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Earl Warriner

Principal and Coach

The Star of the Team Is the Team 

“No single person is more importantthan the team.”

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 Earl’s Elementary Edict:

 Do not tolerate individual attitude

 or action that negatively affects

 the performance and/or psyche

 of the team.

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Glenn ‘The ‘Ol Fox’ Curtis

Coach

Teach Details “An organization will not achieve nor sustain

success when sloppiness is tolerated.”

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 De-construct.

 Perfect.

 Reconstruct.

Teach respect for relevant details.

The ‘Ol Fox’s Formula

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Ward “Piggy” Lambert

Coach

The Team Is Your Extended Family 

“A team is made up of people,not parts.”

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Your team is comprised of people,

 not parts. Lead with ‘family-style’

love and don’t be embarrassed 

 about it.

Coach Lambert’s Law

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1. Review, refresh, and remind yourselfof core values.

2. Make your values visible.

3. “Goody Two-Shoes” is not the goal.

Lesson #1—Good Values Attract Good People

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1. Practice ‘extended family’ leadership.

2. Seek opportunities to show you care.

3. Give people the treatment theyearn and deserve.

Lesson #2—Use the Most Powerful Four-Letter Word

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2. Recognize the power of your praiseand reproofs.

3. Competence and Character are atthe core of teaching, learningand leadership.

1. Be direct, content-rich, and brief.

Lesson #3—Call Yourself a Teacher

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2. Be leery of peaks in performance.Valleys usually follow.

3. For consistent results, be assiduous 

not explosive.

1. ‘Red flag’ emotionalism in yourselfand others.

Lesson #4—Emotion Is Your Enemy

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2. Explain importance of role to‘role’ players.

3. Acknowledge the ‘unacknowledged’.

1. Share the ball; reward the assist.

Lesson #5—It Takes Ten Hands To Score a Basket

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2. Think small. Work hard. Get good.

3. Be intolerant of sloppiness.

1. Prize Coach’s ‘secret to success’.

Lesson #6—Little Things Make Big Things Happen

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Lesson #7—Make Each Day Your Masterpiece

2. Don’t mistake activity for achievement.

3. Pre-planning pre-ordains success.

1. Teach respect for time: BE ON TIME!

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Lesson #8—The Carrot Is Mightier Than a Stick

2. The ‘stick’ should be antiseptic.

3. Avoid antagonizing.It’s counterproductive.

1. Use approval and praise, but prudently.

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Lesson #9—Make Greatness Available To Everyone

2. Utilize awards that encourageteam spirit.

3. Your greatness is found in bringingit out in others.

1. Teach Coach Wooden’s ‘personalgreatness’ concept.

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Lesson #10—Seek Significant Change

2. Eliminate all excuses for gettingto the next level.

3. Encourage contrary input.

1. Be uncomfortable being comfortable.

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Lesson #11—Don’t Look At the Scoreboard

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3. Welcome the worthy opponent.

1. Watch the BALL!

2. Derive pleasure and pride fromthe process.

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Lesson #12—Adversity Is Your Asset

2. Aggressively seek the silver lining.

3. Remember Joshua’s second‘Set of Three’s.’

1. Assume adversity offers advantages.