Time article on how Gregg Poppovich created and maintains a winning culture at the San Antonio Spurs http://time.com/5125421/gregg-popovich-san-antonio-spurs-success/ Down deep, every organization faces the same thorny problem: How do you get a bunch of individuals to combine into a single, selfless entity? How do you create buy-in, trust and cooperation? Few organizations on the planet have solved that problem better than the San Antonio Spurs. Over the past two decades they have achieved at a celestial level: five championships, .713 winning percentage and 20 consecutive winning seasons. Which makes the Spurs (sorry, Patriots fans) America’s most successful sports franchise. It also raises a question: What’s the secret to their winning culture? To find the answer, you have to go inside their practice.
Thanks for linking that excerpt from Coyle's new book. Sometimes the quick view from outside distorts what is found happening inside an organization upon closer inspection. I enjoyed The Talent Code and am putting The Culture Code on my to-do list.