Football and Teams

It seems natural to assume that football is a sport meant for enjoyment and entertainment. But as so prominently displayed on Monday, it can be so much more than a pigskin and twelve players. The sport of football requires training, agility, skill, balance, cooperation, and concentration. The training for each style of move requires a coach who is willing to allow growth among each individual player. In the book, "Self-Directed Work Teams," the authors explain how empowerment is key to the success of the team as a whole. "It is the function of four important variables:authority, resources, information, and accountability." (15)
The authority is about having a person to lead and guide, and resources are provided for growth and productivity. and the information on how to throw a football, how a play is operated etc. is necessary to continue to play to full potential. On Monday our class experience the justice of empowerment, having to depend on Zach to provide adequate teaching so that I, and each other student could grasp the concept of each pass and block. It was important that he not just dictate the game, but allow some freedoms and liberties among the team members so that the game would not become a game of running back and forth from the field to ask permission to complete a pass or through the football accurately. If this would seem ridiculous on the playing field, than it obviously shows that in the corporate world it would be equally strenuous.

Team Leadership assesment quizzes

The first quiz in chapter 27 was hard to relate to since I have never managed any type of business. I felt as though I was answering non-hypothetical questions...hypothetically. Besides the fact that I was not to fond of the results, on which I scored a 66, otherwise labeled a "poor fit" . The second survey appeared more in my favor, ranking my personality fairly high, which I must say boosted my quickly evaporating confidence. I guess it could also be argued that I may have put more careful consideration into the second, seeing as my team leading abilities depended on the survey.
It's obvious that I have a whole lot to learn this semester about being assertive and not afraid to step on peoples toes if necessary. That does not have to be in a dictatorship type way, but maybe just learning to handle people appropriately and with purposeful vision. I am excited to see what I will gain from a semester to humble ignorance. I guess what I mean by that is, I am still uncertain if I have the confidence to lead others without any doubts or fear.

Week1

I hope everybody is as excited as me for the first class of Teams!