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Legacy Kindle Edition

by James Kerr (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars (7,018)

THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Champions do extra.
They sweep the sheds.
They follow the spearhead.
They keep a blue head.
They are good ancestors.

In Legacy, best-selling author James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful sporting team, the legendary All Blacks of New Zealand, to reveal 15 powerful and practical lessons for leadership and business.

Legacy is a unique, inspiring handbook for leaders in all fields, and asks: What are the secrets of success - sustained success? How do you achieve world-class standards, day after day, week after week, year after year? How do you handle pressure? How do you train to win at the highest level? What do you leave behind you after you're gone?

What will be your legacy?

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    November 7, 2013
  6. File size
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If you read only one leadership book in your life, make it this one. Brilliant.―Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi

Beautifully written, wonderfully observed, true to the bone. This book is both intelligent and insightful: the perfect ‘how-to’ manual for effective leadership. Read it.―Anton Oliver, former All Blacks captain

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When you're on top of your game, how do you change your game?

In the best-selling Legacy, author James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful sporting team, the legendary All Blacks of New Zealand, to reveal 15 powerful and practical lessons for leadership.

Legacy is a unique, inspiring handbook for leaders in all fields and asks: What are the secrets of sustained success? How do you turn vision into action? How do you achieve world-class standards, day after day, week after week, year after year? How do you handle pressure? How do you train to win at the highest level? How do you turn purpose into practice? What do you leave behind you after you're gone?

WHAT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY?

'Beautifully written, wonderfully observed, true to the bone. This book is both intelligent and insightful: the perfect 'how-to' manual for effective leadership. Read it'
Anton Oliver, former All Blacks captain.

'Very insightful ... I recommend it to all involved in developing high performing teams in sport or business'
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'Fascinating insights ... remarkable'
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00OGUP7RQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Constable
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 7, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.1 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 225 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472104908
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Best Sellers Rank: #42,696 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars (7,018)

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4.6 out of 5 stars
7,018 global ratings

