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Summary of Trillion Dollar Coach 

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Trillion Dollar Coach is a fitting tribute to a man who lived his life by giving knowledge away—Bill Campbell. Are there timeless principles of leadership? How do you apply these principles to knowledge workers? To manage people in a way that helps them become better at work and in life, coaching principles from the playbook of the man who carried the juggernauts of Silicon Valley on his shoulders becomes a necessity. Eric Schmidt is an American businessman and software engineer. Jonathan Rosenberg is the former Senior Vice President of Products at Google and current advisor to Alphabet Inc. Since 2007, Alan Eagle has been a Director of Executive Communications at Google. This summary extracts the coaching principles exemplified by Bill Campbell and provides abundant scientific evidence that substantiates the potency of these principles. “… a guide for bringing out the best in others, for being simultaneously supportive and challenging, and for giving more than lip service to the notion of putting people first.” ~ Adam Grant

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Silicon Valley's most guarded secret is not a hardware, software, or product but a man known as Bill Campbell

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Bill Campbell was a coach who steered the course of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies to a safe destination.

The reason you may be hearing his name for the first time is that he preferred to shine the spotlight on others while he remained in the shadows. Physically, Campbell does not stand out in a crowd, but in terms of his heart, he is head and shoulders above his contemporaries. As Columbia University's football team coach, he lost six straight seasons because he cared more about the well-being of his players than winning trophies. He wouldn’t let them place sports above school and bench walk-ons who gave it their all.

When Campbell left sports for business, his old teammates had trust in him to excel despite his failures in sports. From high school through college, he showed that he had the heart to help everyone around him become successful. And indeed, he was successful. He was an executive at Apple and the CEO of Intuit.
Almost everyone in Silicon Valley who is unusually generous attributes their worldview to Bill Campbell.
Trillion Dollar Coach is an answer to the question: How did Bill Campbell flourish as a giver in a field that rewards takers? You’ll find that being a great manager requires being a great coach.
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Helping others to become successful is the way to stay successful in life

Bill Campbell was ahead of his time. He lived theories in the 1980s that experts in teamwork and leadership didn’t develop or validate until decades later.
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The notion of bringing compassion to the team worked much better for Campbell in the business world than on the football field

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Campbell was 39 years old when he ended his football career

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Campbell never stopped coaching after he left football in 1979, and everyone around him drew insight from his counsel

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You can turn effective people into powerful teams by coaching them

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A manager's primary job is to help people be more effective in theirs

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The most important currency in a relationship is trust

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When you have to deal with any problem, focus more on getting the right team to tackle it

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An organization full of compassionate love will have higher employee satisfaction and teamwork

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Coaching is vital to successful management and leadership

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