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Coach K : Lead With Your Heart.

Ever heard of Mike Krzyzewski? Maybe not. How about Coach K? Ah, that rings a bell. Because, on the basketball court and in the corporate boardroom, he’s the guy everybody wants on their team.

Who wouldn’t? After all, he’s the winningest active coach in college basketball today, having led his Duke University Blue Devils  to back-to-back national championships and maintained a top-notch basketball program throughout his 21 years at Duke. 

He’s taken teams to the NCAA’s coveted Final Four eight times – even when the media discounted his team as too small or inexperienced.

So   when   the   54-year-old   Krzyzewski (pronounced Shuh-SHEV-ski), touted by many sports-writers   as   the   most   brilliant   strategist   in   college 

basketball, speaks to Fortune 500 CEOs and shares his leadership style and winning strategic, they listen.

They listen because they want what Coach K’s got: the keys to successful leadership.

1. What kind of leadership style does Coach K has: “I don want to be a manager or a dictator. I want to be   a   leader   and   leadership   is   ongoing,   adjustable, flexible   and   dynamic.   As   such,   leaders   have   to maintain a certain amount of discretion”. 

As was stated before in the case that Coach K base leadership style is “Paternalistic Style”  by acting as a father figure by taking care of his subordinates as a parent would. In this style of leadership the leader supplies   complete   concern   for   his   followers   or 

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“ It’s about the heart, it’s about the family, in the end it’s all about seeing the good in

people and bringing the most out of them..”

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The   relationship   between   these   co-workers and   leader   are   extremely   solid.   The   workers   are expected to stay with a company for a longer period of time because of the loyalty and trust. Not only do they treat each other like family inside the work force, but outside too. These workers are able to go to each 

other   with   any   problems   they   have   regarding something because they believe  in what they say  is going to truly help them. 

Coach   K   has   successfully   implement   this Paternalistic Style with the Duke,  since Coach K not only just coaching them. But more beyond it, he could touch   each  of   his   team  member,   he   could  build   a bond between the team members. For further more, he is building relationship with all the team members. He   consider   all   Duke   member   as   a   family,   uses emphaty and soft power to build bridge.

2. What are his basic assumptions about motivation, leading and human nature ?Coach Krzyszewski  had only one rule,  he and his  basketball   team followed: “Don’t  do anything 

that’s detrimental to yourself. Because if it’s detrimental to you, it‘ll be detrimental to our program and to Duke University.” He believed that having too many rules keep leaders from making decisions, and instead of allowing them to be flexible and dynamic, they limit them. 

He is truly a leader with few simple rules which help him to build a successful team and become one of the famous trainers in the basketball history. His basic assumptions :

- He always seeks for understanding.- Try to communicate eye to eye contact with the player so he could build a trust relationship among 

them.- Build with more will than skill.- Build trust among the player so even the player already graduated from Duke they will always find 

Coach K to ask for some advice, because they are really respect Coach K.- Leading for Coach K is not only leading or coaching, but beyond that to make your follower could be 

develop into a more positive way and leaving legacy. 

3. Why was Coach K been effective ? In what way you’ll be hiring Coach K ?There are 5 fundamental things that Coach K usually used while he was coaching

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- Communication - Trust- Collective- Responsibility - Pride

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Coach K been effective because he could touch every team member, and build a relationships not only just a relationship but he keep maintain it and create a long term relationship. 

Players who already graduated usually will find Coach K to ask some advice. Noteable player which coach by Coach K : Grant Hill a former Duke and NBA Player,  a seven time NBA All Star.

4&5. Think of time when you motivated others to perform at their best. Why were you effective?

