In short, the seven attributes they shared challenge your assumptions of what inspired leadership looks like. They were often role players who were allergic to the spotlight.
The men and women who make up the Captain Class were never the most skilled athletes, nor were they gifted orators or paragons of sportsmanship. Told through riveting accounts of some of the most pressure-soaked moments in sports history-from Bill Russell’s legendary “Coleman Play” in the 1957 NBA Finals to Barcelona’s “Figo Game” against Real Madrid in 2000- The Captain Class doesn’t just bring these events to life it presents a fresh, counterintuitive take on leadership that can be applied to a wide spectrum of competitive disciplines.
Drawing on original interviews with athletes from two dozen countries, as well as general managers, coaches, executives, and others skilled at building teams, Walker identifies the seven core qualities of this Captain Class-from extreme doggedness and emotional control to a knack for nonverbal communication to tactical aggression and the courage to stand apart. At that point, he became obsessed with another, more complicated question: What did these freak teams have in common?Īs Walker dug into their stories, a pattern emerged: Each team had the same type of captain-a singular leader with an unconventional skill set who drove it to achieve sustained, historic greatness.įueled by a lifetime of sports spectating, twenty years of reporting, and a decade of painstaking research, The Captain Class tells the surprising story of what makes teams exceptional. When he was done, he had a list of the sixteen most dominant teams in history. Several years ago, Sam Walker set out to answer one of the most hotly debated questions in sports: What are the greatest teams of all time? He devised a formula, then applied it to thousands of teams from leagues all over the world, from the NBA to the English Premier League to Olympic field hockey. Questions Or to place an order, Call us at 800.589.7251. The secret to winning is not what you think it is. Scroll down for our list of Class 'A' Captain & Co-Captain Chairs. Named one of the best business books of the year by CNBC, strategy+business, Forbes, and SI.com
From the founding editor of The Wall Street Journal’s sports section comes a bold new theory of leadership drawn from the elite captains who inspired their teams to achieve extraordinary success.
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