{"id":271012,"date":"2017-09-25T15:13:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T19:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=271012"},"modified":"2017-09-25T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T19:14:11","slug":"charlie-norris-68-former-nba-star-byron-scott-offer-leadership-tips-271012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/charlie-norris-68-former-nba-star-byron-scott-offer-leadership-tips-271012\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Norris \u201968, NBA star Byron Scott offer leadership tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be humble. Be a good listener. And never be complacent.<\/p>\n<p>Those were the key business tips offered by Charlie Norris \u201968 and Byron Scott, co-authors of the book <em>Slam-Dunk Success: Leading From Every Position on Life\u2019s Court<\/em> (Center Street) during a talk with University student-athletes at Rush Rhees Library on September 22.<\/p>\n<p>Norris is the entrepreneur who turned McKesson Water into a billion-dollar enterprise and raised FreshPet from a startup to a publicly-traded company worth more than $350 million. Scott won three National Basketball Association titles as the shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s before launching a 20-year coaching career in the NBA. He\u2019s currently a basketball analyst for ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Norris and Scott were introduced 10 years ago by a mutual friend at a Los Angeles gym. They became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/pr\/Review\/V79N5\/0604_leadership.html\">workout partners and close friends<\/a> who sought each other\u2019s professional advice. The idea for the book came from their recognition that they shared the same leadership philosophy despite hailing from different backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The two say being an active listener is crucial to being a successful leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first year coaching, I didn\u2019t listen to the players,\u201d Scott says. \u201cI learned it can\u2019t be your way or the highway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norris says effective leaders are active listeners who validate their employees&#8217; points of view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to get to the hearts as well as the heads of people,\u201d he says. \u201cYou have to show you care and understand where they\u2019re at on an issue. This comes from (asking) a second, third, or fourth question which says \u2018Tell me more.\u2019\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Norris and Scott also spoke to University students at Douglass Commons, took part in a shoot around with the two basketball teams at the Goergen Athletic Center, and spoke to students at East High School.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be humble. Be a good listener. And never be complacent. 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