Rural School Leadership Lessons: Becoming a Great Leader

Bo Shembechler on seeking a mentor:

One of the biggest mistakes I see young coaches make—and young businessmen and doctors and lawyers, too, for that matter—is thinking their first job should make them rich or famous. When you're in your twenties, those things shouldn't matter. They didn't to me. Maybe they never should. They didn't to me. But especially when your're young, big money doesn't matter. Big names don't either.

Good organizations matter. Good bosses matter.

If you want to be a great leader, you need to prepare yourself to be a great leader, and the best way to do that is to study great leaders. (Bo’s Lasting Lessons,p. 7-8)