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SERVANT LEADERSHIP – Serving the greater good
Servant leadership encourages individuals to serve others while staying focused on achieving results in line with the organization's values. This core value demonstrates both internal and external character. In an athletic setting a team's chances for success are increased when its members become servant-leaders. A team made up of servant-leaders trusts their coach to make the best decision for the team. Whether you are the star of the team or the person that makes the star better each and every day in practice your role is important. Understanding the role you play on the team and accepting that role demonstrates servant-leadership.
Core value traits include but are not limited to the following:
LEADERSHIP: Steers others toward a positive conclusion
SERVANTHOOD: Cares for and meets the needs of others before caring for self.
INITIATIVE: Recognizes and does what needs to be done before he/she is asked to do it.
SELFLESS:
Gives without expectations of personal glory.
DECISIVE: Learns to finalize difficult decisions on the basis of what is right, not popular or tempting.
INTEGRITY – Internal traits that guide behavior
Integrity is structural in nature. It is a combination of all inward traits that build upon one another to determine who you are. Just like a ship the structural integrity of an individual depends upon the material used to build it and the people who guide its construction. Linked to moral character integrity might be described as an individual's inside identity.
Core value traits include but are not limited to the following:
HONESTY:
Proclaims the truth.
POISE: Demonstrates calmness and self-control in the face of adversity.
PATIENCE: Exercises inward strength in the face of adversity without demanding a deadline to remove it.
DETERMINATION: Diligently works to reach goals regardless of the obstacles.
PASSION:
Has an intense emotion and feelings towards their sport and improving their performance.
RESPONSIBILITY – The social force that binds me to the group
Responsibility is a social contract among a group's members to act in a manner that leads to greater group success. All great teams throughout history have had one thing in common: Unity of purpose.
Core value traits include but are not limited to the following:
COMMITMENT: Dedicates self to following up on his/her words with action even if it means unexpected sacrifice.
LOYALTY: Uses times of adversity to demonstrate his/her commitment to others.
CONSISTENCY: Stays true in principle in all circumstances.
CANDOR: Speaks the truth at the time when the truth should be spoken.
ALERTNESS:
Keenly aware of the events taking place around him/her so that they can have the right responses to them.
SPORTSMANSHIP – Following the rules, spirit, and etiquette of athletic competition
Sportsmanship demonstrates both internal and external character. Sportsmanship is both a product of internal traits such as fairness and external traits such as hospitality. Sportsmanship is following the rules of a contest and demonstrating a concern about the spirit and etiquette of how the contest is played or administered.
Core value traits include but are not limited to the following:
OBEDIENCE:
Fulfills instructions and rules.
FAIRNESS: Looks at a decision from multiple viewpoints.
JUSTICE: Takes personal responsibility to uphold what is pure, right and true.
HOSPITALITY: Shares cheerfully with those whom he/she come in contact.
HUMILITY:
Sees the contrast between what is perfect and self-evaluation.
