A coach argues that experience alone won't make you effective at leadership. Talent and experience are necessary but not enough. You also need effort, toughness, and other qualities to actually win.
Now, in basketball, the reality is you have to have talent to win. You're not going to win a lot of games as a program if you don't have good talent. But it takes more than talent to win consistently. In addition to talent, you got to have effort and toughness and probably a dozen other traits to be able to win consistently as a team. So I used to share with my players with our athletes is that talent is essential, but it's never sufficient. You need more than just talent to succeed. And when I work with leaders, I share something very similar. See, you do need experience to grow. You're not going to be a better leader without experience. But effectiveness takes more than that, so I would suggest to you that Experience is essential, but it's never sufficient.
