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    On Point: A Coach’s Game Plan for Life, Leadership, and Performing with Grace Under Fire
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    On Point: A Coach’s Game Plan for Life, Leadership, and Performing with Grace Under Fire
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    On Point: A Coach’s Game Plan for Life, Leadership, and Performing with Grace Under Fire

    By Pam Borton

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    On Point gives you a seat on the bench with one of the nation’s top women’s basketball coaches. Distilling a 27-year coaching career into crucial lessons, On Point drives home the essence of effective leadership under pressure, stress and times of chaos. On Point delivers the practical knowledge and skills leaders need to achieve success in life and business, using stories from business, the courts, locker rooms, and press conferences. From leading a Big 10 basketball program to coaching high-performing teams in business, leader-focused chapters provide a holistic view of attributes crucial for On Point leadership.

    On Point leaders will learn to:

    • Master the Front Court – establish the fundamentals that set leaders on the path to winning
    • Build A Strong Bench – develop a team with the right attitude, skills, and strength
    • Dominate At Center Court – integrate the core values of On Point leadership
    • Leverage the Locker Room – influence and motivate individual success
    • Defend Your Back Court – finish strong in your life and your work
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMorgan James Publishing
    Release dateSep 20, 2016
    ISBN9781683500223
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    On Point: A Coach’s Game Plan for Life, Leadership, and Performing with Grace Under Fire
    Author

    Pam Borton

    Pam Borton ICF MCC occupies rarified air as a Master Certified Executive Coach, one of the few master coaches in the world. Her journey began on a farm in rural Ohio that led to a 27-year career coaching Division I women’s basketball. In her tenure as women’s head coach at the University of Minnesota, she guided her team to the NCAA Final Four and was a familiar face at March Madness with her teams. She is now a sought-after senior executive coach, speaker, and best-selling author of ON Point and The Crooked Rim. Through her business coaching expertise, multiple certifications, and thought leadership, Pam continues her endless pursuit of excellence, her passion for elevating others, and her commitment to growth and development to support the complexities and challenges her clients face daily. She has appeared on ESPN, CBS, NBC and transitioned from the sports world to the boardroom by founding ON Point Next Level Leadership LLC, a national, woman-owned leadership development firm. Pam has also founded two nonprofits supporting women and girls, TeamWomen and Empower Leadership Academy. As a true coach and gifted force of nature, she has been recognized by the Top 10 Global Women of Leadership Pillar Award, (Real) Power 50 Award, New England National Coach of the Year Award, and a two-time nominee for the Naismith National Coach of the Year. Pam also was honored with the creation of the Pam Borton Endowment at the University of Minnesota in the College of Education and Human Development, the only endowment of its kind in the world. Pam lives with her partner, Lynn, and their two Yorkshire terriers, Louie and Stella, in State College, Pennsylvania.

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