"The heart of good leadership is sacrifice." In order to be an affective leader you have to be willing to sacrifice things important only to you in order to do what is right or better for the team. You might have to suffer in order for the "greater good" to come to pass. Essentially put the team before the I. Followers usually recognize when you sacrifice your position, time, energy, or glory for them. They may not thank you for it but they are grateful anyhow. There are teams where I am a leader, and there are teams where I am a follower, and I know that when my leader sacrifices their glory for me I appreciate it.
In What ways do you display courage to those whom you influence?
-I really am not a very courageous person. Probably because I rarely find myself in a position to overcome fear. Since courage is overcoming fear, I usually am not courageous.
What does courage have to do with leadership?
-Often times leaders must do new things. Things that are uncharted and that they are afraid to do. They must have courage to overcome the fear and do what they need to do. According to Billy Graham, "courage is contagious." So when one person shows courage, others will follow and become courageous as well. Leaders are the first to be courageous and therefore they inspire others to be courageous as well.
Courage
Monday, March 22, 2010
Coach Krueger
Coach Krueger spoke a lot about traits that leaders should have. He asked if we had a "magic wand that could give one trait to every member of the team what would it be?" I chose support for each other. I have personally been on teams where the players do not support each other and it creates a tense environment that is not good for playing or interacting. As my coach says, people who do not support the other teammates are "poisoning" the team. Trying to play with people who are butting heads all of the time and bashing each other is very uncomfortable and it is discouraging to those who want to play.
The trait that Coach Krueger would give everyone is selflessness. So everyone is more worried about what they can do for the team rather than what they can do for themselves. This would lend to a better environment for playing and interacting with the team, as a team. I personally am pretty selfless on my volleyball team. I will gladly give up my spot on the court for someone else to get a chance to play; I run down other people's balls for them; I just find it easy to let someone else have a chance to play.
He also commented that he could tell who was the leader of a team by the first practice. He then asked us how he could tell. I said that they are the one who takes the initiative to do things to help the team out without being told or expecting others to do it. Like putting up volleyball nets, shagging balls, getting water for everyone. Leaders must not ask others to do things that they are not willing to do themselves. They show their leadership by just doing it.
The trait that Coach Krueger would give everyone is selflessness. So everyone is more worried about what they can do for the team rather than what they can do for themselves. This would lend to a better environment for playing and interacting with the team, as a team. I personally am pretty selfless on my volleyball team. I will gladly give up my spot on the court for someone else to get a chance to play; I run down other people's balls for them; I just find it easy to let someone else have a chance to play.
He also commented that he could tell who was the leader of a team by the first practice. He then asked us how he could tell. I said that they are the one who takes the initiative to do things to help the team out without being told or expecting others to do it. Like putting up volleyball nets, shagging balls, getting water for everyone. Leaders must not ask others to do things that they are not willing to do themselves. They show their leadership by just doing it.
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