The Importance Of Communication In Positive Communication While Playing Soccer?

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:

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

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.

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

When I thought of leadership, I thought of someone good at telling others what to do. Not much has changed about my quiet nature, but my take on leadership has changed drastically. In my high school art class, most of the kids were underclassmen. I befriended them and would always share my experiences and give them advice to help them succeed in high school. I encouraged them to do all their work and get involved in extracurricular activities for a more meaningful high school experience. I realize now that I was more of a leader than I thought. I unintentionally mentored my classmates, and at the same time lead by example because I did all my work and stayed busy being involved. I realize now that encouragement and example are very important aspects of

Growing up, I watched all of the cringe worthy movies and TV shows that displayed the cliché example of leadership, where the popular protagonist delivered a booming heartfelt message from a stoic position to inspire their peers. These programs taught me that this idea of leadership was the one and only idea, and I held on to it up until my early high school years. Around this time I was starting to figure out myself mentally and emotionally; I realized and accepted that as a person I am naturally and simply introversive. My idea of leadership came into fruition when I

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

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

I am an optimist and a fighter; I do not give up easily. As we walked back to the sideline at halftime, I reached out to my defensive backs and started to highlight the positive things that we did, such as limiting our opponents to three goals, emphasizing how well we were communicating, and reliving the passes that exposed the weaknesses of the other team. It’s a mindset, I remembered thinking to myself, and at halftime, it was a matter of re-energizing the entire team and pointing out that it takes teamwork to accomplish a goal. As we started the second half, we scored a goal, then another one. The other team capitalized on a mistake and scored yet another goal, making our goal of winning so much harder.

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

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.

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

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.

Leadership is something that I must use every day in my career. When people watch how you lead, one’s actions must show concern for others and inspire them to do