The leader I've chosen is Simon Sinek. Sinek is an author and businessman known for his practices within the workplace. Last semester, I took a digital marketing for tourism class and my professor was obsessed with Sinek. So much so, he showed us this video on the day he called "Simon Day." I think his obsession is justified– I really admire the way Sinek goes about management and the leadership traits he prioritizes within the workplace. He focuses on creating a trustworthy environment and ensuring that all of his employees feel safe under his leadership, something that I feel some leaders tend to overlook. Having a team that's not only comfortable but cooperative is imperative when it comes to success. If an employee feels uneasy or un-welcomed within the workplace, the culture is immediately disrupted. Positive culture is so important when it comes to the workplace, so I think all leaders could take something from Sinek, whether it's this Ted Talk or one of his others.

My name is Becker Wright and the leader I decided to show was Tim Tebow. This speech is his halftime speech during the national championship game against Oklahoma. He was the quarterback for Florida and is known to be one of the best college quarterbacks of all time. He has always been known for his exceptional leadership skills, and this speech is his most famous. He is rallying his team around him, letting them know that these next 30 minutes of the game will change the course of their entire lives. He did an amazing job highlighting the importance of the game and his team seemed to really take it to heart. Florida went on to win 24-14 and I think that is in large part because of Tim Tebow. I think about this clip often because it showed how small this next half was but how impactful it is for their team and how they will look back at this game throughout their whole lives.

The video I chose of a leader that you find motivating is Michael Jordan’s Obsession Beats Talent speech. The first key moment that stuck out to me in this video is when he says, “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. The quality of turning failure into strength and pain into motivation is one that we can all learn from since you can never avoid failure and pain.
Michael Jordan says he hates losing but respects it because it is a part of winning. Losing is going to hurt and that helps you look at what you have to change, what to do differently and how you can make your team better. You can’t get to the top and be a winner without losing at some point, not just in basketball but in work life too.
Even with all his success, Jordan says he doesn’t stay complacent and still feels like he always has something to prove not just as a player but as a father and role model. This shows his character not just caring about basketball and the many championships, accomplishments, and accolades he’s won on the court but how to bring his leadership into his home life with his family. This shows how Jordan is an effective leader that we can look up to. He knew that basketball wasn’t his whole life and when the time would come, he would hang up the sneakers and still have purpose in life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbHiYLAB1ys