Coach Pat Sullivan is a leading authority on leadership, team-building, and motivational coaching
Inspiring Change Together
"Sully's Done It Again"
Forward by Tom Anstett
“It” is more than his latest book, Lessons in Leadership from Athletics. “It” is the opportunity for readers to acquire more self-knowledge, leadership skills, empathy, and coaching tools no matter the sport. Reading this book and Pat’s two others: Attitude – The Cornerstone of Leadership and Team Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom centers upon Pat’s wealth of experience on the sidelines, his leadership as an administrator and educator, and his unselfish willingness to share his expertise. This recently published book constitutes a mosaic of his life experiences.
Pat Sullivan’s third book will give readers more knowledge, tools, mental strategies, and awareness about a variety of topics vital to both better leadership and success in life, no matter in what field of endeavor or career readers find themselves. Whether you are a parent of a player, a leader in your organization, an aspiring player, a coach, or just a fan of sport, pick up a copy. You will have found a treasure, one to enjoy numerous times. Reading this book compares to a great day, a day in which you think, you laugh, and you come to the point of tears.
Tom Anstett
Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, 2011 as a player and 2014 as a coach
Coach Pat Sullivan's Books
ATTITUDE: The Cornerstone of Leadership
Team-Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom
ATTITUDE: The Cornerstone of Leadership
Being a leader is all about attitude. Or, in this case, ATTITUDE. An acronym with simple, practical concepts describing the personal characteristics of the best leaders and how to develop those characteristics in yourself. ATTITUDE follows several key concepts: First, of course, attitude itself, and your positivity or negativity in every
Being a leader is all about attitude. Or, in this case, ATTITUDE. An acronym with simple, practical concepts describing the personal characteristics of the best leaders and how to develop those characteristics in yourself. ATTITUDE follows several key concepts: First, of course, attitude itself, and your positivity or negativity in everyday life.
The rest of the acronym - teamwork, toughness, intelligence, thank you, you, determination, and effort - is everything you need in order to lead people, not by words but by the inspiring way in which you conduct yourself and show up every day ready to listen, learn, and grow.
The concepts presented are uncomplicated, addressing leadership through real-world examples. For example, effort itself is nothing if it is not consistent. Success cannot come without a willingness to fail and make mistakes - and to learn from those mistakes and show up the next day with the determination to try again and take personal responsibility. Toughness is not hardness, but instead, working through difficult times without a litany of complaints and, perhaps most important, true intelligence comes from an understanding that knowledge is not always displayed by showing how much you know, but by how well you listen.
These characteristics add up to a successful leader - not because he or she tells people what to do, but because he or she embodies characteristics that others will aspire to. Use this fun and insightful guide to think about the principles of leadership and how you can apply them in everyday life.
Leadership From Athletics
Team-Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom
ATTITUDE: The Cornerstone of Leadership
From the Author of Attitude - The Cornerstone of Leadership and Team Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom, Coach Pat Sullivan is back again with his latest book covering reflections that only his experience can bring.
Over the span of 10 years, Coach Pat authored over 100 blogs & essays on the relationship between athletics and lead
From the Author of Attitude - The Cornerstone of Leadership and Team Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom, Coach Pat Sullivan is back again with his latest book covering reflections that only his experience can bring.
Over the span of 10 years, Coach Pat authored over 100 blogs & essays on the relationship between athletics and leadership. In these reflections, he identified happenings from sport, then extracted concepts from them that might have value for leaders in any field. Those essays are the foundation of this book and represent over 4 decades of coaching and leading in the world of athletics.
Coach Sullivan is a highly decorated leader with accolades that include the induction into 8 Halls of Fame, 11 Coach of the Year awards, 602 total wins as a basketball head coach, experience across North America and numerous countries outside of the US and 98% of the seniors that played under his leadership graduated with a college degree.
Team-Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom
Team-Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom
Team-Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom
In Team-Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom, veteran basketball coach Pat Sullivan takes the lessons he learned during forty-four years of successfully building athletic teams to teach business leaders practical skills in business management.
With an emphasis on the benefits of team-building, Pat shows how managing teams in the work
In Team-Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom, veteran basketball coach Pat Sullivan takes the lessons he learned during forty-four years of successfully building athletic teams to teach business leaders practical skills in business management.
With an emphasis on the benefits of team-building, Pat shows how managing teams in the workplace is no different from managing teams on the basketball court - and that in either venue, you can build winning teams using twenty core concepts.
He explores the principles of good athletic athletic management - such as setting clear expectations, dealing with failure, and listening to the team. He then teaches you how to apply those concepts in the workplace, taking care to acknowledge different business leadership styles and encouraging more managers to reflect on their own team building philosophies and policies. Team-Building: From the Bench to the Boardroom will be an insightful, practical addition to any collection of team building books for work.