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Effective Leadership In The Film Remember The Titans

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It is a common knowledge that a good leader should be patient, organized, focused, and innovative . These skills are obviously important, however, does it mean that anyone who posses above qualities is an effective leader? What really defines an effective leadership? Well, it is impossible to clearly describe a good leader by observing just one individual. There are many different leadership styles, so for that reason the movie Remember the Titans is a great example to look at when we try to describe an effective leadership technique. Each of the main character presents distinctive approach of control , which will be evaluated in this paper.
One of the most significant person in this movie is Coach Boone. In the time when black and white community could not collaborate together, Boone got the position of Head Coach at the first school for both races. It was really challenging as no one believed he could ever succeed, yet his personality, skills, as well as experience allowed Boone to prove them wrong. From the beginning of the movie we can openly say that Bonne was a confident individual, whose leadership style was comparable to dictatorship. Boone said, " This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law"(jdfjidiofeio). Dictatorial leadership style demonstrate skills …show more content…

Coach Yoast had an outstanding qualification for his position, however, he was asked to step down from his duties and replaced with Boone. He was obviously not overjoyed by this decision, nevertheless he knew how to adapt to this situation. As a leader Yoast was confident, enthusiastic, flexible and open-minded. His approach can be compared to situational, and democratic Leadership style. Situational leader is able to accept many factors, and have two main forms of behavior (task and relationship behavior). Democratic leadership style encourage to share an ideas, views, and builds

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