Phil Jackson

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This paper concludes that Phil Jackson is one of the greatest coaches of all time and that he has been able to motivate and encourage and enhance the skills of his team of players so much that their performances have been improved to unexpected levels. It discusses how he has been a great influence on the game of basketball and winning the game against all odds, in some cases. His ability to focus on the outcomes that he wants his team to achieve has in no small measure contributed to his immense success as a coach and as a person.

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"Leadership is generally defined as the process by which an individual would be able to guide the group of individuals under his leadership towards a collective goal or a collective accomplishment, collective here referring to any type of event from any field such as sporting or music, and so on. The Coach of the team must assume this important role if he hoped for a good performance from his team members. A Coach today must not only be able to guide his team but also be able to adapt a holistic approach in all his dealings with his team. This also means that he must be able to not only bring out that individual's skills in sport but also mould them in an all round psychological growth and development of all the members of the team. This would mean hat a Coach today must possess a certain visionary ideal and the charisma to implement the ideal, and he must use sensible leadership as well as communication skills and qualities to make sensible decisions about his team. However, if the Coach is to have a vision about his team, then he must at first have a basic idea of how he wants his team to perform, where he wants his team to reach, what he wants his team members to accomplish, and how they would have to go about fulfilling his vision. (Leadership Skills and Sport: Going beyond the 'Team Captain')"

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