1. Phil Jackson – Coach of the Los Angeles Lakers MGTO 234 Team Project Group 7

2. Outline Profile and accomplishments of Phil Jackson Personal attributes Leadership style Situational circumstances that may contribute to his success Will he continue to success as a leader? What we have learnt from him

3. Profile and Accomplishments of Phil Jackson In 1981, Jackson was the coach of the Albany Patroons of the CBA  Steered the Patroons to a league title  Won a CBA Coach of the Year Award  Left after 1986-87 season with a 117-90 career record

4. Profile and accomplishments of Phil Jackson In 1990, Jackson became the head coach of the Chicago Bulls of the NBA  Six-time NBA champion  Winning percentage is the best in NBA history  First coach to win championships in two leagues (NBA & CBA)

5. Profile and accomplishments of Phil Jackson In 1999, Jackson moved to Los Angeles and coached the Lakers  Win the 2000, 2001, and 2002 NBA titles that Los Angeles had not seen for more than a decade In 2002-03 season  Has the best winning percentage in the NBA annuals  Has the no. 1 playoff winning percentage

6. Attributes of Phil Jackson Vision Emotional maturity and equanimity Self – confidence Consideration Awareness

7. Vision  Motivating to provide direction for future planning and goal setting. Phil has vision and a plan to achieve that vision. He says, “ vision is the source of leadership, the expansive dream state, where everything begins and all is possible.”

8. Emotional maturity and calmness Remain calm and stay focus to a problem, especially when dealing with adverse situations Phil is incredibly calm when facing high pressure. Usually stays seated on the bench during games Rarely calls timeouts even when his team is lagging behind the opponent.

9. Self – confidence With strong self-confidence, a leader is more likely to make influence attempts, and nay influence attempts made are more likely to be successful. Phil acts as a salesman, able to get his players to believe in what he is trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.

10. Self – confidence Able to convince superstars such as Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Byrant of Lakers and Michael Jordan of Bulls to put their egos aside for the good of the whole team John Paxson commented Phil, "He's so confident that he doesn't need to rant and rave. He's even-keeled, and it's rubbed off -- it's why we play with the poise we do."

11. Consideration Subordinates more likely to cooperate as a team and respect a leader if a leader is considerate. Phil gives support to his players and always be in touch with them. Knows the duress his players are under, what kind of travel schedule they have, the pressures they have etc.

12. Awareness Viewing most situations from a more integrated, holistic position. Phil Jackson’s motto: “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind, there are only a few.” Views himself as a beginner  see more opportunities and possibilities in a game, like how to guard, how to rebound etc.

13. Leadership style High-high leader  Task-oriented  Relations-oriented He practices Participative leadership Transformational leadership

14. High-high Leader Shows high concern for both his team and the outcome “you have to have the ability to pat the player on the back and you have to provide enough support or enough discipline so that they know there are standards that have to be met. So that's the balancing act that coaches get into.”

15. Task-oriented behavior Sets common goal for himself and his team Highlights the importance of teamwork and building a selfless team  Eliminated isolation play  no overdependence on any single player Uses different approaches to bring players back on track Reads failures and successes quickly  Make adjustments to the team

16. Relations-oriented behavior Shows support and concern for his players Knows clearly what his player’s body is going through Let the players maintain a balance life between families and work Shows concern not only for his players but all such things that support a team Shows recognition to his players  spoke to the public that he was fortunate to have Michael Jordan in his team. Appreciates teamwork

17. Participative leadership Exercises delegation Gives his team the responsibility and authority for making decisions Seldom gives detailed instructions during the game  “You have to rely on yourself, because when it comes to crunch time, I am not out there on the floor with you.” Appreciates any suggestions and initiations on decision making from his players Consult his players and other staffs More open to assistants’ advice by practicing meditation

18. Transformational leadership Emphasizes selfless team play  Uses a famous strategy, triangle offense Makes his team more aware of the importance of task outcomes.  “It means thinking and moving in unison as a group and being acutely aware, at any given moment, of what's happening on the floor.“ transcends his players’ own self-interest for the sake of the team  "I learned that the most effective way to forge a winning team is to call on the players' need to connect with something larger than themselves. It requires the individuals involved to surrender their self-interest for the greater good so that the whole adds up to more than the sum of its parts."

19. Transformational leadership Able to make otherwise-could-be-extremely- arrogant star players like Michael Jordan to be humble and cooperative  "This is the game I try to coach, in which everybody gets the ball, and everybody moves the ball, and everybody has a feel for the ball,“  "They have this idea that this is a community game." Able to gain trust, loyalty and respect by his players  Michael Jordan: “I enjoy playing for Phil. I am loyal to Phil and to what he has done for the Bulls, and have no desire to play for another coach.”

