WOULD YOU "HIRE" PHIL JACKSON?
Phil Jackson is considered one of the best coaches in NBA history;
yet if for whatever reason he decides to enter the corporate world
and you could afford him... Would you HIRE him?
After all, corporate leadership is ABOUT people management...
and "coaching" IS about people management.
Now, it's really all a matter of objectives and execution.
Thus, how would you go about it?
Hope to hear all your valuable inputs.
Thank you.
Jesse Domingo
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Julio G.
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Wow, I am amazed by the arrogance and level of fear demonstrated by some of the answers listed. As an Executive Coach often I found that leaders are blinded by what they think they know about their businesses and spend time running around looking for solutions while dollars go out of the door.
YES, ABSOLUTELY I would hire Phil Jackson to be part of my business. He brings many interesting competencies not taught at MBA schools such long practice of Zen, being a great negotiator, knowing people and having the ability to put the right people on the bus. He is an expert at making people click even when they hate each other. He brings discipline and integrity to a team, he is a man of his word and he walk the talk. Look at his results, his championships are not flukes, he can produce results over and over again no matter what the circumstances are. As someone mentioned above he knows how to run training programs and transform people. In the business world training is a foreign object that executives tend to avoid it. In the military and professional sports training takes center stage and that is why they can produce the results they produce.
One thing is for sure, many executives question his business abilities, and I think that business is more common sense than knowledge and for what I have seen in Mr, Jackson I will say he has enough common sense to run circles around most executives.
Welcome to the team Phil.
Linda F.
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Well, this answer is from a complete non-sports related person, so please bare with me . . .
I don't know what Phil Jackson was like in his sports role, but I'll bet if I googled him, I could find good and bad. So, my next step would be to sit down and talk to him about what he wants and what he brings to the table. If he cannot demonstrate/explain what his 'transferable skills' are to me, then, no, I couldn't hire him. Normally, I work with the candidate on the transferable skills, but in a case like this since this person is looking to make a move from 'sports' to 'corporate' he had better be able to explain why and how.
After that, he would be considered based on the same criteria as the other candidates: is he a good fit, will he promote and embrace the same vision/mission of the client, does his salary range fit in with the projected salary, etc. My selection criter would not change just because he was a 'somebody' in sports. After all, everybody is a 'somebody' somewhere!
I would put him in a sales role. Just by his status alone he should be able to sell anything. Can you imagine his sales calls. Hello this is Phil Jackson 10 x NBA Champion, former coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angelas Lakers. I was hoping that you could put aside some time out of your busy schedule so we can meet to discuss..............
Even a former celebrity who was down and out, can and should do sales.
Can you imagine if Gary Coleman called you and tried to setup a lunch meeting with you.
"Dude I just bought some outsource solutions from Gary Coleman"
How can anyone get mad.
So yes to Phil Jackson.
Sonia J.
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This answer is from a person who does not watch basketball and would have to google to find out who and what Phil Jackson is about.
Having said that, a sports coach has quite a few advantages and the corporate world would benefit from them.
First aspect to consider- Corporate world has minimum focus on training, maybe 10-20 days in a year if the organization is good. The thinking in most cases when one reaches middle management and above is- we are so good why do we need training. Senior managers definitely have very limited training and most do not have formal mentors or coaches. However, if you see the sports world, can we percive any sports person reaching the top and maintaining their position from pure talent itself. They require mentoring, training and coaching on a daily basis. If a sports coach can come in a corporate and educate the people on the singnificance of training, it will benefit the organization greatly.
The second key aspect is sports like basketball is a team based sport, team spirit is the key to success or wins. One can have talented players in the team but if the team is not united, the team will loose. Players are thought sports man spirit from day one and it is an essential requirement. In cororpate world, team spirit is missing in the true sense because it is a dog eat dog world, with cut throat competiton and a culture of blame game and passing the buck. If we learn from the sports team the true value of team spirit it would help greatly in the performance and the mind set of the team.
The third aspect is sports teaches one to learn from their mistakes or losses. It teaches one to accept failure, recharge oneself and move to the next level. Corporate world definitely requires the attitude from learning from ones mistakes, changing strategies and going to the next level.
These are some things which a sports coach can deliver, if one gives the right platform.
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Bernard G.
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I've heard of a few who have crossed over, but I don't see it as that good a match. Coaching doesn't require total expertise of the subject (that is mentoring) but it does require a good solid and broad knowledge, and while corporate leadership is about people management it is also about so much more, and someone without a very good business background just doesn't have as much to offer as the good existing busienss coaches out there.
Scott B.
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Phil Jackson would be no different than any other hire (except maybe for the price tag). What is my company in need of? What am I trying to accomplish? Does Phil/Joe/Mary have the expertise to take care of MY problem (remember I'm the only one that matters when buying).
In general Phil probably has some skills that are transferrable to the corporate world. But he may also be too much of a control freak / do things his own way that he would struggle in a large corporate setting.
David M.
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I would hire Phil Jackson to coach an NBA team. That is difficult to dispute.
Phil Jackson has had a tremendous track record in managing personalities. He's also had to deal with some tremendous egos/difficult personalities.
One of the most readily observable and unique characteristics of Jackson is that he is known to use fewer timeouts than his coaching peers. He does this because he realizes that he can not be on the court with the players. Because of this, he wants his players to become more self-reliant. By equipping his players with the first rate knowledge and information, he is acting as a facilitator of their performance.
Since players on teams coached by Phil Jackson are known to be more self reliant than their competitors, they can achieve a competitive advantage in game situations. In the business context, organizations that employment a managerial style favoring empowerment of individuals often have better results than organizations that utilize the command and control approach.
When evaluating Jackson, it must be noted that a big part of Phil Jackson's success has been the talent levels that he has worked with in the NBA. With the Chicago Bulls, he had Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. With the Los Angeles Lakers from 1999-2004, he had Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. In his current Laker tenure, he has had a more mature Kobe Bryant with a still high skill level. I think Phil has positioned himself well in the NBA head coaching jobs he has taken, showing strong judgment.
I certainly admire Phil Jackson's managerial style. I would consider a person with Phil Jackson's management skill, his level of accomplishment and a strong functional knowledge of marketing/brand management to be a quality candidate for employment.
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As a basketball coach, he's tops...
But what in the world would he know about what I do for a living?
Bruce R.
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Yes. Phil Jackson is so much more than an NBA coach. He would be an asset to any organization. I could see him as a Chief Culture Officer.
William D.
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It would be highly dependent on other factors such as his ability to relate to the perceived needs of clients as opposed to their actual requirements.
He may be able to get a bunch of highly paid (over paid) people to function on the court, but is that transferable to working in an advisory role to clients?
Edwin C.
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Hi Jessie,
Sure, Phil is an awesome leader and he would make a great add to the company. Even with his negatives as far as his controversy surroundings, he would still be more on the positive side than the negative side, If my company could afford an individual like Phil then I would make it priority to obtain him
