If I had to pick the Top 10 Leadership Speakers in the world right now, P.J. Fleck would be on the list. Don’t believe me? Check out his video at the bottom of this post.
P.J. Fleck is the head football coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers. During his four seasons at the school, he has turned a program with dysfunction and a potential player boycott completely around. Using his Row The Boat mantra for creating culture and building team unity, the program now has direction, intentionality, and a culture of changing lives while it wins games. The Gophers’ high mark was finishing the 2019 season with an 11-2 record and Outback Bowl victory over Auburn.
Coach Fleck’s leadership philosophy is profiled in his new book co-authored with Jon Gordon entitled, Row the Boat: A Never-Give-Up Approach to Lead with Enthusiasm and Optimism and Improve Your Team and Culture. Written in true Jon Gordon style, this book is easy to read but filled with so many lessons on self-leadership and culture-building it will take a lifetime to implement.
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The book concludes with the following 10 Guiding Leadership Principles For 2021 we learn from Coach Fleck:
- Never sacrifice what you really want down the road for what you want right now.
- Trained behavior creates boring habits; boring habits create elite instincts.
- You win with people, not just players – people who make their life about others.
- Do all you can to give more than you take because serving and giving is the key to life.
- The hardest part about being the standard is that you are the standard all the time.
- Culture trumps skill.
- A person distracted is a person defeated.
- Embrace your past to create your future.
- Hard work and competitive spirit are not the same. Always compete!
- There is a major difference between success and significance. The goal should be significance. Row Your Boat!
As mentioned earlier, check out Coach Fleck’s speech below and you will see why he is currently one of the top leadership speakers in the world. Once again, to get his book click HERE.
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