Basketball demands a level of leadership that can consistently create teams with both personal responsibility and the autonomy to make splitsecond decisions in incredibly highstakes situations.ampamp160 Does this sound familiarampamp160 Well it should this is the current environment for corporate political nonprofit and educational leadershipampamp160ampamp160ampamp160 ampamp160In LEADING HIGH PERFORMERS Snow develops his experience on the court into a formula to help corporate and organizational leaders understand how to get their high performers MVPampamprsquos and top new recruits to perform better and follow their leadership.ampamp160 Because like basketball players todayampamprsquos organization leaders must be ampampldquofast fluid and flexibleampamprdquo to be successful these new times demand new leaders.ampamp160ampamp160 ampamp160Throughout the book Snow examines the most crucial aspects of leadership development including ampamp160The secrets of selfconfidence The keys to powerful communication Tips for managing conflict ampamp160Andampamphellip ampamp160Methods of obtaining peak performance from yourself and those around you Snow also frequently breaks away from his own lessons to bring readers the thoughts on leadership of some of the highprofile coaches and teammates throughout his college and pro careers including Larry Brown LeBron James Tom Izzo Allen Iverson Nate McMillan and Jud Heathcote.ampamp160 ampamp160Snow understands what it is like to be the new guy on the team thrust into leadership the first day on the job and charged with leading legends of the game. Itampamprsquos not as simple as pointing in the right direction and expecting everyone to follow with a highfive and no ulterior motives. High performers have high expectations high skill levels and high egos that must be catered to rather than ignored.