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Walk Off Winning

Author Steve Trimper
Release Date: 2020/01/01
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Become a doer. Motivation and strategies from a top figure in sports leadership

There are many books available on the topic of leadership, but none quite like this one. Walk Off Winning: A Game Plan for Leading Your Team and Organization to Success is the work of Steve Trimper—a college baseball coach who shares what he has learned about business through his extensive leadership experience in high-level sports. In addition to reflecting on his own failures and successes, Trimper interviews leadership experts to distill a wealth of wisdom into this valuable book.

Inside, you’ll read about the key principles of team building, culture, and organization building. If you are looking for a way to enhance your leadership, whether you lead a team of one or an entire organization, Walk Off Winning is for you. This book will give you the motivation and strategies to “become a doer.” Anyone involved in leadership, sports management, or the general business world will benefit from the inspirational anecdotes and honest advice in this much sought-after guide for leaders of all kinds.

  • Discover the key principles of team building that apply in every organization and setting
  • Gain the motivation you need to stop waiting around for success and “become a doer”
  • Learn from the real-world successes and failures of a top leader in high-level sports
  • Get inspired to take an honest look at your opportunities for leadership growth

From the sports field to the business office, good leadership in any arena shares a single, universal foundation. If you want to achieve your dreams, you’ll have to learn to Walk Off Winning.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Foreword
  3. Introduction
    1. Less Inside Baseball, More Inside Leadership
    2. Learning from Coaches, Mentors, and Other Great Leaders
  4. 1 You Need Values, But Keep Them Simple
    1. The Flowchart of True Success
    2. Be Selective When Establishing Values
    3. Improve What You Already Have
  5. 2 Never Underestimate the Power of Giving
    1. Create a Foundation for Success
    2. A Gift of Giving Might Be Right Under Your Nose
    3. Giving Leads to Loyalty
  6. 3 Attitude and the Power of the Handshake
    1. Attitude Is Highly Contagious
    2. Sharing Attitude by Means of a Handshake
    3. Change Your Thought Process to One of Positivity
    4. You Choose Your Attitude
    5. Be a Grinder, and Deal with Setbacks
    6. Fight through the “Muck”
  7. 4 The Communicator Wins
    1. The First and Best Form of Communication
    2. Become Comfortable Communicating in Person
    3. We All Love a Good Storyteller
    4. Communication Pays Off
    5. The Power of a Personality
    6. Charisma
    7. Don't Dominate the Conversation
  8. 5 I Always Got Hits Because My Shoelaces Were Tucked In
    1. Follow Planned Routines
    2. Wasting Time on What You Can't Influence
    3. Control the Controllables
    4. It's Fun to Be a “Little Stitious”
  9. 6 Leaders Lead the Way
    1. John and His New Boss
    2. Dictator Leadership
    3. Servant Leadership
    4. Empowerment Leadership
    5. Relying on Both Forms of Leadership
  10. 7 Are You a Brick with Mortar?
    1. True Toughness
    2. Learn to Compete
    3. Bricks and Mortar
    4. Learn to “Pivot” with Your Mortar
  11. 8 The Value of Real Energy
    1. Real versus Fake Energy
    2. Don't Give Up and Don't Be a Lake
    3. Optimistic or Embellishment?
  12. 9 Good Impressions
    1. “Surround Yourself with Good People”
    2. Be on the Lookout for Values
    3. Learn from Communicating
    4. 30 Seconds
    5. “Recruit Ready”
    6. You Need a Personality
  13. 10 White-Tailed Deer and Career Progression
    1. Ready to Change the World
    2. Take Your Time—You Don't Know It All Just Yet
    3. The Beauty and Life of a White-Tailed Deer
    4. You Pick, and Mentor, Your Team
  14. 11 Fall Forward When You Fail—and You're Gonna Fail!
    1. In and Out of Your Control
    2. People Want You to Fail
    3. Fail and Move Forward
    4. Be Responsible and Positive in Times of Failure
  15. 12 Keep Chopping Wood: Pressure versus Preparation
    1. Relationships Lead to Wins
    2. The Alfond Way
    3. “Keep Chopping Wood”
    4. “Sharpen Your Axe”
    5. With the Right Mindset, You Are Capable of Anything
    6. Tackle Crisis Management Head On
  16. 13 Ego: You Better Have One
    1. Crank Up Your Ego—Sometimes
    2. Think Big
    3. Circle the Wagons
    4. Invest in Values
    5. Build the Team's Confidence
    6. Tone People Down, Not Up
    7. Stubbornness Can Be a Good Trait
  17. 14 The Art of Decompression
    1. Recharge Your Batteries
    2. You've Earned a Break
    3. Hone Your Focus Skill
    4. Lock In
    5. Burn Those Lines in the Grass
    6. Find Something You're Good at and Use It as Your Outlet
  18. 15 Winners versus Losers
    1. Team versus Program
    2. True Toughness
    3. Winners and Losers
    4. Compete, Compete, Compete
  19. 16 The 5 Percent Rule
    1. Be Better Every Day
    2. The Power of a Group
    3. Focus on Small Efforts for Long-Term Success
    4. Be Great at Little Things
  20. 17 Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda: Get Rid of It
    1. Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda and the “Negative Nellie”
    2. Move People in the Same Direction
    3. Neutralizing the Negative Nellie
    4. “There Is No ‘I’ in T-E-A-M”
  21. 18 Be a Doer, Not a Talker
    1. We “Do” Our Wedding Vows, Not Just “Say” Them
    2. Don't Just Talk the Talk
    3. How I Learned to “Do”
    4. Invest in Relationships
    5. Nike: “Just Do It”
  22. 19 True Success
    1. 1. Surround Yourself with Good People, and Good Things Happen
    2. 2. Relationships: Work at It
    3. 3. Trust
    4. 4. Loyalty, the Final Path to Success
    5. True Success Isn't About Money, Possessions, or Fame
    6. The Puzzle Changes
  23. Afterword
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. About the Author
  26. Index
  27. End User License Agreement