Talk about waking up to a bad day.
Of all people, two of the exco have to give me disciplinary problems. One is 30+ years old, the other supposedly has aspirations for this team.
How they could be so absent minded I have no idea.
All the other nteam rowers can come up for safsa training but they can stay on and continue rowing with nteam and be late for our training.
I don't know what they perceive a leader to be. He has to set the example, the standard. If we set a time for training to start and place emphasis on punctuality, we need to lead by example. Have I not been doing that? Why has it not rubbed off? Or is it because they are too dense or have too many other negative modules of leadership? Only by leading by example can you expect the guys to truly respect and follow you. Because you respect them enough first to place yourself in their shoes and show them that whatever you expect of them you can bring them through.
Empathy is the strongest bond you can use as a leader. Simple as that.
I can't believe I still have to be the bad guy in the exco. I've ord'd. I should be able to relax and take care of training matters and not this.
Elitism is the worse poison for team dynamics. Nteam is something that can get people big-headed.
You set the priorities. If that person has character, he will respect you for standing up to your priorities, because its an exibition of strong character and direction. If not, then that person's opinion isn't worth shit.
Truly, this is the first time since forever that I have had to do something like this. Lecturing them infront of the team and having them make a formal apology is not something that I wanted to do, but the lines have to be drawn up even if the person who crossed it happens to be an exco.
Sad that some people take their positions for-granted. Maybe they didn't have to earn their place, maybe they're grown too complacent. Who knows.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
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