Storyline:
The story follows a professional all-female baseball team coached by Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks). A money-crazed man by the name of Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall) starts an all-female professional baseball league when the men are deployed for World War II. The storyline focuses on competitive sisters Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty) while they cope with being coached by a grumpy has-been, alongside teammates Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell. (IMDb.com, Inc., 2015)
Lead Character(s):
Dottie Hinson & Jimmy Dugan
Leadership Theories:
Emotional Intelligence is an integral part to any leader and is centered around five areas: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills (Goleman, 2004). Reluctant to have anything to do with an all ladies baseball team, Jimmy’s behavior impacts how the team is able to perform. Initially Jimmy Dugan’s role in movie is a great example of how not to behave as a leader, but as the story continues he develops his emotional intelligence to become a coach the girls need to be a high performing unit.
Throughout the movie you were able to see Jimmy grow and change his leadership style. He …show more content…
Once he received a job offer to teach a women's baseball team, he felt like it was a slap in the face and deserved more. He showed up drunk and act like he owned the place. He did little to help promote the women’s league and offered no support. Once he saw that girls were actually quite good, he decided to coach them and thought they would be crazy not to listen to his expertise. He was wrong as he had not show any respect or help earlier in the season. Jimmy started with an autocratic leadership style but ended up developing into a better leader by taking into consideration what the girls had to say, learning how to lower his ego, control his anger, and get ride of his drinking problem (Goleman,
The story follows a professional all-female baseball team coached by Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks). A money-crazed man by the name of Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall) starts an all-female professional baseball league when the men are deployed for World War II. The storyline focuses on competitive sisters Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty) while they cope with being coached by a grumpy has-been, alongside teammates Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell. (IMDb.com, Inc., 2015)
Lead Character(s):
Dottie Hinson & Jimmy Dugan
Leadership Theories:
Emotional Intelligence is an integral part to any leader and is centered around five areas: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills (Goleman, 2004). Reluctant to have anything to do with an all ladies baseball team, Jimmy’s behavior impacts how the team is able to perform. Initially Jimmy Dugan’s role in movie is a great example of how not to behave as a leader, but as the story continues he develops his emotional intelligence to become a coach the girls need to be a high performing unit.
Throughout the movie you were able to see Jimmy grow and change his leadership style. He …show more content…
Once he received a job offer to teach a women's baseball team, he felt like it was a slap in the face and deserved more. He showed up drunk and act like he owned the place. He did little to help promote the women’s league and offered no support. Once he saw that girls were actually quite good, he decided to coach them and thought they would be crazy not to listen to his expertise. He was wrong as he had not show any respect or help earlier in the season. Jimmy started with an autocratic leadership style but ended up developing into a better leader by taking into consideration what the girls had to say, learning how to lower his ego, control his anger, and get ride of his drinking problem (Goleman,