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Customers find this book to be a tremendous read that provides great lessons in leadership and team building, boiling these concepts down to basics. Moreover, the book is easy to read and navigate, offering valuable insights into team culture and providing practical guidance for everyday life. Additionally, customers appreciate the book's awesome stories and its ability to tie together various themes effectively.
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237 customers mention content, 231 positive, 6 negative
Customers find this book to be a tremendous and interesting read, particularly noting its value for coaches of high school teams.
Great read with lots of thought provoking lessons to take on board for performance, leadership or just good old life.Read more
Great book, it has become one of my favorites. The book tells the story of a group of talented individuals that became an outstanding team....Read more
Excellent book for anyone interested in creating, developing and maintaining a high-level team culture...that aims for long-lasting success....Read more
Excellent read and insight into success principles that apply both in sport and business....Read more
152 customers mention leadership, 149 positive, 3 negative
Customers appreciate the leadership lessons in this book, which provides examples of what makes exceptional leaders and teams. One customer notes how the key points resonate like a drumbeat throughout the text, while another mentions it serves as an amazing guide for team success.
Great leadership book, applicable to any field.Read more
Inspiring and motivating from every page. Warning you can't stop reading once you pick the book up to read. RecommendedRead more
...A team that has been faced life’s adversities and came out on top. Leadership, teamwork, self development are just a few key points of the reading.Read more
this is by far the best leadership book I've ever read.Read more
64 customers mention insightful, 60 positive, 4 negative
Customers find the book insightful and relevant to life in general, providing great cultural insights and helping readers understand applicable ideals.
Great read. Insightful with awesome stories to really help you understand what the All Blacks to do build a tradition of success in each person and...Read more
Brilliantly written, very insightful and a great reminder to those who work with others and want to leave a legacy!Read more
Great book with good insights into the greatest sporting team of all time.Read more
A great read, well researched and useful leadership toolRead more
37 customers mention readability, 36 positive, 1 negative
Customers find the book incredibly easy to read, with one customer noting that it can be understood by middle school students and another mentioning that the chapters are simple to navigate.
A great and easy read that will definitely be reviewed and returned to often. Makes you want to join the team or make your own. Well done.Read more
Excellent and easy to read. Lots to take from and utilize if you are a coach or team leader in business. Highly recommend.Read more
This book is like the game of baseball: simple, but not easy! So much in this to really chew on....Read more
...Quick easy read with a lot of great takeaways. I would recommend this book highly to coaches and leaders.Read more
31 customers mention teamwork, 30 positive, 1 negative
Customers appreciate the book's focus on teamwork, particularly how it describes team culture and the importance of supporting teammates.
...of belonging, the challenge of being better every day, Better People make Better All Blacks, the challenge of constantly ask yourself what you could...Read more
...Leadership, teamwork, self development are just a few key points of the reading.Read more
Fantastic book about leadership and team building. FYI the USMC emblem is the EGA Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. Not what it states.Read more
This is a book about how to build a team that wins consistently, while embodying strong personal values....Read more
29 customers mention usefulness, 28 positive, 1 negative
Customers find the book helpful in everyday life and as a great guide, with one customer noting it serves as an ultimate road map to success.
Great guide to help build a culture for sports teams and businesses.Read more
This book was as advertised, a great example and inspiration for winning leadership.Read more
...It is very useful and presents may well established principles of leadership and success that are applicable to business, sports, and the military....Read more
Legacy is a practical book that helps create the ability to link principles used by successful teams to everyday business....Read more
23 customers mention conceptual, 21 positive, 2 negative
Customers appreciate the book's concepts and principles, with one customer highlighting its systematic approach to organizational improvement.
Great, honest book. Powerful and simple concepts.Read more
Humble and systematicRead more
Great concepts, and examples what makes leaders and teams/organizations exceptional. Great read for any coach or leader of a team.Read more
It is more a pamphlet than a book. Has good ideas but lacks the applicability....Read more
21 customers mention story, 20 positive, 1 negative
Customers enjoy the stories in the book, appreciating its bigger narrative about life's lessons, with one customer noting how it ties everything they love into one book.
...It is divided as per chapters and has very easy to remember quotes and stories which helps you connect with the lessons it is trying to teachRead more
Excellent book. Universal lessons in leadership wrapped in a great story.Read more
Great quick read. Fascinating story of excellence.Read more
Loved this story behind the world famous All Blacks...Read more
If you like sports and leadership this is a must read!
5 out of 5 stars
If you like sports and leadership this is a must read!
Written in 2014 by James Kerr after spending time with the world’s most successful sports team, the New Zealand All Blacks rugby squad. He delivers the leadership keys to their success, lessons that can be applied to any team, business or life! It starts with Character….”Better people make better All Blacks!” And ends with Legacy…”Be a good Ancestor! Leave the jersey in a better place!” I’ve been to New Zealand and have seen the value they place on past, present, future and the national pride for the All Blacks. The book combines leadership and sports so I figured I’d like it but I was wrong, I loved it! It gets a spot in my top 5 leadership books, no doubt!
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Top reviews from the United States

  • Tomato
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read! Highly recommend for leaders trying to build a team dynamic!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024
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    This book has lots of great lessons to learn in leadership and team building and engagement. Easy read, and insightful as well. Really help me when I was building a new team and had many different personalities that clashed. Helped me to find common grounding and a foundation to build a successful team on.
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  • Craig Belluche
    5.0 out of 5 stars Self improvement
    Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2025
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    Phenomenal book. This is a book that everyone can learn from and become better through the principles of the book. The book says states, “Better people make better All Blacks”; so the book calls out to the individual finding in what areas the reader can grow and become and asset to their job, origination, and friends and family. I highly recommend this book.
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  • carlos mejia
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great for leaders and their teams
    Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2023
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    This is a book about how to build a team that wins consistently, while embodying strong personal values.

    There are few of the show-offs, egoists, tantrum-throwers, and bullies that populate so much of today's dollar-driven sports world. Instead, there are players who want to play on the greatest rugby team ever and are willing to do whatever it takes. Yes, rugby. Because this book is about a team from New Zealand that has dominated the sport since early in the last century.

    And, that's what makes the book a good read. Because it's not about the excess and bravado of North American sports. It's about being humble, leaving ego at the door, supporting your teammates, learning what it takes to play on a TEAM instead of as an attention-grabbing star.

    At its core, this tries to be a business book - using the team's rules, codes and behaviors to inform business practice. And, for me, that's always a bit of a stretch - because in business there are no hard and fast rules, no fixed positions, or time limits. And, there are women, which changes the dynamics.

