2. How would you describe Denny Hill’s abilities?

active listening (20 minute meeting every monday), empathy, time management 

3. Leadership includes administrative skills, interpersonal skills, and conceptual skills.  How does Denny Hill stack up on these skills?
administrative skills: he evaluates the progress of the swimmers, makes progress reports
interpersonal skills: he can work with the whole team (seniors and juniors)
conceptual skills: re-evaluate the situation and develop another strategy to get better

 

4. How does Denny Hill integrate task and relationship behaviors in his leadership?

Asigns the students to become a part of the leadership team, seniors are teaching the freshmens, juniors should listen and learn and be the role models

5. From a relational perspective, how would you describe Denny Hill’s leadership?

seems like a strict and hard coach who is goal orientated but on the other side he cares about his athletes personally and as a team (gives them space to complain and speak about problems)

6. In what way does Denny Hill’s coaching exemplify leadership as an influence process
He influences student bonding trough creating a common goal

4.     How does Denny Hill integrate task and relationship behaviors in his leadership?
- Supports the team members
- Uses sense of humor
- Control the swimmers behavior, being fair (not because you have more experience that you are better than the others)
5.     From a relational perspective, how would you describe Denny Hill’s leadership?
- He has authority, but is approachable, see the members as individuals
6.     In what way does Denny Hill’s coaching exemplify leadership as an influence process?
- Influences the whole team but also manage the way team members interact between each other

Communication skills

Leadership includes administrative skills, interpersonal skills, and conceptual skills.  How does Denny Hill stack up on these skills?
Developed a strategic concept and followed through (year by year)
Builds a strong base with the sleep over and hellweek which allows for a better interpersonal relations afterwards.

Delegates and integrates every athlete (group of athlete) into smaller leadership roles. Constant learning process for the athletes so they can improve and develop. They learn from each other and can even mentor each other. Whilst swimming is an individual discipline, he made it a team sport.

From a relational perspective, how would you describe Denny Hill’s leadership?

Assigned leadership for him and emergent leadership for older athletes. His leadership style is process not results oriented.

In what way does Denny Hill’s coaching exemplify leadership as an influence process?
Leadership addresses the process of exerting influence on followers. He also has referent, expert, legitimate, informational, reward and coercive powers.

2. How would you describe Denny Hill’s abilities?

- ability to delegate tasks to other team members
- ability to establish a consistent team culture 

3. Leadership includes administrative skills, interpersonal skills, and conceptual skills.  How does Denny Hill stack up on these skills?

- being open to feedback
- being able to structure routines 
- time management 
- able to set clear standards for everyone 
- goal oriented without being to focused on winning

4. How does Denny Hill integrate task and relationship behaviors in his leadership?

- setting up "hell week" as bootcamp and weekly regular meetings
- training people to achieve the best they can be and not only to win
- making everyone in the team responsible for tasks

5. From a relational perspective, how would you describe Denny Hill’s leadership?

- a pinch of "tough love"
- adaptable, open for critique
- establishing a relaltively flat hirarchy below within the team

6.      In what way does Denny Hill’s coaching exemplify leadership as an influence process?

- very good at bonding the team together with his methods 
- makes everyone in the team feel equally valuable 

1.      What leadership traits account for Denny Hill’s success?

Tough but fair

Approachable

Caring

Charismatic

 

2.      How would you describe Denny Hill’s abilities?

Structured/routine

Experienced

Moral support

Motivating ability

Leading ability

Efficiency

Ability to connect people/with people

 

 

3.      Leadership includes administrative skills, interpersonal skills, and conceptual skills.  How does Denny Hill stack up on these skills?

Coaching

Swimming 

Communication

Connecting

Self-improvement/development

Time management

 

 

4.      How does Denny Hill integrate task and relationship behaviors in his leadership?

Puts emphasis on building strong relationships in the team, by making all the team members leaders of the team, have responsibilities (explaining things to freshman, caring for them), but even freshman have responsibilities. He puts the team above the individuals. 

 

 

5.      From a relational perspective, how would you describe Denny Hill’s leadership?

He focuses on strong bonds and relationships within the team. He wants to keep a natural hierarchy in the team, that comes with being older/experiences or younger/less experienced.

 

6.      In what way does Denny Hill’s coaching exemplify leadership as an influence process?

He influences them a lot.