Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans: Managing Behavior

Both Coach Boone and Coach Yost use the path-goal model of leadership. Coach Boone uses a combination of achievement-oriented and instrumental or directive leadership, while Coach Yost demonstrates mainly a supportive style of leadership. Of the four path-goal theory leadership styles, it is not uncommon for leaders to use a mixture of more than one or all four. The nature of contingency leadership means that one or more of the different styles might be utilized to achieve goals in a path-like manner. According to Greenberg (2002), such a mixture is often the norm in the path-goal model of leadership, "These styles are not mutually exclusive; in fact, the same leader can adopt them at different times and in different situations" (293).

In The Titans, Coach Boone uses a combination of leadership styles. Boone is very directive in leadership style with respect to motivating employees to achieve goals. He provides specific guidance and establishing clear and rigorous schedules and rules. In one scene we see this instrumental style of leadership combined with the achievement-oriented style when Coach Boone explains the rules with respect to football performance:

We will be perfect in every aspect. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You make a fumble, I will take you and break your John Browns and then you will run a mile. Perfection (Yakin 2000).

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success lead to poor performance" (Greenberg 2002, 34). THREE Coach Boone is a transformational leader. He leads his team to perfection and is able to promote unity, respect while changing bias and attitudes along the way. Coach Boone has the main traits of transformational leaders: charisma, self-confidence, vision, environmental sensitivity, intellectually stimulating, interpersonally considerate, and inspirational (Greenberg 2002, 285). Coach Boone has charisma. He is able to charm his players and his neighbors from being resentful of and prejudiced against him, to cheering for him when he succeeds due his forceful personality. He is self-confident. At one point Coach Yost tells him there is more to worry about than football. Coach Boone tells him, "I'm a winner. I'm a winner" (Yakin 2000). Coach Boone never loses sight of his vision nor does he allow his players to do so - PERFECTION. He is sensitive to his environment. In one scene he refuses to acquiesce to Coach Boone, telling him, "Now you know what it's like to be me" in reference to the town's racism and prejudice (Yakin 2000). Coach Boone is intellectually stimulating with players and coworkers. He takes the initiative to have the mathematics teacher anal

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