Among my favorite columnists was football Coach Bill Walsh, who was among the most innovative leaders I knew. Walsh , who died in 2007 enjoyed a storied football coaching career.

Bill Walsh, a Washington Post copy editor who wrote three irreverent books about his craft, noting evolutions and devolutions of language, the indispensability of hyphens and his hostility toward ...

My wife recently visited a local library and brought home a book about leadership. It is called "The Score Will Take Care of Itself," and it is about Bill Walsh's philosophy on leadership. It was ...

Legendary 49ers coach Bill Walsh left a legacy of opportunity for minority coaches that should still be modeled by every NFL team. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 ...

Bill Walsh liked to borrow ideas from military history, too. He had read On War, the classic written in 1832 by Carl von Clausewitz, the Prussian military thinker . Walsh liked to spend vacations ...

Bill Walsh, considered an offensive genius and father of the West Coast offense, turned the San Francisco 49ers into a dynasty in the 1980s. In 10 seasons under Walsh, the 49ers won six NFC West ...

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership Bill Walsh, with Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh, foreword by Joe Montana. . Portfolio, $25.95 (251pp) ISBN 978-1-59184-266-8.

It might be the last good one Walsh gives. The coach suffers from leukemia and almost died last fall. When I edited Forbes ASAP (1992 - 1998), I recruited Walsh to write a column.