- When im given fully control and ownership of a project or a specific task.- Extrinsic motivation comes from outside. This is the motivation which gets you to plough on

with something you don’t like all that much because you know there’ll be a reward at the end. Think of a time in your life when you stuck with something in order to reach a particular goal: maybe you studied hard in college not because you loved studying, but because you wanted to get your degree. Or perhaps you worked in a job that bored you because you needed the paycheck. Sometimes, people think that extrinsic motivation is shallow or false – but it can be a very powerful force

- Intrinsic motivation comes from within. It’s the sort of motivation that you get when you’re doing something you enjoy; when the task itself is its own reward. Think of something you love – perhaps computer games, playing the guitar, cooking, painting … any activity you enjoy. Intrinsic motivation can be a powerful force – but it can also be subject to your moods; when you’re feeling cheerful and upbeat, you’re more likely to enjoy what you’re working on than

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“I vividly remember the first time he met with my team during my freshman year and shared his vision, his passion and his plan for us to win our first national championship.  Some people have said to me it must have been easy to win under Coach, but that was far from the case. He was demanding, intense, constantly pushing and prodding us to produce more, to believe in him and, most importantly, to believe in ourselves more than we ever thought we could. That, together with his belief that we   could   be   better   as   the   sum   of   our   parts   than   as   individuals,   embodies   his philosophy.             I have grown up surrounded by powerful role models, both athletes and non-athletes. I have learned so much from all of them: how to lead, how to play, how to achieve success, how to handle success,  how to reach out and help those in need. Coach K has been one of those powerful role models for me and countless others who have played for him or met him throughout his storied career. He has lived a life of great success and achievement while remaining loyal to teaching and to Duke.”

Leading in Organizationwhen you’re feeling low. And for some tasks, there’s simply no way you’re going to enjoy them. That’s where extrinsic motivation comes in.

- Coach K leadership could be much effective because he could build this Extrinsic and Intrinsic value within his players. He used his paternalistic leadership style to implement all of those vision and mission.

6. What are your basic assumptions about motivation, leading and human nature ?Motivation :  “Motivation   is  defined  as   the  process   that   initiates,   guides  and  maintains  goal-oriented behaviors. Motivation is what causes us to act, whether it is getting a glass of water to reduce thirst or reading a book to gain knowledge.It involves the biological,  emotional,  social  and cognitive forces that activate behavior. In everyday usage, the term motivation is frequently used to describe why a person does something.”Leading: “Described as "a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others   in   the   accomplishment   of   a   common task".For   example,   some   understand   a leader simply   as somebody  whom  people   follow,   or   as   somebody  who   guides   or   directs   others  while   others   define leadership as "organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal".Human Nature  :”refers to the distinguishing characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting, which humanstend to have naturally, independently of the influence of culture. “

Human needs  are an  important  part  of  human nature. Values, beliefs,  and customs differ   from country to country and even within group to group, but  in general,  all  people have a few basic needs. As a leader you must understand these needs because they can be powerful motivators.

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Unlike  others   researchers  of  his  time,  Abraham Maslow's  based  his   theory  of human needs on creative  people  who  used  all   their   talents,   potential,   and   capabilities   (Bootzin,   Loftus,   Zajonc, Hall,   1983).   His   methodology   differed   from   other   psychological   researchers   who   mostly observed mentally unhealthy people.

Maslow   (1943)   felt   that human needs were   arranged   in   a   hierarchical   order   that   could   be divided into two major groups: basic needs and metaneeds (higher order needs):

o Basic Needs are physiological, such as food, water, and sleep; and psychological, such as affection, security, and self-esteem. These basic needs are also called “deficiency needs” because if they are not met by an individual, then that person will strive to make up the deficiency.

o Metaneeds or being needs (growth needs). These include justice, goodness, beauty, order, unity, etc. Basic needs normally take priority over these meta needs. For example, a person who lacks food or water will normally not attend much to justice or beauty needs.

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Leading in OrganizationThese needs are often  listed  in a hierarchical  order  in  the form of a  pyramid to show that   the basic  needs   (bottom ones)  must  be met  before  the  higher  order  needs   (however,   it   should  be pictured more as a box, see the section, Criticisms and Strengths , below for more information):

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o Self-actualization — know exactly who you are, where you are going, and what you 

want to accomplish. A state of well-beingo Esteem — feeling of moving up in world, recognition, few doubts about selfo Belongingness and love — belong to a group, close friends to confide witho Safety — feel free from immediate dangero Physiological — food, water, shelter

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