Wooden and Starbucks CEO share stage

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What do John Wooden and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz have in common? It's not java. It's the new John Wooden Global Leadership Award.
Wooden was scheduled to present the John Wooden Global Leadership Award to Schultz Wednesday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. This is part of the UCLA Anderson School of Management leadership program.
The event will include a conversation between Wooden and Schultz, which will be moderated by. Fortune magazine's managing editor, Andy Serwer.
This is Wooden's second public appearance in as many weeks following a February fall in his Encino home.
"John Wooden is an illustrious leader, and we are thrilled to present the first John Wooden Global Leadership Award to one of the most influential business leaders of today," said Judy Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management. "Howard Schultz embodies the leadership ideals and values underlying Coach Wooden's leadership philosophy and is an inspiring choice for the award."

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