MasterClass: Coach K Teaches Values-Driven Leadership

Legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski—best known as Coach K—teaches values-driven leadership. With five national championships and three olympic gold medals, the winningest coach in NCAA history helps you develop a personalized path to success.

Define the core principles of your organization: Learn how Coach K aligned his personal objectives with those of his teams through an impromptu “values meeting.”

Coach K shares how to develop team culture by building trust and setting standards—not rules. Create collective responsibility for every member of your team to work toward a common goal.

Coach K takes a time-out with one of his former captains, NBA champion Shane Battier, to discuss the qualities of the Duke basketball team and Team USA that contributed to their success.

Learn what legendary Coach Bobby Knight called the “motion offense” by making game-time decisions on and off the court.

Hear Coach K’s experience working with Kevin Durant on using body language as a powerful form of nonverbal communication.

In this lesson, Coach K and Shane Battier discuss the process of making the critical decisions that led their team to the national championship.

In this lesson, Coach K breaks down the elements of effective communication, including ways to maximize messaging and run an effective meeting.

Learn when it’s appropriate to use emotions—and when it’s not. In this lesson, Coach K introduces the concept of “next play” and how it motivated Duke players to keep moving forward.

Taking leadership lessons from the court to the conference room, Coach K and Shane Battier discuss how to navigate moments of transition in your life and career.

Coach K shares his approach to recruitment and retention for the Duke basketball organization. Learn how to appeal to candidates by considering their priorities as whole people.

Learn how to improve the skills of the best people on your team and inspire them to become even better. With individual growth opportunities, self-critique, and humility, your team can achieve collective improvement.

In this lesson, learn how to give feedback and recognition, and navigate difficult conversations that can determine the success of your team.

Establish a tiered approach to your organization’s structure that supports early leaders and accommodates upward mobility.

Coach K reflects on the environment that gave Shane Battier the confidence to step up as a leader of the Duke basketball team.

Learn how to use tone, time, place, and emotion to elevate your team’s performance. Coach K shares his memory of preparing Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and the other members of Team USA to compete at the 2008 Olympic games.

Seize the moment. In this final lesson, Coach K shares how suffering a loss can teach you more than getting a win.