated by effective leaders in any sphere.  The books listed are not necessarily distinctively Christian.  I believe most, if not all, of these books would be…

  Dennis Griffith

  October 29, 2007

  Leadership

  7 Habits, Agape leadership, Alexander Strauch, Books about leadership, Books on Leadership, Church Leadership, Dan Allender, Effective Leaders, Effective People, First Things First, Good to Great, Gordon MacDonald, Hans Finzel, J. Oswald Sanders, Jim Collins, John Kotter, John Maxwell, John White, John Wooden, Leadership, Leadership Mistakes, Leading Change, Leading Teams, Leading With a Limp, Leighton Ford, Ordering Your Private World, pastoral leadership, Principle-, spiritual leadership, Stephen Covey, Teambuilding, Teamwork, Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make, Transforming Leadership, Wooden on Leadership, Wounded Leaders