The Business of Winning [Paperback]

Robert Evangelista (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1879618214 | ISBN-13: 978-1879618213 | Publication Date: February 1, 2001

The Business of Winning draws parallels between the world of sports and the world of business, offering a fun-filled, practical, and highly effective way for managers to coach their work teams to success.

Filled with easy-to-follow tools, you'll learn how to:

- Draw up a workable business game plan that links organizational goals to specific team, work unit and individual actions,
- Foster an environment of open communication,
- Gain team cooperation, and
- Build a championship team at work!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The tactics Evangelista used to coach an inner-city hockey team also helped him achieve success in building teams as a manufacturing manager at GM. But the most obvious techniques, he says, are often the least likely to work. For example, a coach must motivate in a calm and rational way, rather than voicing opinions on the team's performance. Borrowing techniques from well-known coaches, including Lou Holtz, Vince Lombardi and Pat Riley, Evangelista offers up solid, if familiar, advice.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Review

"...helps managers beat the odds and succeed at work by applying the lessons learned from the greatest coaches of all time." -- Danny Sheridan USA Today Sports Analyst

"In sports teams, as in business, you need to pay attention to the little details...this book recognizes what it takes to get a total team effort from people." -- Scotty Bowman NHL Hall of Fame Coach, Detroit Red Wings

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Business Of Winning (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879618214
• ISBN-13: 978-1879618213
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,355,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From winning at sports to winning at business!, March 2, 2001

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Elizabeth S. Mackey (Kennesaw, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Business of Winning (Paperback)

As an ex-coach of midget sports teams, I identified with the author's approach to developing a winning team. Over the years, my teams and I visualized ourselves as winners, talked about the necessary skills and attitude that it was going to take to reach our goal, worked to develop those skills and concentrated on how each player's strengths played to the team. In The Business of Winning the author demonstrates how he effectively identified, analyzed and documented the achievements he had on the playing field and brought that strategy successfully into the workplace. It is very impressive that he is unselfishly sharing his successful approach with his peers. He is definitely a team player who wants everyone on his team and his company to win. This is a must read for every coach, every parent, and every teacher, as well as every manager.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Right On Target, March 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Business of Winning (Paperback)

The correlation between sports and business has always been intriguing to me. I've just been waiting for someone to develop a valid process and quantify the results so I can apply it. Nice work, Good read. The underlying hockey story is compelling.

5.0 out of 5 stars Potential President Loves this book, June 9, 2007

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This review is from: The Business of Winning (Paperback)

Mitt Romney was a business man who founded Bain Capital to grow it int a billion dollar fortune. Then he walks away from it al to go to Salt Lake City and take over the U.S. Olympics Committe to save it from going bankrupt and embarassing our country,. The he runs for Governor of Massachussets and promptly institutes guaranteed healthcare for every citizen. He ounsd liberal AND conservative, which is why he can win. And if he does, there'll be a President in the White House who actually told the Boston Herald and states on the myspace page that his favorite books are Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) and The Business of Winning (Robert Evangelista) How cool is that!