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Solutions 21 Weekly Insights
If you can only read one thing this week...
Attitude reflects leadership
by Tyler Palko | Posted on September 21st, 2016
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the 2000 blockbuster “Remember the Titans”, it is the story of a Virginia high school football team and their struggle to form a racially integrated unit for the first time during the Civil Rights Movement in 1971.
The movie highlights two main characters, aside from Denzel Washington, who plays the head coach. Gary and Julius, the best players on the team, are faced with the leadership challenge of being the example of how to make this integration work.
During the movie, there is a scene that has stuck with me since the first time I watched it. Maybe it’s because I was a high school football player when the movie was released. Maybe it’s because I was the captain of my team. But in my opinion, during this scene, truer words have never been spoken!
Just like “Remember the Titans”, we are embarking on a new journey, one that the workforce has never seen. Read the rest at the Solutions 21 Blog >
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