What Is Remember The Titans Key Aspects Of Leadership

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Leadership has many definitions and there are many ways for it to be displayed. In the Washington DC Suburb of Alexandria Virginia The football team of T.C Williams High School displayed great leadership. The ways of leadership displayed from T. C. Williams High School proved epic and life changing for not only the coach, but the players and people of the community. Remember the Titans was based on an integral part of American history because it was based on integrating high schools with a black coach taking over the head coach position and the white coach becoming the assistant. Coach Bill Yoast was the head coach at T.C. Williams and nominated for the Virginia Hall of fame until the integration where one of the Football team’s most significant …show more content…

This would prove to be a task that only a great leader and Herman Boone was that. He displayed his dominance when he first walked in the gym to meet his team by letting them know his expectations and the things that would not be tolerated. He made a stand against the white player that demanded many things they felt they needed. Not only did he have a strategic plan to integrate the black and white players through football he took a stand against the families in the community that felt like the players did in the beginning. Coach Boone’s leadership also bought out leadership qualities in his players. He made sure that the team knew his dominance and that was the style of leadership needed in that particular …show more content…

Though they were different types of skills, they each bought the team together to achieve something great in its first year of integration. Coach Boone used dominance and power with a touch of care to get the team respect him and realize that it was his show, but want to do exactly what he wanted. Julius used the technique of leading by example; he showed his fellow teammates that if he could get on the field every day and give 100 percent so could they. Gary was an all around great leader and he made sure to stand up for what was right even if it meant losing