"Attitude reflects leadership, captain" is a famous quote from the movie Remember the Titans. Its the sentiment that the bad or good attitude comes from top to down. This true story occured in 1971 in Virginia where everyone had to deal with racial diversity in the school, specifically at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, and on the football field.
Julius: "I'm supposed to wear myself out for the team, what team?"
Gary: "That's the worst attitude I have ever heard of"
Julius: "Attitude reflects leadership"
Julius isn't a captian, but he represented the black group of the team. Andy is a captain and he also represented the white group of the team. In this story, Andy blamed Julius for not wearing himself out for the team. Then Julius suddenly pointed out that the whites didn't treat the blacks like a team for they would tackle them dirty in practices, harming them. It finally dawned to Andy that ignoring the misdemeanors of the whites had defiled the attitudes of the blacks, causing the conflict. Afterward, he confronted his white teammates whenever they did some misdemeanors, which eventually created the unity between the two people groups within the team and led them to many victories.
Are the attitudes of the people within the team beautifully reflecting your leadership? There's no team without any kind of conflicts yet there are many other captians who are willingly to confront the conflicts if you aren't.
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