The Importance Of Communication In Positive Communication While Playing Soccer?

We got changed in the locker room, listening to music that would get our adrenaline pumping. The game started with a tip-off with us getting the ball and scoring on the first play, but so did the other team. The game was very close. We would score, they would score. No one ever got ahead by more than four points. At the end of the second quarter with ten seconds left, it was their ball and we were down by two. They did a nice play and a girl got a wide open three pointer. Then the buzzer went off and we all looked at our fuming coach and knew what was about to come at half time. You know that scene in the movie, “42” about Jackie Robinson, where the other teams coach is yelling at him saying rude things? And then there’s the heartbreakingly beautiful scene where Jackie goes into the dugout and breaks his bat and screams and cries. That’s what our halftime was like. The coach yelling and us wanting to scream and cry, but still we had determination to win this game. We came back out ready to play and immediately tied it back it up. The game kept going back and forth, until the fourth quarter with a minute left and us up by four. The other teams coach called a timeout and our coach gave us a speech about if we wanted to win, we needed teamwork. Teamwork just like Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers. We came back out and held the game at four points until the buzzer went

Leadership of any form must begin with leadership of ourselves. Freshman year has taught me many things that have caused me to grow significantly as a person. Admiral McCraven also portrays some of those principles and more that can help me grow in the years to come in his speech titled, If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. Some of the lessons include little things matter, standing up for yourself, solving problems, and encouraging yourself.

I learned about how important communication, collaboration, agreement, flexibility, and positivity are in the Core Team. I would frequently communicate with all Core Team members (over 25 of them) via text and in person to see if work is being done and help them with any problems they may have. I would also encourage them to never give up when it seems that all hope is lost for a certain project or activity they have been working so hard on. In a similar way, I always put the members’ voice first before voicing my own, whether it is about feedback or more ideas, especially when it comes to masses and retreats. To me, leadership does not mean being the boss, but being a cheerleader for other people. It is about making more leaders and inspiring them to do the things they

Leadership is inspiring others to WANT to accomplish YOUR goals. Throughout my career, I’ve had some interesting influences that led to my leadership philosophy. Looking specifically at my Chiefs we’ll start when I was a non-rate. My Senior Chief OIC was mostly a good guy and as a non-rate I didn’t have too much interaction with him. I do remember that he had difficulty saying “no” even when it was needed. If it was asked of him, he would have his crew take care of it, regardless of safety or fatigue. As an E-4, my Chief was a lot of fun and loved to interact with the crew. But he had a habit of getting drunk with his subordinates and exposing himself. As an E-5 my Chief was a bit corrupt. He had a history of awarding contracts

Just as every story has an ending, every season of life has a close. As the final days of the semester draw near, a time of contemplation and reflection is due. This semester’s journey in the Eagle Scholar Leadership Program has been one of the most personally rejuvenating and challenging times, as the semester’s focus was on self-leadership. Self-leadership, or the practice of leading oneself first in order to more effectively lead others in the future, is one of the greatest lessons and actions that a leader can do to improve their leadership capabilities. Too often, leaders focus on outside behaviors and principles to develop their leaders. However, true change begins inside. Though arguably the hardest area in which to truly grow, as self-leadership often requires brutally honest self-evaluation and change, it has the greatest impact on development as a leader. Throughout this semester, I have had the opportunity to observe, learn and implement the following

My teammates called after me and moments later, coach caught up to me and urged me to share my issue—but in that moment, I wasn’t selling newspapers. I was mute as I continued into the school. The rest of the week, I took the bus home directly after school and felt awful. I didn’t want to be home, I wanted to be with my teammates. Eventually, gameday arrived, and my disappointment led me to the soccer field bleachers where I planned to watch the team. Funny enough, right before game time, coach walked by and told me to watch the game from the bench with my team—I obliged. The soccer season ended that afternoon, but the memory of that day lives on. From this experience, I learned that you can impact the show from behind the curtain. I didn’t need to be on the field to aid my team. By practicing hard and pushing my teammates to be better, I could give them proper preparation for the opposing team. Furthermore, by remaining optimistic and keeping everyone’s spirits up, I could have created an atmosphere conducive to pulling the team together, and not apart. Most importantly, I learned that leadership is fluid, which means that a great leader knows when to

One evening, had to close the kitchen with two newcomers who were still adapting to their jobs. I corrected them if they were wrong, and made sure they would voice their opinions and ask questions without reluctance, until time began pressuring me. I lost myself for a few minutes and began to focus only on closing the kitchen. However, at the end, I taught them almost all of the tasks that needed to be done at night with a little overtime. This I acted in a way that will greatly have a positive effect in the future, because leadership is not only about leading the teammates in a single moment, but it is also about providing them a better future from what the leader can teach.

