Coach K Leadership: 13 Hacks that Contribute Simple Things

Coach Mike Krzyzewski said leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated. Coach K's leadership needed simple things. Krzyzewski certainly understood the leadership qualities of the best leadership, didn’t he?

Spot on. I have been in the military and business world for forty years, and I often get asked what leader qualities contribute to the best leadership. Developing these qualities is a lifelong learning process. You are never done learning.

Every great leader always looks for ways to improve on all of these qualities. Leadership can be especially challenging for entrepreneurs. Balancing the need to run a business (i.e., products, investors, customers, etc.) and the need to lead company personnel is quite a task.

Effective leader qualities as an entrepreneur mean that you can “make things happen,” instead of just “letting things happen.”The quality of leader influence involvement is required in many activities. It is involved in a variety of situations and problems, from the very simple to the very complex.

Leaders must influence others to achieve goals, and they must gain the respect of followers to influence them. This is no easy task, but if you want to have the respect of your followers, you have many…