MEET
PROFESSOR
WAGNER.
Business executive turned professor. Curious observer of championship coaches. On a mission to help the next generation of business leaders rise and shine.
WHAT'S IT ALL FOR,
IF YOU DON'T
PASS IT ON?
After a career leading iconic consumer brands including Hot Wheels, L.O.L. Surprise! and Razor, I stepped away from the president's chair to teach at Loyola Marymount University.
In the classroom, I kept seeing the same leadership gap: talented people earn promotions because they are excellent at their jobs, then discover that leading people requires a different set of skills.
So I went to the people who build high-performance teams for a living—championship athletic coaches. I interviewed them, observed them at work, and asked what helped their people grow. The lessons changed how I think about leadership.
BUILD RESULTS.
BUILD PEOPLE.
My hope is that the book—and everything that grows from it—helps you become a more authentic, intentional leader. Not a copy of someone else's leadership style. The best version of your own.
Rise and Shine!
Professor Wagner
UNLOCK YOUR
TEAM'S GREATNESS.
Championship coaching principles meet the challenges of everyday business leadership: building trust, handling pressure, and developing people.
A CHAMPIONSHIP MINDSET.
FOR THE WORK WE DO.
Professor Wagner brings first-hand observations and conversations with championship coaches together with decades of business leadership experience.
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