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A Great Piece On Mike Krzyzewski’s Leadership Style

The national Coach-K-will-retire-soon party has mostly wound down, with only a few stragglers lingering in the media.

A lot of it has been click bait but every so often there’s been a very fine article and happily, that’s what we’re going to steer you to now.

Dr. David Dreyer, a political science professor at Lenoir-Rhyne University, posted a well-written piece about what he calls “Coach K’s relational leadership.“

Essentially he argues that Mike Krzyzewski’s success is based on relationships, something we’d guess that Coach K would agree with, if not necessarily every aspect.

He also delves somewhat into Coach K’s persona, looking specifically at his “volatility.