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Beyond the Sidelines:  Lessons in Leadership from Coach Jim Tressel

The success of the Ohio State Buckeyes Football Program under the direction of Coach Jim Tressel, has created much discussion about Tressel's leadership style.  The qualities that make a good coach and a good football program great have been documented by the OSU Leadership Center through the creation of a unique leadership training package called "Beyond the Sidelines: Lessons in Leadership with Coach Jim Tressel."  Featured in this leadership training package include interviews with Coach Tressel, Archie Griffin, Ben Hartsock and others.

Game Plan:

1st Quarter:    Honesty, Integrity, & Accountability

During the first quarter, the program focuses on honesty, integrity, and accountability.  This foundation helps build momentum in the next three quarters.   Focus is placed on determining the role role honesty, integrity and accountability play in a leader's, and an organization's success.   To be victorious, you need to know where you stand.  Coach Tressel repeatedly operates from a foundation of ethics and values, and has a strong work ethic.  Being accountable and keeping commitments is fundamental to any organization or relationship. 

2nd Quarter:    Teamwork & Building Relationships

The key to any group are the relationships within it, and successful groups have  successful relationships.  .  Every organization needs who know and care about each other.  Coach Tressel knows you can't build a team without first building relationships.  Tressel believes if you know something about the player who has a locker beside you,  then you'll understand what he is trying to do and how he goes about playing the game of football.  The second quarter of this video packages focuses on translating this philosophy into success in our organizations.

3rd Quarter:    Enhancing Self & Team

In organizations, it is very important to concentrate on learning the strengths of team members.  During the third quarter, the video package features accentuating the positive by knowing what each team member does best and focusing on building up these assets. Renowned management author Peter Drucker believes leaders should focus on people's strengths instead of their weaknesses. 

4th Quarter:    Vision, Tradition & Cultural Change

The final quarter of the video package the focus is on vision, tradition, and cultural change. The Ohio State tradition of excellence is the vision of the football team.   When an organization's vision is clear to every member of the team, they can then share it and help make success a reality.
 

Post-Game Highlights

Leadership isn't about dotting the "I" or scoring touchdowns.  It's about building a solid foundation of honesty, integrity, and accountability; working hard to build relationships and emphasizing teamwork in everything you do; focusing on the positive and creating the right atmosphere for winning attitudes; and formulating a vision. 

The collaborative effort between the OSU Leadership Center and Coach Tressel has been mutually beneficial.  The Leadership Center now has a unique leadership training package to help build Ohio's leaders.  Coach Tressel has a new avenue to reach his fans and prospective student athletes.  Coach Tressel's official recruiting website features the Beyond the Sidelines video.  To view the video clip, click on the link Coach Tressel's site  http://www.coachtressel.com/why_ohio_state/whyohiostate_map.html and then click on the leadership icon.

The OSU Leadership Center offers workshops for businesses, organizations, and community groups at The Ohio State University and throughout the state of Ohio.  The Leadership Center offers more than 2,500 leadership and management resources, including books, journals, CDs and experiential activities, for individuals and organizations in it's lending library.  The Center is famous "Leadership Moments" a weekly e-mail message about leadership.

For more information about the OSU Leadership Center, contact Beth Flynn at 614-292-1251, by e-mail at flynn.61@osu.edu.  Be sure to check out the website at http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu.

Beyond the Sidelines Training Package includes:

DVD
Facilitator's Guide
Opening Activity
PowerPoint Presentation
Participant Handouts

Cost:  $199.00 + $10 shipping and handling  (we accept purchase orders and checks only)

To order  the Beyond the Sidelines Training Package, send an e-mail to:  Beth Flynn flynn.61@osu.edu

Sixty Second Preview of DVD (temporarily not available)

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Created: 2009-11-16, Updated: 2011-02-25