Leadership Profile: Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin Impact on his field.

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Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin is a renowned basketball player in America. He was born to Taiwanese immigrants in 1988 in Palo Alto, California. Lin started playing basketball while he was young since his parents, Lin Gie-Ming and Shirley Lin stimulated his interest in basketball at an early age. In high school, he earned considerable personal honors for excelling at basketball including regional Player of the Year. After he could not land a college basketball scholarship offer hew resolved to enroll at Harvard University to pursue economics. At the university, he excelled at basketball similarly scoring 1,483 points in 115 tournaments. In 2010, he was signed by golden state warriors as a free agent but he later got waived. He was then rapidly claimed and waived by Houston Rockets.
In the wake of the two rejections, New York Knicks claimed him helping the club earn a series of victories in 2012 (Famous people). Due to his exemplary performance at the New York Knicks, Lin went from unfamiliar sportsperson to an internationally celebrated basketball player. He was featured in various periodicals, and his No. 17 jersey copies became a best seller. Regrettably, he left New York Knicks and joined other teams including Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers. He is currently playing for the Atlanta Hawks of NBA. Jeremy Lin is an individual with an enthralling personality. One of the reasons that make the leader intriguing to me is his unwavering boldness in the face of aggressive racist insults hurled at him by fans and competitors on a regular basis. Life was not easy on the court for Lin but he defied all odds and emerged successfully. The fact that he became a successful basketball player proved that the Asian-Americans successes are not limited to science, technology, mathematics, and engineering only.
The leadership of Jeremy Lin
There can be effective leadership and ineffective leadership. Effective leaders have a style or several styles that make them fruitful in managing and inspiring other individuals. They have the capability of motivating creativity and productivity in any organization. On the flip side, there is ineffective leadership which is exhibited by those leaders who adopt the wrong leadership styles. They use styles of leadership that fail to correlate well with the individuals they are trying to lead. Below, is a description of Jeremy Lin’s styles of leadership.
One of the leadership styles exhibited by Jeremy Lin is democratic leadership. Democratic leadership is collaborative and take the opinions of others into consideration. Democratic leaders believe that the opinions of other people count thus give other people the opportunity to bring their ideas to the table. To that end, Lin can be labeled a democratic leader since he gives chances to other players to air their opinions regarding various issues affecting their team (Emerick). The player values the opinion of other players because he knows he cannot gain their loyalty if he imposes his opinions on them.
Moreover, democratic leadership entails empowering others through developing their skills. Consequently, Lin can be termed a democratic leader because he has incredibly contributed to aiding his teammates maximiz...