Introduction
Duke University head coach Mike Krzyzewski states, “In leadership, no word is more important than trust” (Krzyzewski, 2000). It does not matter what ethnic background a person comes from, the religion or the gender of a person, any person can be a leader, as long as they have the ability to inspire the people around them, trust those people and keep those people constantly motivated to exceed there limits. There are leaders everywhere, whether its in sports, or the military, to the person at the local grocery store or the person sitting next to you on the T as you ride into the city, all those leaders need is the environment to showcase there skills in. Leaders are often consider being followed, but the great leaders have there fellow colleagues prepared and standing right next to them, ready for the next move, not needing to give direction. An effective leader takes the input of everyone involved, takes all ideas into consideration and makes the best decision for the team when considering all variables. When everyone on a team has a voice and trusts they have the ability to make decision its boosts the moral of that team, “its important to begin using plural pronouns right away: “Our” instead of “my,” “we” instead of “I,” “us” instead of “me.” Remember leadership on a team is not singular, its plural” (Krzyzewski, 2000). Coach K is an extremely successful leader, his methodology is critical to his achievements, “I don’t want to be a manager or a dictator. I want to be a leader-and leadership is ongoing, adjustable, flexible, and dynamic. As such, leaders have to maintain a certain amount of discretion” (Krzyzewski, 2000). Coach Krzyzewski is an effective leader in large part to his ability to trust himself to recrui...
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Conclusion
Herb Kelleher and Mike Krzyzewski are innovators and masters of their traits. Coach K inspires his players and gets them to buy into his strategies. Herb Kelleher innovates and keeps his doors open to all employees’ suggestions, ideas and concerns. These leaders take the people around them and get them to strive for greatness and the need to raise the bar higher than they found it. With leaders like these the sky is the limit. The younger generations need to learn the ways of Coach K and Kelleher. Coach K’s coaching style changes on a season-to-season basis due to the in coming players but the methods stay the same. Herb Kelleher has an empathetic leadership style that feeds to the needs of the person-to-person and day-today operations. Leaders are born, not made.
“Leadership will be the most important resource an organization can possess. After all, it will be leadership that determines whether organizations successfully harness the emerging opportunities and overcome the perils that await.” Jay A.Conger – Professor, London Business School.
Valvano gave a speech at the 1993 ESPY awards in which he depicted his ideas of leadership. He stated that leaders need a vision. He said that in one practice every year he would have the players practice on how they would act when they win. He did not say if they win, he said when they win. Valvano was giving his players a vision. They had something to believe in and play for. They were not playing just to look good and move on to the professional level. They were playing to win a national championship. Valvano envisioned an idea for his team and his team bought into that vision. He also taught that leaders need to connect with their followers. Valvano stated that he often would randomly call his players into his office just to chat with them. He wanted them to feel comfortable with him. They did not just talk about basketball, they could talk about anything. Valvano’s followers, in this case his players, were comfortable with him and they trusted him. They had no doubt when it came to their leader. Valvano fully understood the value of connection. He also taught that leaders learn from their followers. In Valvano’s final speech he talked about the four things that the 1983 national championship team taught him. They taught him hope, dreaming, persistence, and love. These four things came from the connection that Valvano had with his players. The 1983 national championship team
People like winners. Many have the philosophy that the underdog should win occasionally. In game of basketball, everyone loves a Cinderella story. Coach Mike Krzyzewski affectionately known as Coach K usually beats all who come in his path on the basketball court. Coach K teaches about life and leadership; his motto is commitment, discipline, honesty, integrity, collective response, pride, love, and friendship.
The 1980?s rolled around and the ?Cameron Crazies? (Duke Basketball fans) felt as if there were no hope for their Blue Devils basketball program, but that?s where they were wrong. Along came what is arguably the greatest coach to step foot on a basketball court, Coach Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K has had unprecedented success at Duke, winning three national championships, and making Duke the powerhouse basketball school that they are today.
