Sales and Market Bullets LEADING LEADERS: Drawing from their research and success with the University of Windsor women's basketball team, this book unveils proven strategies to elevate leadership from theory to practice, offering unparalleled insights for achieving excellence. A WINNING AUTHOR: With five consecutive national championships to her credit and having been the first woman to simultaneously hold both the GM and head coach positions for a men's professional basketball team, Chantal Vallee is uniquely well-positioned to write on the application of coaching, team building, and leadership, migrating from the field of play to boardrooms and workplaces. Vallee has done color commentary for both NBA and Olympic basketball on major national broadcasters and is a sought-after public speaker in the corporate and non-profit sectors. SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN LESSONS: Vallée developed her strategies with scientifically proven leadership theories and coaching models after two decades of collaboration with Dr. Gordon Bloom, McGill's Sport Psychology Research Lab Director and a coaching-research pioneer. LEADERSHIP BOOK MEETS COACHING BOOK: Bestselling leadership books regularly draw on the experiences of figures from sports. Wooden on Leadership by UCLA basketball coaching legend John Wooden is often cited as one of the most influential leadership books of all time. And, in his book, Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success , Lakers and Bulls head coach Phil Jackson gave rise to meditation as a tool for high-performance leadership.

Dare to Win similarly uses the sports field as the vehicle for leadership tips and models. Vallée's strategies on leadership and team development are grounded in her graduate studies, making this much more than a memoir of personal success and providing readers with researched and tested strategies.