Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski is the winningest coach in men’s college basketball history. For the first time, he’s sharing the secrets to building an environment conducive to success. Learn how to read body language, deliver difficult feedback, and identify talent. Whether on the court or in the office, you’ll be confident exercising leadership strategies that influenced players like Kobe Bryant and Shane Battier.

Syllabus

Coach K Teaches Values-Driven Leadership

Legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski—best known as Coach K—teaches values-driven leadership. With five national championships and three olympic gold medals, the winningest coach in NCAA history helps you develop a personalized path to success.

Define Your Core Values

Define the core principles of your organization: Learn how Coach K aligned his personal objectives with those of his teams through an impromptu “values meeting.”

Cultivate a Winning Team Culture

Coach K shares how to develop team culture by building trust and setting standards—not rules. Create collective responsibility for every member of your team to work toward a common goal.

Time-Out: Own Your Team Culture

Coach K takes a time-out with one of his former captains, NBA champion Shane Battier, to discuss the qualities of the Duke basketball team and Team USA that contributed to their success.

Making Reads: Adapt to the Situation

Learn what legendary Coach Bobby Knight called the “motion offense” by making game-time decisions on and off the court.

Read Your People: Body Language & Nonverbal Communication

Hear Coach K’s experience working with Kevin Durant on using body language as a powerful form of nonverbal communication.

Time-Out: The Ultimate Motion Offense

In this lesson, Coach K and Shane Battier discuss the process of making the critical decisions that led their team to the national championship.

Teams Fail Without Effective Communication

In this lesson, Coach K breaks down the elements of effective communication, including ways to maximize messaging and run an effective meeting.

Leading With Emotion

Learn when it’s appropriate to use emotions—and when it’s not. In this lesson, Coach K introduces the concept of “next play” and how it motivated Duke players to keep moving forward.

Time-Out: Planning Your Next Play

Taking leadership lessons from the court to the conference room, Coach K and Shane Battier discuss how to navigate moments of transition in your life and career.

Recruit & Retain All-Star Talent

Coach K shares his approach to recruitment and retention for the Duke basketball organization. Learn how to appeal to candidates by considering their priorities as whole people.

Improve Individual Performance

Learn how to improve the skills of the best people on your team and inspire them to become even better. With individual growth opportunities, self-critique, and humility, your team can achieve collective improvement.

Give Feedback

In this lesson, learn how to give feedback and recognition, and navigate difficult conversations that can determine the success of your team.

Develop Emerging Leaders

Establish a tiered approach to your organization’s structure that supports early leaders and accommodates upward mobility.

Time-Out: Create a Legacy of Leadership

Coach K reflects on the environment that gave Shane Battier the confidence to step up as a leader of the Duke basketball team.

Make a Habit of Motivation

Learn how to use tone, time, place, and emotion to elevate your team’s performance. Coach K shares his memory of preparing Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and the other members of Team USA to compete at the 2008 Olympic games.