    Having said that, this is an enjoyable read that is a refreshing change from the coach or super-player sport/business books that are all too often dotting the airport book stores.
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  • Lee Bakewell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sweep The Sheds!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2026
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    An interesting read on the culture of the All Blacks and how it links into so many other books, stories and narratives. Many questions asked that can be helpful in coaching, education, business and leadership. Recommended.
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  • Melissa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Leadership Read
    Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2024
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    This is such a great book with a lot of business anecdotes and sports references. If you have a goldfish brain that needs different narratives and bites sized digestible, lesson this book is all up your alley. It's a lot like an anthology so you don't even have to go in order.
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  • Luis Barros
    5.0 out of 5 stars A guide for building high performance teams
    Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2017
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    Great book, it has become one of my favorites. The book tells the story of a group of talented individuals that became an outstanding team. Although talent is the prerequisite for being a high performance team, what makes the difference, I mean the extra inch, is the character of the individuals, knowing they have a mission, the sense of belonging, the challenge of being better every day, Better People make Better All Blacks, the challenge of constantly ask yourself what you could have done better. The All Blacks understood that the team is more important than individuals, and thus created a mechanism for leaving behind disfunctional behaviours. The lessons of this book can be perfectly applied for personal life and business environment. It is about values, integrity and being coherent to what you believe.
    5 people found this helpful
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  • Courtney
    5.0 out of 5 stars Transformative
    Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2024
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    This is the #1 book I’ve ever read on creating a culture of excellence and how to successfully do it. This book spurred me to write a 21 page guidebook as to how I wan to execute these ideas on my projects.

    This should be a “must read” for anyone who leads people and influences workplace culture. Must read!
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  • John Forman
    3.0 out of 5 stars Structural issues, but pretty good material
    Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2017
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    This is a book that often comes up when coaching book recommendations are discussed. That's where I heard about it. I want to stress up front, though, that this in not a coaching book. Amazon at this writing has it listed in Sports Psychology, but that doesn't fit either, to my mind. I think the book description does a pretty good job of saying what it's really about.

    "In Legacy, best-selling author James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful sporting team, the legendary All Blacks of New Zealand, to reveal 15 powerful and practical lessons for leadership and business."

    Focus on that last part about lessons for leadership and business. That is most definitely what the author provides.

    As for the rest of it, I have my issues. The description makes it sound like the story of the All Blacks is the core material. In particular, the team's transformation after a period of uncharacteristic under-performance is meant to be the main focus. While that story provides a framework, that's about all. You can perhaps work out the time line of that transition, but it's presented piecemeal. One of my problems with the book was that at points I didn't know where the author was in the All Blacks history when he shared certain stories. It was rather annoying.

    Also, the All Blacks are not the only references the author makes. He includes ideas from the likes of Phil Jackson and Bill Walsh as well, in terms of sports. There are a number of non-sports references too.

    Obviously, I have no problem with references to all-time great coaches. Sometimes the language of the text is a little too stereotypical of leadership books, and there is too much repetition of certain elements for my taste. Overall, though, the "lessons", concepts, and explanations are quite worthwhile.

    Overall, I'd say this is a book worth reading if you go into it with the right set of expectations.
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  • Ling
    5.0 out of 5 stars nice
    Reviewed in Spain on July 22, 2024
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    nice
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  • german
    5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding book
    Reviewed in Brazil on October 9, 2015
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    Este livro e uma reflexo claro do trabalho em equipe, o valor do líder e do grupo como um todo. Acredito que muito que o que nós fazemos nao e pra nos senão pros quê virão.

    Planta uma árvore pra nao ver a sombra dela.
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  • roberto
    5.0 out of 5 stars Todo bien
    Reviewed in Mexico on June 4, 2019
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    Todo bien
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  • Kyle Edwards
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
    Reviewed in India on June 18, 2023
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    So many times we look at organizational structure and leadership in silos. Whether it be in sport, business, military or teams. This book, demonstrates how best practices are not random nor 'lucky,' but well devised strategic plans. This is an easy, quick read for all of us.
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  • Scott
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in Australia on March 5, 2024
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    There really is no secret to how elite teams acheive success. But in the age of quota hiring and political agendas this is a refreshing reminder of the value of talent.
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