Coach K involves himself more with his players and cares more for the team than constantly winning, therefore; this has led him to all of his wins. Coach Williams is more concerned about winning, which will only allow one to go so far. Additionally, Coach K’s offense and defense are both stable unlike Coach Williams. Finally, Coach K’s statistics and achievements are unbelievable, although; Coach Williams’ statistics are not far behind, but his achievements are. Coach K is seventy years old and his time creating a legacy at Duke, sadly, is slowly coming to an end. Duke will forever be touched by Coach K, but will be different once he has retired/passed on. Personally, I was immensely interested in Coach Mike Krzyzewski at a young age and he has been a strong influence in my life. The lessons he teach not only pertain to basketball, but also to everyday life and they have taught me a tremendous
As I have asserted, coaching is far more than winning or losing. A coach is an essential cog in shaping qualities such as sportsmanship, competitiveness, self discipline, and work ethic. A quality coach can build a player up while a bad coach can tear them down. My goal as a coach was to always leave the player striving to be the best they could be. A good coach
The role of a leader is often inaccurately defined as an individual who is in a position to give orders. However, there are enormous differences in the attributes of an outstanding leader, and one of mediocrity. An outstanding leader, above all else, is a role model for their peers. In doing so, a leader of the highest caliber is trustworthy in both their peer’s trust for the leader as well as the leader’s trust of their peers. A leader must also display exceptional skill in communication which transcends speaking and, more importantly, includes listening and consideration to the ideas presented to them. Furthermore, a leader must be supportive of and willing to help their peers build their own strengths. The attributes listed above represent only a small subset of what makes an outstanding leader. Yet,
Krzyzewski, M. (2001). Leading with the Heart: Coach K’s Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life. New York, NY: Business Plus
...niversity men’s basketball team, says it best: “Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication. Communication must be taught and practiced to bring everyone together as one (Krzyzewski, 2007, pg. 1).”
Watts, M., & Corrie, S. (2013, December). Growing the “I” and the “We” in transformational leadership: The lead, learn & grow model. The Coaching Psychologist, 9(2), 86-99. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy1.ncu.edu/eds/detail?vid=2&sid=8e554014-6a09-439b-ab3d-ea3490e3ca0e%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4211&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=s3h&AN=91837383
Legendary coach John Wooden once said “A coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority”. This, I believe is a very important part of coaching, because as a coach you are looked not only as an authority figure but as a role model. I would not be the athlete or person that I am today, if it were not for the role models and coaches that pushed me to be the best that I could be. They were people that I was able to look up to athletically as well as people I knew I could trust. Having a good coaching philosophy is also a large part of being a respectable coach. A coaching philosophy is a set of values and beliefs that a coach develops to help covey his coaching style.
...ng basketball, that the reason he sticks firm to his own values for coaching his team. He never deviated from his values and remains firm with his expectations from his team. Evan when everyone was against his decision when he locked up the gym because he stand up for what he believe best for his team. If one fails, everyone fails. If one doesn’t show up to train or didn’t show up on time then everyone suffers. He made everyone accountable for each other’s and this makes them understand that teamwork is important for making things easier and quicker to reach the goal in life that they cannot reach that goal by trying on their own. The positive attitude towards his team and remain focused to achieve his aim of transforming the team to having a successful carrier or future not only in basketball also in studies, and therefore remain consistent in his leadership style.
Leadership, without doubt, is a significantly important function of management. It helps to aggrandize efficiency and to fulfil an organization’s goals. Leadership is the ability of a manager to induce the subordinates to work with confidence, determination, courage and zeal. It is also defined as ability to influence a group towards the realization of a goal. Leaders should have the capability of developing future visions, and to drive the organizational members to want to attain the visions. This paper states my points in which I duly believe, justifies the importance of an outstanding leader in any organization.
Leadership is one of the most important facets in organizations. In most cases, leaders act with respect to organizational culture as well as the codes of conduct that determine the manner in which leaders relate with subordinates. Leadership entails the use of effective communication skills to get activities done in the workplace and to ensure that employees shelve their individual interests for the sake of their organizations’ shared targets. It is the role of leaders to ensure that consumers attain high quality products and services by making certain that members of their firms’ workforce are fully motivated to work effectively and utilize resources in an efficient manner (Bass, 22). With the increasingly sophisticated nature of the corporate world, leadership should not be based solely on the desire to control and coordinate affairs within the workplace, but leaders should also exhibit positive examples and continually monitor the changing trends in corporate governance to initiate the most relevant guidelines. Competitiveness can only be attained when leaders are in a position to set the right standards in their firms and coordinate affairs appropriately by understanding consumer and employee needs.
Education is a very important aspect in the life of a child. The level of success a student has in the classroom is greatly influenced by their teachers. Students, as well as their parents, depend on the teachers to guide them through their education. But who guides a teacher to perform successfully in the classroom? Principals and teachers play an important role in schools. A good relationship among school leaders and teachers is necessary and play an important role in making improvements in the school. Leadership refers to the “process in which one person successfully exerts influence over others to reach desired objectives”. (Okoji, 2015) Good leadership involves honesty, vision, confidence and commitment. It is the ability to inspire a