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Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle: Trillion Dollar Coach (Hardcover, 2019, HarperBusiness) 4 stars

Read this book if you want to play a management game

4 stars

Any aspiring leader should read this book at least once. The main points are:

  1. Some ideas are very tempting: be human.
  2. Swearing a lot helps.
  3. Drink beer.

In some way reading this book I could not believe that such people exist, are valued and are not a myth. The people who created this book have succeeded in creating a credible and successful business model that is based on real life stories. Moreover, the great thing about the book is that it is not a secret club for the chosen ones only and for anybody who wants to succeed can follow the steps outlined in the book. It doesn’t matter what industry or sector you are involved in, there are valuable lessons to be learned from the book, with no need for any MBA. It is exactly the type of books that demonstrate the importance of a good leadership and explain simply why some leaders and businesses become successful and others don’t, with many examples ranging from sports to technology to business and much more.

Firstly, this is a book that demonstrates the power of an exceptional coach in different situations. Secondly, it is a book that emphasizes the importance of being able to communicate with different people in order to achieve a common goal. Furthermore, it focuses on showing how important every team member is and how every person contributes towards the company’s success. Finally, this is a book that demonstrates how a coach or a CEO should behave and what they need to do in order to achieve success.