Behreandt, Denise L. "Coaching with conviction: Vince Lombardi 's extraordinary success as the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers demonstrates the dramatic difference principle-based leadership can make." The New American 21.12 (June 13, 2005): 32(7). Student Edition. Gale. SDLN, South Dakota State Library. 6 Dec. 2007…
Of all the qualities that he exhibited in his immense success, the dominant was his ability to concentrate on his sole purpose: winning the game. Coach Lombardi saw ‘winning’ both as a goal and as a reality. Vince Lombardi knew the game before he became a coach and understood it better than someone who had not played the game. In sport, it is ludicrous to think of hiring a coach who has not played the game simply because he would find it hard to impress the players and gain their respect. In the same manner, in business terms, a manager would lack credibility. In search of excellence, it is important to notice that, in most excellent companies, the person at the top has an intimate knowledge of the product or service being delivered. The advantage of having such a person is that, by the time that person reached the top, most of those in the company knew they had a leader that understood the business and what would be needed to improve the…
The new Cleveland Browns era begins with the hiring of head coach Hue Jackson. The new coach has plenty of work ahead of him including finalizing his coaching staff. As expected, Jackson wants to hand pick his own staff, but luckily for Chris Tabor, he gets to stick around.…
This paper is a look at some of the leadership lessons I have learned from researching Tony Dungy. Included in the text is some information about Tony’s life, leadership traits, and how he went on to successfully impact many lives of others through his accomplishments as an NFL Coach and family man. I have taken the information I learned about Tony and have included some examples of how I have applied my leadership skills to my life situations. This paper focuses on three main areas in the paper, and from there added my real life experiences, followed by a conclusion.…
In figuring out who I wanted to write this paper on, many different leaders popped into my mind. I knew I wanted to choose a “sports figure” because playing sports has always been a huge part of my life. Every coach I have had, regardless of the sport, has always been a leader in my eyes so I thought it would be fitting to choose a coach. Coach Tony Dungy is said to be one of the greatest to ever coach the game of football. I would have to agree with that statement. I have been a fan of Tony Dungy ever since he became the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts in 2002. I look up to, and respect him as a coach and as a person. I wanted to write this paper about him in hopes of learning more about his leadership style and what he thinks it takes to be a leader. Since I aspire to be like him as a coach, I want to leave a lasting positive impression upon the young individuals that I teach. I believe that that is exactly what Tony Dungy did for all of the players he has coached. He used his abilities, skills, values, and ethics to inspire, motivate and coach his teams on to victory.…
Super Bowl winning coach and author Tony Dungy reflects on what it takes to achieve significance in life in his book titled Uncommon. He is looked to by many as the epitome of the success and significance that is highly valued in our culture from the dominance of athleticism in society. In his book he gives examples of young men who are trying to achieve significance through football and all that goes with a professional athletic career, such as money, power, and a celebrity status. Tony Dungy has had all of that, but he passionately believes that there is a different path to significance, a path characterized by attitudes, ambitions, and loyalties that is rewarding in the end. Uncommon reveals lessons on achieving…
This article basically helps me to realize as a coach I should make my players comfortable. When people are comfortable around their coach they tend to engage more. This source is from a learner’s perspective. This article shows me that coaching can be beneficial and a powerful tool to be successful in leading…
Although each coach measures their progress differently, achievement is always measured by progress made by the coaches’ clients. Due to the personal nature of most coaching relationships, this Ethics Code provides the framework and values upon which professional coaches, base their practice.…
However, the coaching process is a collaborative one that is designed to change a person’s viewpoint and behavior in a manner that improves that person’s effectiveness and personal satisfaction. Essentially, the coaching process enables a person to reflect and self-discover what actions one is required to take (Hicks & McCracken, 2010). Hicks and McCracken (2011) stated that the attitude and behaviors needed to be an effective coaching manager appear synonymous with those attitude and behaviors required for leadership especially transformational leadership. This is because coaching and leadership tend to go hand-in-hand in terms of the type of relationship formed between a coach/leader and coachee/employee (Hicks & McCracken, 2011). For example, one might argue that Ann is using the individual consideration factor. This refers to an organizational leader who provides a supportive organizational climate in which that leader listens deliberately to others’ needs (Northouse,…
In general, my daily processes are part of an action plan defined in my comprehensive goal setting spreadsheet. This spreadsheet is at the heart of my training. As a self-taught athlete, I have to be very honest and self-critiquing and then back my analysis with my once a month training activity with my professional rock climbing instructor. My instructor supports my methods as the best for my present time available to dedicate to the sport. I have to rely on my past successes and setbacks in other areas of life plus my physical, mental, and spiritual strength as affirmations to propel me into the future.…
One concept that this movie portrays is that of the leadership approaches. Coach McGinty has the leadership approach of a balanced leader. Organizational Communication for Survival defines a balanced leader as “a management style that has a high concern for task and a high concern for people.” (Richmond, McCroskey, and Powell p. 111) Coach McGinty has care and concern for his players, but yet wants to win the…
However, I believe the best piece of advice I received was to what Coach Couch defines as a success for his athletes. The success for Coach Couch was not based on if his team won a lot of games during the season or won the championship. Coach Couch defines a success for his athletes as progress. He considers his work a success if his players learn to work hard and improve throughout the season. I will walk away from this assignment with a better view of what success is in the world of sport management. I learned that it is not always about winning in the world of sport management. Instead, I learned that sport management can be successful without winning all of the games. Coach Couch taught me that success should be based on improvement and building the character of the athletes rather than if the team wins every…
• coaching places the responsibility for learning on the coachee, with the coach helping the individual use his/her resources to find the answers from within.…
4. The symbolic view of management impact is useful in explaining the high turnover among college and professional sports coaches, who can be considered the “managers” of their teams.…
After completing several activities in the Sport Coaching book that would allow me to learn more about myself, I discovered that I am a supporter of all things positive and that I want to follow the “Athletes first, winning second” philosophy as best I can. I want to place an emphasis on God and the importance of family. I also want my athletes to learn to have respect for one another and not judging each other based on one’s abilities. These play an important role in my self-concept. I want to coach to be able to help build star athletes with great character. It is important that athletes exemplify good character on and off the court. There have been too many instances in the media where there is deformation of character because an athlete in the public eye acted out.…