The A-Team

The Los Angeles Kings made headlines by cleaning house. The announced the firing of head coach Darryl Sutter and General Manager Dean Lombardi Monday afternoon after the team missed the playoffs for the second time in 3 seasons. With Sutter on the open market, there’s one team who should make a huge push at him. I think you get where I’m going with this one. Your very own Detroit Red Wings. Earlier in the season I wrote an article about how the Wings should give their current head coach…

things in life can turn out good. My team and I had lost the championship game something we had been dreaming about ever since we were kids. In the moment we thought it was all over that there was no going up from them, But like everything in life there is always…

Back when I was in high school, at the age of eighteen, I wrestled for the Francis Howell Central team. I played the sport with a passion, even though it wasn’t my favorite. There were tons of stories and memoires that I made over the years, however there is one that would go down in my schools history. One of my favorite memories of high school wrestling, that would be the moment when I saved the team by winning the last match and beating one of our rivals, Timberland. The event was held at…

avoiding, and collaborating. For example, my current team has two individuals with two strong personalities who are clearly competing for who is always has the answer, who is always right, the first to speak, etc. There is a person on the team who does not participate in coming up with ideas to help make our team have a boost in moral. This person does not speak up and when asked a question, they shrug their shoulders. The rest of the team fall under the style of collaborating by taking in…

Core Work Values – continued I am proud of the value system I possess and know they will assist me in the constant learning and growth process in regards to my leadership practices. The core values listed above are the foundation for my leadership development plan. Leadership Practices Inventory – Self Evaluation Based on my self-assessment on the LPI the areas I need to improve upon are inspiring a shared vision and challenging the process. During this assessment I was critical of myself…

merely showing up. Not everyone who participates during an activity should get a trophy because its expensive, it misleads kid about life, and it doesn’t give hard workers proper recognition. First of all, handing out a trophy to everyone on a sports team, for every season, adds up to a lot of unappreciated money spent. In the article, “ Losing…

my coaches made sure the team got along as a whole. If there was an issue surrounding the team, my coach would make it a priority to address the problem. My coaches also knew they could trust me. I always showed up to practices and games on time, kept up my GPA to stay on the team, and went the extra mile to hustle and push myself to the furthest at…

the average letter grade that the team would be satisfied with, a B+. With this, I set out to execute the tasks. To lead the team I believed the best approach was to be democratic yet strict whenever I felt was imperative. Being democratic with the team allowed more creative ideas to flow and more cooperation. Allowing the team to set forth their own ideas, and being heard made resolving conflicts almost effortless. Whenever a conflict would arise, I had the team members, who wanted a say, state…

A true athlete is one that decides to show his performances and strength based on his God given ability to perform at a very high level that is beyond other athletes, based on the seriousness, effort, and determination, he invested in his practice of the sport, combine with experiences acquired over the time in conditioning the physical body and mind in the practice, to perfect in his athletic performances. Being physically fit and ready to demonstrate one’s ability in any sporting event is not…

the decrease in productivity, morale and team cohesiveness. Even more, how to increase that power without increasing…