Leadership Styles
What leadership style does Coach Carter Us?
- Coach Carter uses transformational leadership throughout the film. Transformational leadership is basically the leader having the ability to lead people/group to do more than they would usually be expected to do, this is to bring innovation and change within the team members. Coach Carter performs a lot of tasks to inspire the team. Coach Carter sees a bigger future for each player in the team, that they have the ability to achieve more if they imagined. Coach carter used a lot of positive and negative reinforcements where he wanted to help alternate the bad habits/behaviors of each player. Coach Carter had a positive influence to everyone, Carter strived to encourage and help everyone to work to the best of their ability & potential. Some of the requirements Coach Carter set out was for the team to maintain a 2.3 GPA or higher. By setting these goals, it meant that the players have an opportunity to graduate and attend college or university. By using transformational leadership, he challenged the team to take ownership for their own actions and work.
Traits/Behaviours
What are the traits/behaviours shown in the film "Coach Carter" ?
Coach Carter
- Shows complete determination to change and help people for the better
Coach Carter shows determination to help revolutionize the basketball team in Richmond High School. Carter was once a student enrolled in RHS as well as being a part of the basketball team. Therefore he has experience, knowledge, and discipline which helps makes him the type of coach he is today. Some of the traits and behaviors Coach Carter illustrates in the film is that Carter made sure his team members respected themselves before they respected the coach himself, basically by acknowledging each other by "Sir". Some of the other traits and behaviors Coach Carter incorporated into his role is being fearless, confident, and focused. Coach Carter is always focused on the task that is put to him. He believed that everything is possible in order to achieve it. "If there is a will, there is a way". A lot of people were not happy with the techniques he uses, where he meets resistance from not only the students, but the parents and staff of the school as well. Even though Coach Carter faces these conflict, he still does everything in his power in order to make his task possible, so therefore in this case, he is willing to risk his job, in order to ensure that his team players has the chance to have a better future. Due to all of the things that Coach Carter is determined to do, a result came to where the students take responsibility for themselves as well as each other. They worked as a better team, not just playing basketball but, to improve their academic scores as well.
- Coach Carter goes on a roller coaster, while trying to motivate his basketball players. Carter takes different measures to meet his goals; an example is closing the gym for training. This is where his leadership style comes into play. He makes sure everyone works hard to improve their GPA or either the team mates helping others. Coach Carter may be a harsh or intimidating coach, but by the progress and steps he takes shows and has results of positive changes.