Loyalty Best Prospers in a Family Environment

A Moment of Hope · Mar 21, 2023 · 4m

Over the next two weeks, as the nation enjoys March Madness, I am sharing some of the leadership principles I learned while playing basketball for Coach Dean Smith. I took so much of what he taught me and put it in a book called "It's How You Play the Game: The 12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith."

Today's leadership principle is this: Loyalty best prospers in a family environment.

In so many ways, Coach Smith was like a second father to his players, instilling wisdom and perspective into the young men he coached. He made us feel like a family, which is why the UNC lettermen who played for…