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Lessons from My Notebook
The names of award winners I’ve included here are less im- 267
portant than the categories they represent: the Glendale Bruin
Club Award (“service to his team and to the university”); the
Bruin Bench Award (“mental attitude”); the Bruin Hoopster
Award (“most unselfish team player”); the Armand Award
(“scholastic attainment”); and the “Caddy” Works Award (“com-
petitive spirit”).
In any organization, individuals who possess qualities such as
unselfishness, competitive spirit, and the others I’ve mentioned are
most valuable to the team. The UCLA alumni groups and booster
clubs provided the Bruins a great service in recognizing players who
were top performers in these areas. In your own organization, make
every effort to ensure that individuals who contribute big things in
little ways get the recognition they deserve.
As I observed in Chapter 8, “It Takes 10 Hands to Make a Bas-
ket,” don’t just reward the two hands scoring points. Recognize the
additional hands that make the points possible. They are crucial
underpinnings of a winning organization.