#283: Roy Williams, Former Men’s Basketball Head Coach, North Carolina – Get better every single day

Hello friends and welcome to another episode of How Leaders Lead with David Novak. It's March Madness, folks, and there's no better way to welcome in the tournament than Roy Williams on the podcast. Coach Williams is without a doubt one of the best basketball coaches of all time. As a headman's basketball coach of Kansas and UNC, he won three national championships and made nine Final Four appearances. And through every moment in every coaching position, Roy had one standard.

Don't step off the court until you've gotten better. That applied to his players, his staff, and himself. And most leaders know that they should focus on continuous improvement, but the hard part is actually making it into something real instead of just empty words. And this episode, you'll learn how to build that discipline into your team without it feeling like a grind. Enjoyed this episode with David and Roy and be sure to stay tuned to the very end of the conversation for the debrief.

Marvin Gay, before I would, I guess probably maybe the most two years, we were pretty successful. I would listen to Marvin Gaye and it's the song I'd listen to the most is Let's Get It On. Marvin wasn't Or he wasn't talking about the same thing I was talking about, but it was that idea of, boys, let's get it on tonight, you know, that kind of thing. You were a college basketball coach for 48 years.

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