The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World's Greatest Teams cover
The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World's Greatest Teams
by Samuel Walker
ISBN: 1785030272
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gbersac · 2019-12-05 · Original thread
The best definition of what's a good leader is found in the book "the captain class" : https://www.amazon.com/Captain-Class-Hidden-Behind-Greatest/...

What's interesting is that the author have a data oriented strategy to find a good definition of a leader: he processed a lot of data to find which teams had really exceptionnal success IN THE HISTORY OF ALL SPORTS.

When he found the 8 teams with the most exceptionnal success, he looked for what they share. He found that all of those exceptionnal team success coincide with the arrival and departure of a captain.

Then he looked for shared trait between all those captain. What he found is the best definition of a leader.