Download or read book A Game Plan for Effective Leadership written by Robert Palestini and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses the case study approach in order to facilitate placing theory into effective practice. Each chapter contains an extensive study on one of ten of the most successful basketball coaches of our times including, Phil Jackson, Bobby Knight, Mike Krzyzewski, Pat Riley, Pat Summitt, and Dean Smith. The book looks to see how these coaches were able to place leadership theory into effective practice.