Whether you are the leader of a new start-up, one of those fast-growth companies, a leader in a turnaround or a leader who loves to learn and apply best practices, there were leadership qualities I observed in coach LaVell Edwards as a football player and student of leadership that I believe could serve anyone well.
In early 1972, Edwards was named head coach at BYU. As a recently returned missionary I asked and was given permission by him to walk on the football team. I was his first. The next two seasons I was an offensive lineman playing mostly as a long-snapper and on special teams.