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belovedsnail's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Much better than I expected, tbh. Some solid and usable tips.
tintinintibet's review against another edition
4.0
A quick read, decent management/memoir that allows Walsh to address the questions of his being a basket case/neurotic/thin-skinned. While I think "Building a Champion" may have covered many of the similar points (and more football diagrams and plays), this one is surprisingly well-written for the armchair leadership genre. Of course being a fan helps out too.
griffgriffgriff_'s review against another edition
4.0
Tremendous look at the career of Bill Walsh and his Niners teams. The best of it was when it was focusing on personal anecdotes from himself or players or administrators that backed up his lessons on leadership. It could get a bit dry at times when it got “list-y”, but the messaging was generally excellent and I feel like I learned a lot to take on to my own groups.
liberrydude's review against another edition
4.0
I don't know if I could have worked for Bill Walsh. But I've worked for guys like him-obsessive, attention to detail, micro-managers who unrelentingly strive for perfection. But I learned much from them. It's sad Bill is no longer with us-would love to hear his take on everything happening today. This is a great book about leadership. He worked hard, perhaps, too hard to win. But it wasn't about winning initially. It was about mastery of your craft and striving for perfection. But success can be a drug and tear people apart. Bill talks all about this too. Some great stories in here not only from Bill but those closest to him-his players, coaches, and family. Bill was all about creating an ethos of mastery and doing the right thing. It's a how to and how not to book with a mea culpa thrown in. But it all comes down to knowing when to know when to do something and Bill was a real master at that most of the time. He was truly ahead of his time and suffered (according to himself) from a real lack of respect from his colleagues and the hierarchy of the NFL. But he showed them.
rick2's review against another edition
5.0
This was the first book I read about process oriented mindset and it absolutely floored me.