From Leadership Theory to Practice: A Game Plan for Success as a Leader »

This book describes the leadership practices of football coaches as a way to illustrate the theory the author expounds, offering the reader examples of leadership behavior in the four leadership frames suggested by Bolman and Deal's situational leadership theory.

1 Contemporary Leadership Theory 1

2 Leading with Heart 21

3 Bill Belichick 45

4 Bobby Bowden 57

5 Bear Bryant 69

6 Tony Dungy 83

7 Joe Gibbs 97

8 Bill Parcells 109

9 Ara Parseghian 121

10 Joe Paterno 135

11 Don Shula 153

12 Bill Walsh 165

13 Leadership Lessons Learned 179

References 187

Appendix The Heart Smart Organizational Diagnosis Model 191