20. Situational Circumstances Situational factors contributed to Jackson’s success  He is able to grap every opportunity in the situations Enables his leadership traits/ behavior to become more effective and prominent

21. Situational Circumstances A.The Bulls got substantial media attention prior to Jackson’s arrival Having stars like Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen But never won a single championship in NBA Jackson emphasized on escalation of Teamwork Brought the Bulls to consecutive NBA championships  Gained attention and support from the public and the media

22. Situational Circumstances B.Jackson got the best NBA players under his teams Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal Demanded a less directive, more supportive leadership style Jackson can focus on the psychological aspect and team work of his teams Has a PhD in psychology Experienced by being a past NBA player

23. Situational Circumstances C.Have a loyal and supporting coaching staff Managers manage different facets of the team Assistants helped design complex offensive and defensive strategies Jackson able to get full attention on his players The public overwhelmed by the effectiveness of the strategies

24. Situational Circumstances D.Jackson played basketball in the New York Knicks for thirteen years Unselfish, team-oriented style of play The Knicks won by maximizing collective achievement of individual player The Knicks’ style of play adopted by Jackson Success in transforming individually-perceived players e.g. Michael Jordan & Dennis Rodman into a well cooperated team

25. Phil Jackson: Continue to Success as a leader He is a greatest professional coach of all time  “He has built the highest winning percentages of all NBA coaches for both regular season and playoff games” At the same time, He has proven to be a Successful Leader!!!

26. To be an effective leader….. Create alignment on objectives and strategies Help interpret the meaning of events Builds mutual trust and cooperation Strengthens collective identity Encourages and facilitates collective learning Promotes social justice and morality Develop and empower people

27. Create alignment on objectives and strategies Jackson taught the team the complex offensive and defensive strategies He states clear objectives by emphasizes the importance on selfless team: “the first principle of teamwork, of sports, is the spiritual principle of unselfishness…because no one person, no matter how great, can carry a team ”

28. Help interpret the meaning of events Jackson could see more possibilities than one could imagine Always can see what the opportunity is, how to guard, how to rebound.

29. Builds mutual trust and cooperation Convinced Jordan to believe in his teammates and share the ball Makes a statement to his players: “ if you don't play team basketball, sit down.” Teammates trust and respect him so much, one player said: “he (Phil) really allows you to grow into your own space, and I think that's why players respect him so much.”

30. Strengthens collective identity Enhances strong collective identity among the teams, rather than individualism Jackson ameliorated the simmering feud between Shaq and Kobe, made them realized that they are a part of the team, not superior to any other teammates Established a peaceful co- existence between superstars

31. Encourages and facilitates collective learning Let players work out their own problems One of his players said: “he (Phil) really allows you to grow into your own space” Encourages his players to learn their best way to work toward common objectives

32. Develop and empower people Jackson said: “You need to empower everyone to meet their goal!” Encourages his players to take a time out to consider the past, present and future short-term goals in between playing Lets them work on their problems by learning from past experiences

33. Promotes social justice and morality Treats all the players equally no matter they are superstars or not E.g. one of the superstars does not share his ball to his teammates, Jackson just call him out of the court Increases his players’ satisfaction by the climate of fairness and compassion.

34. Other things that contribute to Phil Jackson’s success Phil Jackson’s high adaptability  Leads both Chicago Bulls and Lakers into a big success  One of the Lakers’ players said: “Before Phil came, no matter how many points Lakers led over their opponents during the game, they would lose. Now, no matter how many points they were down, they could come back and win.”

35. Other things that contribute to Phil Jackson’s success Gains support and respect from his players and the public  One of his players said: “This really is a coach that, No. 1, loves the game.”  Rated 3.75 on online rating website (RateItAll) (the top one rating is 4.12), position at the 5th rank out of 30 NBA coaches  Public comment: “The best coach in basketball” ”One of the greatest coaches ever”

36. To conclude Jackson performs all the functions that an effective leader should have which are strong predictor of his future performance Jackson will continue to success as  He has great ability to adapt  Focuses attention to the outcomes that the team desires  Motivates, challenges, tutors, and counsels his teams to victory  Get the support and love from the public and his players

37. What have we learnt? To become a leader in the future… Need to understand well  Our position  Situation and the environment we are in  Abilities and characteristics of our subordinates. Able to identify problems quickly and correctly, make suitable solutions to the problems.

38. What have we learnt? Develop mutual trust with our followers and respect them  Easier to motivate our followers to commit in common goals.

39. Reference Source Video Link: http://www.nationwidespeakers.com/speakers/phil_jackson.html Book: Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty, Bill Bradley (1996). Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior. New York: Hyperion Websites: http://www.nba.com/history/jackson_50.html http://www.nba.com/coachfile/phil_jackson/ http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/J/JacksonP1.asp http://www.bebeyond.com/BBToday/062000/BT062100.html http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nba/02playoffs/2002-06-05-cover- jackson.htm

40. The End Group 7 Rita Fan Ivy Lam Wendy Lam Mimi Ngan Ivy Yip