I just finished this book, written by three famous Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Bill Campbell is the subject and he circuitously ended up in the valley coaching many of the leaders of our tech world.
Starting out in football, not being very successful, he evolved when at IBM in marketing, he was involved with the ad at the super bowl, the woman throwing the sledge into the screen. He found his way to the valley running a couple of companies and then evolved into full time coaching.
He is characterized as outcome oriented, a sailors’ vocabulary, unwilling to pander to anyone, high integrity, compassionate and a giver-someone who gives more than he gets.
He made a bunch of money but coached kids’ sports, talked with everyone and made contacts with folks who at the time were not “important.”
He died of cancer in early 70’s, too bad, the book has mostly good lessons, along with some stuff that I can leave behind. A relatively short read.