What I learned from soccer, as well as during group assignments at school, is the importance of leading by example, to communicate and motivate others through positive reinforcement, and to guide others who are struggling. Feeling sorry or blaming others is not the answer. I also learned that we can accomplish much more if we turn frustration to encouragement, negativity to positivity, and individual actions to group efforts. I recognize that these elements are essential to succeed in life as well. Going into my 9th year of competitive soccer, I understand that accountability, communication, and trust are invaluable traits that lead to success, and I will continue to rely on them to lead my team. I also plan to apply the same guiding principles in college and eventually in the workplace, and hope to positively influence and lead others along my

I couldn't be a leader until I set personal goals and worked like a Trojan to fulfill them. Leadership isn’t just concerned with authority. I wanted to have the ability to define what I wanted out of my life and with it have the ability to take the action required to reach there. At that point in my life I was a young soul eager to fit in. I did everything- music, science club, academics, public speaking, sports to ensure this. My personality was hidden behind books, clubs and endless competitions. All there was was an overenthusiastic but ineffective person. I had to start afresh and take control of my actions, pursuing only those things that genuinely interested me. My foremost thought was unequivocally basketball. Walking into the gym with my basketball shoes on made me feel absolutely gratified. I wasn’t the best player in that gym but I had passion for the game and each obstacle that came my way felt more like an

Finding ourselves down early against a team which we were better than had deteriorated team morale, causing us to make critical mistakes before halftime was over. During the break in action, we had a few precious minutes to regroup and this was the opportunity I used to lead my team. Some people were irritated, others were despairing, but I resolved to turn around our fortunes and

Throughout my life, I have been in many situations where I have to step up and be a leader. I have experienced certain leadership traits being on multiple sports teams, having to help lead Wednesday night church services, and also being a role in my family. I have acquired many different leadership qualities throughout this including how to be a good listener, how to be a team player and how to find the good in every situation. However, there are still some things that I have to work on. Such as, having patience, having self control, and being there for anyone no matter the circumstances.

Right out of college I had aspirations to lead others and understood I had to develop the necessary skills and start somewhere. I was a go-getter and wanted to use my unique strengths I was born with, while acknowledging and learning from my shortcomings. I focused on applying at companies that would require leading others. My leadership journey began when I accepted a role at Target to lead a team of leaders in a retail store. I trained for three months and successfully managed to make all my three interim direct reports cry. One was a guy, the other two were girls, and one of the girls I had a class with in college. My expectations were too high and I wasn’t engaging and inspiring the team. I was driven to deliver results at whatever cost, and wasn’t able to plan how long it would take to complete tasks. I learned the process steps from my direct reports, everything they were willing to teach me. The leadership methods I learned from experiencing and thinking on my feet, or winging it. They didn’t have every scenario in the training book. Take for example a wife, at Guest Services, threatening another customer that her husband is going to kick the other husband’s ass for cutting in front of her in the line. Or when a guest walked in and stopped breathing at Guest Services, or when a pregnant mother fainted in the shoes department. Every day brought new obstacles to overcome while bringing us back to the reason why we were there. No one felt they were destined to work in a

Leadership is one of my weaknesses that I need to work on. From a young age it has been difficult for me to take charge and tell people what to do. In order to work on this I have been volunteering at the after school program. Being in charge of kids is where I am starting but the next step is to start being in charge at school. To show people that I can take charge when need to. This trait is important for me to learn because in order for me to succeed I need to learn to take charge and not wait for people to tell me what to do.

My personal experiences of leadership started when I was younger, roughly 7 years old, I was elected the captain of my travel soccer team. At the time I didn’t think much of it, nor did I have any extra duties that I was explicitly told that I needed to perform. Later throughout the season, I started to notice my teammates mimicking my styles and techniques and I highly enjoyed this feeling of being looked up to. I didn 't realize until years after that the recognition and pride I felt was leadership. This privilege of being captain was the first time I had realized that people weren 't necessarily following my actions because I was extraordinarily skilled, but because I provided this role model status with my confidence and encouragement. Some of the most valuable leaderships traits that I acquired and fortified are:

When it comes to hiring the right persons for right position, there seems to be consensus among the industry leaders as well as representatives of academia and the government. In some skills they have a little degree of differences, but above ranking is derived after moderation from the facilitator upon consensus of the participants. Although few members of the panel also mentioned about other skills such as action planning, creativity, time management, negotiating and networking skills etc., but they agreed on above mentioned skills as most important skills they are looking for from the fresh graduates.