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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Names: Gordon, Jon, 1971- author. | Fleck, P. J., 1980- author.
Title: Row the boat : a never-give-up approach to lead with enthusiasm and optimism and improve your team and culture / Jon Gordon, P. J. Fleck.
Description: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2021]
Identifiers: LCCN 2021010915 (print) | LCCN 2021010916 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119766292 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119766315 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119766308 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Fleck, P. J., 1980- | Leadership. | Perseverance (Ethics) | Football—Coaching—Philosophy.
Classification: LCC HD57.7 .G666743 2021 (print) | LCC HD57.7 (ebook) | DDC 658.4/092—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021010915
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021010916
Cover art: © SHUTTERSTOCK | KELVIN REYNOSO
Cover design: PAUL MCCRTHY
To my children, may you always see the good in everyone and dream BIG! Know that the dream is the journey.
To our players (current and former), may you never be a better football player than you are a person.
To our staff (current and former), thank you for always making our culture look so good.
To my wife, Heather, thank you for not allowing me to give up on R.T.B. Your strength, integrity, patience, and forgiveness inspire me daily.
To the children in the hospital, Row the Boat.
—P.J.
Introduction
I've followed P.J. Fleck's coaching career for years, ever since he built the Western Michigan University (WMU) football team into a national powerhouse. I always admired his positive energy and passion and could tell he was a great culture builder and leader. I had also heard stories about him from Brad Black, whose company, HumanEx Ventures, performed the talent search and evaluation of head coaching candidates for WMU. Brad recommended to the leaders of WMU that they hire P.J. Fleck, despite his lack of qualifications, lack of head coaching experience, and unimpressive resume. Brad's assessment tools, used to evaluate people and predictive leadership performance, told him that P.J. would shine as a head coach and build a winning culture and team, and that's exactly what happened.
After proving himself as a successful head coach at Western Michigan, taking the program from 1–11 to 13–1 during his four years, P.J. Fleck was hired as the head coach of the University of Minnesota football team during a tumultuous time. Once again, P.J. turned around a program in need of a cultural change—academically, athletically, and socially—and built a winning culture both on and off the field. He created a team that won 11 games for the first time since 1904, achieved numerous academic records, and became a program that was more about serving and giving than just winning games.
After the season I invited P.J. to be on my podcast. One of my questions was about how he got into coaching. After the podcast I asked him to share more about his journey. The tale he told me was more than a story of his entry into coaching. It was about the man himself and what led him to become the kind of coach—and the kind of person—that he is.
—Jon Gordon
Proceeds from this book will help support the Fleck Family Fund at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Children’s Hospital. For more information about Row the Boat and/or to support the foundation, please visit RowtheBoat.org.
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