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Nov 7, 2013 · In Legacy, best-selling author James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world’s most successful sporting team, the legendary All Blacks of New Zealand, to reveal 15 powerful and practical lessons for leadership and business.
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May 22, 2018 · In Legacy, best-selling author James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world’s most successful sporting team, the legendary All Blacks of New Zealand, to reveal 15 powerful and practical lessons for leadership and business.
Aug 29, 2019 · James Kerr's bestseller Legacy does a deep analysis of the world's most successful sporting team, the New Zealand All Blacks and their famously consistent team culture. Self-reflection by the executive led to the creation of 15 elegant mantras, and the power of these mantras incredibly turned the fortunes of the All Blacks around.
“A culture of asking and questioning fundamental questions leaves out useless beliefs, and helps to achieve a clearer execution of your goal. Humility allows us to ask ourselves a very simple question: how can we do this better?” “The better the questions, the more valuable the answers.”
- Chapter 1 – Character
- Chapter 2 – Adapt
- Chapter 3 – Purpose
- Chapter 4 – Responsibility
- Chapter 5 – Learn
- Chapter 6 – Whanau
- Chapter 7 – Expectations
- Chapter 8 – Preparation
- Chapter 9 – Pressure
- Chapter 10 – Authenticity
Waibo ma te tangata e mihi= Let someone else praise your virtues SWEEP THE SHEDS – Never be too big to do the small things that need to be done The chapter opens with an inside view of a match against Wales where the All Blacks win 42-7. After the press has left the locker room, the players and coaches debrief and take turns to say what could have ...
Maui – the discoverer of the secret of fire – was spearing birds with his brothers one day. But as his spear had no barbs, the prey escaped them. Maui’s mother told him to use sticks to create barbs for his weapon – which he did. They feasted on kereru (pigeon) that night. GO FOR THE GAP – When you’re on top of your game, change your game.
The person with a narrow vision sees a narrow horizon; the person with a wide vision sees a wide horizon. PLAY WITH PURPOSE – Ask ‘Why?’ After defeat against South Africa in 2004, the coaching staff sat down for what Graham Henry described as the most important conversation of his All Black career. “It would result in the most complete overhaul of ...
Be a leader, not a follower. Pass the Ball. Leaders create Leaders. General David Petraeus: “Instill in your teams members a sense of great self-worth – hat each, at any given time, can be the most important on the battlefield.” Henry formed a Leadership group made up of senior players, to which responsibility was devolved to. Henry was an ‘autocra...
Gather the good food, cast away the rubbish. Daniel Pink in Drive: The 3 factors that he believes creates motivation in a human being: mastery, autonomy and purpose. “How do leaders create an environment that delivers the opportunity for personal growth and professional development?” Sean Fitzpatrick, All Black legend: Tom Peters: Excellent firms d...
Hold on to the spearhead formation of the kawau. NO DICKHEADS. Follow the spearhead. Whanuameans to be born or give birth. For Maori, it means extended family. Our family of friends, our mates, our tribe, our team. Kipling: “For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack” Arab proverb: “It’s better to have a thou...
My language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul EMBRACE EXPECTATIONS Aim for the highest cloud. Ira Glass: Great stories come to those that tell them. Fitzpatrick: Don’t be a good All Black. Be a great All Black. What would a great All Black do? In The Songlines, the Koori believe that when young men go walkabout, the words they c...
The way the sapling is shaped determines how the tree grows TRAIN TO WIN Practise under pressure Don Bradman practiced as a boy by throwing a golf ball off a corrugated wall and hitting it back with a cricket stump. “He made practice his test.” “Practise with intensity to develop the mindset to win” Train to Win. “Like physical fitness, mental toug...
The first stage of learning is silence, the second stage is listening. KEEP A BLUE HEAD Control your attention Red Head: Tight, inhibited, results-orientated, anxious, aggressive, over-compensating, desperate. Blue Head: Loose, expressive, in the moment, calm, clear, accurate, on task. How do we avoid Red Head and stay in Blue Head? First, put your...
Cluster the branches of the manuka, so that they will not break. KNOW THYSELF Keep it real Gilbert Enoka: “We always talk about the ‘real self’ rather than the ‘fake self’. If you come into the All Blacks and you succumb to peer pressure, and you do things because others want you to, if you’re not grounded, then you get found out” “He uses the anal...
Smith integrated Maori culture into everything the team did, from how he named different plays and actions to a preseason trip that retraced the steps of local Maori tribes. By imbuing his team with a common language, a common understanding, Smith created a coherent and cohesive culture for the team to buy into and thrive in (p. 149).
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Mar 19, 2018 · In the book ‘Legacy’, we get an intimate look inside the All Blacks’ high performance culture. Author James Kerr shares 15 principles the All Blacks use in order to build and sustain their #1...
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