Playbook for Success: A Hall of Famer's Business Tactics for Teamwork and Leadership - Hardcover

Lieberman, Nancy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470635525 ISBN 13: 9780470635520

Publisher: Wiley, 2010

Synopsis

A top coach teaches the sports-related skills and basics every women needs to succeed

There are basics that every woman must have if she is to succeed in the corporate world, start and run her own business, or coach her own winning team. In Playbook for Success, Hall of Fame Business Entrepreneur Nancy Lieberman brings her leadership and coaching ability to the boardroom to teach professional women the same rules of success she teaches her players.

Playbook for Success is a plan to help make success a part of one's daily routine and teach women that success is not just a title or corner office, but an attitude, belief, and way of life.

• Teaches the top sports-related skills women need to thrive in the corporate world, featuring a provocative examination of women and teamwork
• Includes profiles of women succeeding in business, ways to recognize your own strengths and weaknesses, and exercises that can be used in the business world
• Foreword by Basketball Hall of Famer and business legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson

Playbook for Success gives you a unique and inspirational road map to compete and win in your life and career.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Make business success a slam dunk with basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman

Nancy "Lady Magic" Lieberman has a passion for winning. One of basketball's all-time greats, she took home Olympic silver at age eighteen, was a two-time national champion in college, led victorious teams in the WBL and WNBA, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. After retiring from the court, she became a winning coach in the WNBA, an ESPN analyst, a sought-after public speaker and consultant, a philanthropist, and, most recently, the first female head coach in the NBA's Development League for the Dallas Mavericks affiliate the Texas Legends.

How did Lieberman blaze such a trail and break so many barriers, both in sports and business? By developing and sticking to her own playbook for success. Now, in Playbook for Success, she gives you the tools to create a champion's mind-set, achieve peak performance, and win in the game of business.

Your own personal coaching session with this legendary competitor, Playbook for Success speaks in particular to women who are ready to play in any business arena they choose and push themselves to exceed any limit before them. With this practical guide, you'll get a tough-minded mix of no-nonsense inspiration, real-life examples, and hard-and-fast sports principles you can use to hone your winner's edge each day.

Start your training today with Playbook for Success and discover tested exercises and approaches to:

• Get over your fear of success

• Assert your right to compete and lead

• Move comfortably in formerly all-male business domains

• Discover, use, and improve on your own strengths and weaknesses

• Build and lead teams to achieve goals and not give up

• Help others achieve more than they think possible

Nancy Lieberman understands the natural connection between excelling in both sports and business. Find the proven sports skills to bring your professional A-game to your business, compete, and win with Playbook for Success.

From the Back Cover:

Praise for Playbook for Success

"[Lieberman's] advice on leadership and teamwork translates to any arena."
―Harvey Mackay, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive

"Nancy has written a terrific guide for success in any area. Her insights into sports are vividly translated into specific tips for business success, and her points are well illustrated."
―Donald J. Trump, Chairman and CEO, Trump Organizations

"A commonsense, straightforward, insightful look at making improvements and excelling at work, at home, and in life."
―Billie Jean King, tennis great

"Losers are easy to spot, and winners, like Nancy Lieberman, are real finds. Nancy has written a playbook on how to be a winner, not just in sports, but in the rough-and-tumble business world. There are some great lessons here."
―T. Boone Pickens

"As Nancy inspired me when I was playing girls high school basketball, so she inspires me as a women in the sports industry today!"
―Casey Coffman, Executive VP, Business Development and Operations, Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sports

"Playbook for Success is a winner for you and your company."
―Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks owner

"Nancy's combination of acute street smarts, phenomenal athletic ability, and straight-up business acumen makes for a great how-to guide for all businesswomen."
―Martina Navratilova, Tennis Hall of Famer

"In Playbook for Success, Nancy Lieberman clearly illustrates how the values of sports―including teamwork, dedication, and discipline―can be effectively applied off the court to achieve success in business. Her passion is palpable."
―David Stern, NBA Commissioner

"Nancy Lieberman's Playbook for Success is a 'Life Guide 101' for every female, ten to one hundred. Every page reveals a valuable lesson that will enable success from the classroom to the boardroom."
―Muhammad Ali, three-time World Heavyweight Champion

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470635525
• ISBN 13: 9780470635520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208