Why is richie mccaw a role model

While Richie is the most capped test rugby player in history and was named World Rugby Player of the Year three times, it was his leadership qualities that made him a legend. He always led from the front, and maintains that the best way to inspire a team is through actions rather than words.

He also believes one of the biggest challenges for leaders is convincing a group of people to believe in the same vision. You have to be open to diversity, as a team and as a country.

The two-time Rugby World Cup winner talks about leadership, the people who inspire him, and his passion for enabling more Kiwi kids to participate in sport. Nominations Are Open! Some say he has been found wanting in not changing tactics midway through big games when the All Blacks are struggling. But, apparently, he is still among the very fittest in the team and he just keeps making the tackles, driving forward with the ball and making a nuisance of himself - he was easily our best forward in last Saturday's rare test loss in Sydney.

It has been astonishing the way he has been able to adapt over the years to changes in rule interpretation and playing styles. His good old-fashioned follow-me-over-the-top type of leadership has won fervent admirers both within the team and from observers in New Zealand and overseas.

He has already captained his country more than any other international rugby leader and he has been named International Rugby Board player of the year three times.

We in Otago, and particularly North Otago, also make our claims and we enjoy a extra dose of vicarious pride. He could well have been appointed captain of the first XV, but it is understood the school felt there were limits to the pressures they could place even on this able young man.

It does us good to have a hero like McCaw, a successor in a way to this country's most admired man, Sir Edmund Hillary. We are the South's eyes and ears in crucial council meetings, at court hearings, on the sidelines of sporting events and on the frontline of breaking news. As our region faces uncharted waters in the wake of a global pandemic, Otago Daily Times continues to bring you local stories that matter. A team can only work as one effectively if they maintain an environment free from individual tensions.

Your ability to get everyone working and pulling together is essential to your success. Even the greatest leader cannot lead in a vacuum. Finally, a good leader takes the time to know his teammates individually, on a personal level, to establish rapport. It is easy to play with someone you know and trust. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together, individually and collectively. Positive mind set and winning attitude: lead by example If you lose that major client, or your cashflow dries up, guiding your team through the crisis is important.

A leader is a dealer in hope. Part of your job as a leader is to put out fires, assure everyone that setbacks are natural and get focus back on the bigger picture. As the leader, by staying calm and confident, you will help keep the team feeling the same. Remember, your team will take cues from you. Inspiring your team to see the vision of successes to come is vital. Leading by example is a given. There is no greater motivation than seeing the leader working alongside everyone else, showing that hard work is being done on every level.

By proving your commitment to your colleagues and your role, you will not only earn the respect of your team, but will also instil belief.

McCaw was outstanding at this aspect of leadership. Integrity requires truthfulness, to all people, in every situation. A fish rots from the head, so does an organisation. The role of the leader is paramount in setting the values. Great leaders are decisive but also humble. Humility means that you have the self-confidence and self-awareness to recognise the value of others without feeling threatened — you are willing to admit you could be wrong, that you recognise you may not have all the answers.

Humility gets results. A great leader is not a self-promoting narcissist but one dedicated to the team. As McCaw showed, a leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Their responsibility is getting all the players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back. McCaw epitomised the four leadership qualities highlighted. Leadership is not about popularity. Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm, but in the frenzy of the storm, when the game is on a knife-edge, holding your nerve, keeping focus and stopping the blood rushing to the head and being a leader motivator, thinker is what is needed.