Leadership

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
-John Quincy Adams

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Second Law...

Apologies for missing last week. things were a little crazy between coaching and my groomsman responsibilities in my buddies wedding...

I kind of struggled with what to put for my quote this week. I know I've already taken a bit from another chapter about leading by example, and there are several other good thoughts in this chapter that are well worth noting, but I'm going to use it anyway.

"The things you hope to teach those under you are best taught by your own behavior - demonstration" (p. 97)
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  1. kaseyJune 26, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    "Good things take time" (pg 96)

    A leader has to have patience. Teams don't just get amazing over time...it takes work and effort. Teams at JI especially have to rember that, considering we are a fairly new school, the sports program needs time to build before its great and so do the teams. We just have to keep our heads up though because we are part of the building process.

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  2. AmandaJune 27, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    "...before telling someone what to do you must teach them how to do it. And this process requires PATIENCE."

    I know for sure that this is a quality I struggle with, patience. It is very important though. Before you can expect to be able to tell people WHAT to do, you much make sure that they understand HOW to do it. You can't just skip the first step and expect them to be able to do it. So on my part, if a team member does not understand how to do something I will help them understand so they know what to do. And visa versa, if I don't understand how to do something, I expect someone else to help me, so I will know what to do.

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