Delivering Your Message

“If you don’t want to play in the championship games and you don’t want to achieve at the highest level, then I don’t want you here, because that’s what I’m trying to do. I’m not trying to finish fourth. Leaders must deliver their message to each member as an individual. --Bill Parcells

Honesty, Brutal Honesty--Parcells Fundamental Lesson Of Leadership

Fundamental Element of Leadership—Honesty, Brutal Honesty You have to be honest with people—brutally honest. You have to tell them the truth about their performance, you have to tell it to them face-to-face and you have to tell it to them over and over again. Sometimes the truth will be painful, and sometimes saying it will lead to an uncomfortable confrontation. So be it. The only way to change people is to tell them in the clearest possible terms what they’re doing wrong. And if they don’t want to listen, they don’t belong on the team. --Bill Parcells

Bill Parcells On Building & Turning A Program Around

Bill Parcells On Building A Championship Program

“The first thing you have to do to turn around a team is to envision the process. Envision the process and do it as fast as you can because patience isn’t a virtue in this business. You’ve got to know what you want your team to look like. I’ve had championship teams. I know what they look like, act like, behave like. I know the price they pay and I know how they conduct themselves and go about trying to accomplish these tasks.”

3 Fights That Team Has To Fight Daily

Three Fights That A Team Has To Fight Every Day

1. Division from within (team chemistry, unhappiness regarding roles).
2. Competition (your opponents).
3. Outside influences (parents, press, peers).
--Bill Parcells

Bill Parcells On What Sets The Disciplined Apart

1. The capacity to get past distractions.
2. The willingness to condition mind and body for the task at hand.
3. The ability to keep your poise when those around you are losing theirs.