Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Handbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell

　　比爾‧坎貝爾Bill Campbell曾服務於Apple、Google 和Amazon、Intuit等傲人企業，為這些今日全球指標企業的成長提供關鍵的指導，曾有一說是在他的指導下的企業，共同創造了逾兆的市值。坎貝爾也曾出任過哥倫比亞獅橄欖球隊的教練，讓他因此獲得矽谷總教頭的稱呼。

　　扮演企業顧問的重要角色之外，許多矽谷劃時代人物如賈伯斯Steve Jobs、拉里‧佩奇Larry Page、艾力克・施密特Eric Schmidt都受其領導、管理的智慧所啟發。這位業界奇才的影響擴及企業家、創業家教育家乃至美式足球等領域的佼佼者，讓坎貝爾於2016年離世後，留給曾受他薰陶的成功人士、或是他的至親好友無限念想。

　　除了一同寫下《Google模式How Google Works》，艾力克・施密特Eric Schmidt、強納森‧羅森柏格Jonathan Rosenberg和艾倫‧伊格Alan Eagle三人更在Google擔綱領導職逾十年，在這些日子裡深受Bill Campbell薰陶：見證他如何受眾人信任、激勵人們持續成長（連業界頂尖人士也不例外）、排解在變動甚劇的時代必然的壓力。為了向他們的人生導師致敬，並以他的智慧啟發後世人，三人對超過八十位了解且感念Bill Campbell的人們訪談，聯手寫下本書，將一位商場偉大人物的管理、待人、企業經營核心哲學變成這本人人都可親近並獲得啟發的必讀之作。（文/博客來編譯）

　　Bill Campbell played an instrumental role in the growth of several prominent companies, such as Google, Apple, and Intuit, fostering deep relationships with Silicon Valley visionaries, including Steve Jobs, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt. In addition, this business genius mentored dozens of other important leaders on both coasts, from entrepreneurs to venture capitalists to educators to football players, leaving behind a legacy of growing companies, successful people, respect, friendship, and love after his death in 2016.

　　Leaders at Google for over a decade, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle experienced firsthand how the man fondly known as Coach Bill built trusting relationships, fostered personal growth-even in those at the pinnacle of their careers-inspired courage, and identified and resolved simmering tensions that inevitably arise in fast-moving environments. To honor their mentor and inspire and teach future generations, they have codified his wisdom in this essential guide.

　　Based on interviews with over eighty people who knew and loved Bill Campbell, Trillion Dollar Coach explains the Coach's principles and illustrates them with stories from the many great people and companies with which he worked. The result is a blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create higher performing and faster moving cultures, teams, and companies.

作者簡介

　　Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American software engineer, businessman, as well as the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc (formerly named Google). In 2013, Forbes ranked Schmidt as the 138th-richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of ＄9.1 billion.

　　As an intern at Bell Labs, Schmidt did a complete re-write of Lex, a program to generate lexical analysers for the Unix computer operating system. From 1997 to 2001, he was chief executive officer of Novell. From 2001 to 2011, he served as the CEO of Google. He served on various other boards in academia and industry, such as the boards of trustees for both Carnegie Mellon University and Princeton University.