Stop Competing and Start Winning: The Business of Coaching (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781735499307)

If you are in athletics and are searching for a competitive advantage your opponents don't have, this book is for you.

If you are in an organization that wants to tap into the passion and competitive spirit of sport, this book is for you.

Beth Launiere and Leo Hopf have performed at the highest levels in their respective fields for more than 30 years. Beth has been the head volleyball coach at the University of Utah and is coming off of being named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year and reaching the NCAA Division One Sweet Sixteen. Leo is a management consultant who has advised the world's most dynamic and complex organizations on their strategies, decision making, and organizational effectiveness.

"One hallmark of improvement devotees is this: they prospect for ideas where others have not. Beth and Leo struck pay dirt looking outside the world of sport-just the chapter on Delegation, and its Golden Rule, is worth a coach's time. Hungry for new coaching ideas? Your feast awaits."

Karch Kiraly (coach of the USA women's national volleyball team)

"Managing a staff is one of our great challenges as coaches. Everything starts at the top-how the staff works and relates will set the tone for the team. This book provides business concepts and tools to design any sports program or organization to win and reach the next level of success."

Tara VanDerveer (two-time women's basketball national champion at Stanford)

"Finally, a Management 101 guide specific to the coaching profession; this book is invaluable for every coach."

Kathy DeBoer (Executive Director, American Volleyball Coaches Association).