050 - John Buchanan - From Good to Great (Part 1)

John Buchanan is a deep thinker, a philosopher and a leadership expert. He also happens to have coached the Australian cricket team during one of the most successful periods in the history of the game. In fact, you can mount a pretty serious case to argue that John is the most successful big time coach in the history of professional sport. He has a better coaching record than Vince Lombardi, Alex Ferguson and Phil Jackson. Why then is he still considered somewhat of an outsider of Australian cricket? Is it because of his relationship with key players such as Shane Warne? Is it that he did things differently - the mad scientist of coaching? Or is it that many see him as a ‘boffin who rode his luck’ - stumbling across a team full of great players at the peak of their powers. Join me for Part 1 of my conversation with John. I ask him about his coaching style, his rise to the top job, his relationship with Shane Warne and other great players of that era, and his philosophies on excellence. Part 1 - Thursday 16 March 2017 Part 2 - Thursday 23 March 2017