pat summitt s leadership
Pat Summitt has won more games than any college basketball coach, male or female. She summarizes her coaching system in “The Definite Dozenâ€. Look up the 12 parts of the system at the resource below:
The Pat Summitt Foundation. Pat’s Definite Dozen. (Links to an external site.)
Then, watch video clips of Summitt coaching on YouTube. Write a 2-3 page position paper detailing your thoughts derived from the questions listed below.
- How would you characterize Summitt’s leadership style?
- Does she display masculine, feminine or androgynous leadership traits and skills?
- Does her system of a dozen values reflect any gender patterns?
- How does Summitt balance agentic and communal leadership behaviors?
- As an athletic coach does she encounter the same double standard for behavior that female politicians do?
- Could she be an effective coach for a male college basketball team? Would she be respected by the players?