Finding the Winning Edge
by Bill Walsh with Brian Billick and James Peterson
Walsh's enormous out-of-print manual on building a football organization: philosophy, staffing, practice scripts, game planning, every operational detail. Coaches treat it as scripture; it is expensive and mostly for serious students of organization.
Read it if…
you want the complete operational mind of a great organization builder.
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Skip it if…
you want the readable version; see The Score Takes Care of Itself.
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Three things you will actually use
- Define the standard of performance for every role.
- Script the first moves; adapt after.
- Organization wins before talent does.
Do this first
Read the section on standards of performance and write your own for your team.
Our verdict
The operational scripture.
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