“My recruiting key — I looked for PEOPLE first, athletes second. I wanted people with a sound value system as you cannot buy values. You’re only as good as your values. I learned early on that you do not put greatness into people…but somehow try to pull it out.” Herb Brooks   The gold medal earned by the U.S.A’s men’s ice hockey team in the winter Olympics of 1980 goes down as one of the most memorable victory’s in the nations history. Herb Brooks, the head coach of the 1980 U.S.A. men’s hockey ice hockey team, was a tremendous leader. See, learn and push are 3 terms that define Brooks collective leadership qualities. The cold war was occurring at this time and there was plenty of friction between the U.S.A and the Soviet Union. The soviets had been dominating the Olympics winning the last 4 gold medals. Herb Brooks used collective leadership and...