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Drawing on the extraordinary experiences of Coach Mike Smith and Jon Gordon--consultant to numerous college and professional teams, this step-by-step book explores the seven powerful principles that any business, school, organization, or sports team can adopt to revitalize their organization. -- Edited summary from book.

You Win in the Locker Room First: 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Sports, Business, and Life -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Culture -- Create a Winning Culture -- Build Your Culture Up and Down -- Everyone Creates Your Culture -- X's and O's Are Overrated -- Sustained Culture = Sustained Success -- Know What You Stand For -- Process and Milestones -- Focus on the Root, Not the Fruit -- You Have to Fight for Your Culture and Team -- Chapter 2: Contagious -- Germ or Vitamin C? -- Contagious with a Vision and Mission -- Contagious with Your Belief -- Contagious with a Positive Attitude -- Contagious Leaders in the Locker Room -- No Energy Vampires Allowed -- The No Complaining Rule -- Chapter 3: Consistent -- Consistency Wins the Locker Room -- Consistency Wins in the Long Run -- It's Not Okay to Be Moody -- Be Consistent in Your Desire to Be Great -- Complacency Is a Disease -- Consistently Improving -- Humble and Hungry -- Be Humble -- Be Hungry -- Chapter 4: Communicate -- The Most Important Thing a Coach Can Do -- One-on-One Communication -- Listening Enhances Communication -- What's the Temperature Today? -- Leading by Walking Around -- Communicating the Message -- The Power of an Outside Voice -- The Enemies of Great Communication -- Communication Must Lead to Collaboration -- Chapter 5: Connect -- Communicating and Collaborating Leads to Connection -- Team Beats Talent When Talent Isn't a Team -- We Got This -- Unplug from Technology and Plug into People -- Create a Connected Locker Room -- Connect Outside the Locker Room to Be Strong Inside the Locker Room -- Stay Connected -- Chapter 6: Commitment -- Commit if You Want Commitment -- Commitment Begins with the Leader -- Feeling Is More Powerful than Hearing -- Serve to Be Great -- Commitment Starts at Home -- Commitment Is Spelled T-I-M-E.

When You Commit You Make Everyone Better -- The Hard Hat -- It's Not about You -- Lose Your Ego -- Commitment Requires Sacrifice -- Chapter 7: Care -- Caring Is a Strategy -- Care More -- Create a Culture of Caring -- Show You Care -- More than a Uniform and Number -- Transactional versus Transformational -- Love Tough -- Discover Your Caring Trademark -- When You Care, Your Team Will Care -- The Big C -- The Other Big C -- Beyond the 7 C's -- Integrity -- Be Passionate, Not Emotional -- Create Your Own Style of Leadership -- Leadership Is Both Macro and Micro -- Lead Your Leaders -- Focus on the Process -- Forget the Past, Focus on the Fundamentals -- LOSS: Learning Opportunity, Stay Strong -- Culture Contamination -- Don't Focus on Winning Championships -- Focus on Developing Champions -- The Time Is Now -- Looking for Murphy -- Pressure, Not Stress -- Compete, then Unite -- Speaking as One Voice to the Media -- Become a Lifelong Learner -- Leave Your Legacy -- The Action Plan -- Put the 7 C's to Work to Enhance Your Culture -- Build a Winning Team -- Other Books by Jon Gordon -- The Energy Bus -- The Energy Bus for Kids -- The No Complaining Rule -- Training Camp -- The Shark and the Goldfish -- Soup -- The Seed -- The Positive Dog -- The Carpenter -- The Hard Hat -- End User License Agreement.

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