Leading in Organization

Coach K : Lead With Your Heart.

Its about the heart, its about the family,

in the end its all about seeing the good in
people and bringing the most out of them..

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, hes the guy everybody wants on their
team.
Who wouldnt? After all, hes 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.
Hes taken teams to the NCAAs 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 sportswriters 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 Ks
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
workers. In return he receives the complete trust and
loyalty of his people. Workers under this style of
leader expected to become totally committed to
what the leader believes and will not strive off and
work independently.
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.

Bernard, Adie, Tinton, Miko, ANdrew

Leading in Organization
2. What are his basic assumptions about motivation, leading and human nature ?
Coach Krzyszewski had only one rule, he and his basketball team followed: Dont do anything
thats detrimental to yourself. Because if its detrimental to you, itll 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 youll be hiring Coach K ?
There are 5 fundamental things that Coach K usually used while he was coaching

Communication
Trust
Collective
Responsibility
Pride

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.

Bernard,Adie, Tinton, Miko, ANdrew

Leading in Organization
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.

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 nonathletes. 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.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/11/15/Grant.Hill.Coach.K/index.html#ixzz33voTg
rjE

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 dont like all that much because you know therell 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. Its the sort of motivation that you get when youre
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
youre feeling cheerful and upbeat, youre more likely to enjoy what youre working on than
when youre feeling low. And for some tasks, theres simply no way youre going to enjoy them.
Thats 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

Bernard, Adie, Tinton, Miko, ANdrew

Leading in Organization
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 gr oup, but in general, all people have a few basic
needs. As a leader you must understand these needs because they can be powerful motivators.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
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.
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.

These 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):
o

Self-actualization know exactly who you are, where you are going, and what you
want to accomplish. A state of well-being

o
o
o
o

Esteem feeling of moving up in world, recognition, few doubts about self

Belongingness and love belong to a group, close friends to confide with
Safety feel free from immediate danger
Physiological food, water, shelter

Bernard,Adie, Tinton, Miko, ANdrew

Leading in Organization

Bernard, Adie, Tinton, Miko, ANdrew