Leadership Project Assignment

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Running Head : Application of Leadership Theories

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21st July , 2009

Leadership Project Assignment

Interview with Soccer Team Manager

The first interview we conducted was of a manager of a club soccer team The recommendation to meet him was given to me by a friend who plays for this club . The manager has been in charge for the past six months and the team has seen a pleasantly surprising turnaround in their performances . The club 's players really respect him for what

he has done for the club . We spent a few hours at the club 's training session . The details of our observation are shown below

Our day with the club started with a casual chat with the manager about what different has he been able to do from the other managers . He was very modest about what he has achieved and gave all the credit to the hard work of the players . This showed that , as a leader , he was not taking all the credit for the success , but sharing the success with his players and other staff

He said that when he joined the club as manager , he brought a vision The vision was not to win . The vision was to give the players a chance to enjoy the sport . There had been too much pressure on the players to win . In the process , they had forgotten to enjoy the sport they loved Once he taught the players to...