Great Leaders Create Their Success

At the core of all successful people, teams and organizations are great leaders.  Everybody, team and organization have leadership but they don’t all have great leadership.  The energy and atmosphere that great leaders create, will dictate the overall success achieved.

If you’re interested in exploring how the energy of great leaders can impact your team, check out The Energy of Positive Leadership Directs Team Success.

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Coach to be a Great Leader

At the top of every team or organization is a coach or manager that has the power to create the energy for their team.  They sit at the top of the leadership group and must be able to create a positive atmosphere for the team to flourish.  The positive atmosphere is created through:

  • Positive Relationships
  • Positive Coaching
  • Accountability
  • Trust and Respect

Coaches that would like to learn more, check out Coach to Create a Positive Energy for Team Success.

Power of Leadership as a Player

Team success is only achieved with great player leadership.  Player leadership creates the energy within the team.  This energy can be positive or negative, great teams have positive leaders!  The traits of a positive team leader include the following:

  • Humble
  • Bold
  • High Character
  • Heart
  • Team First Attitude

Special traits are possessed by positive team leaders and the power of these traits should not be underestimated.  To learn more about what it means to be a positive team leader, check out Great Teams Require Positive Team Leaders.

To Become a Great Leader

There are many aspects of leadership and if we wanted to, we could really complicate the subject.  I don’t believe that is necessary though.  Leadership starts with 3 basic actions that we can all do every day.  These actions are to be:

  • Nice
  • Helpful
  • Honest

We don’t believe this to be an over simplification of leadership. Leadership is this simple.  To be a great leader, people must be willing to follow you.  If you want to become a better leader, check out 3 Every Day Actions to be a Better Leader.

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Howard Blalock
I'm Howard Blalock—Coach, Dad, Pops and founder of Ball to Life. My passion is helping kids discover the life-changing power of sports. This passion drives my support of athletes, parents, and coaches in keeping sports connected to personal growth—and helping to ensure as many kids as possible are provided the chance to experience the power of sports.

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