Be an effective leader

Sophomore year at A&M is dedicated to direct leadership. I’m in the Fightin’ Texas Aggie band, and as a sophomore I am going to be in peoples face yelling at them every morning and afternoon. I remember for me this was a shock (especially initially) because even though my life wasn’t extremely easy and I was never “rich” I still have to consider myself spoiled. After about two or three months you start to notice who is yelling to hear them self and who actually has something useful to say. One upperclassmen in particular gained my respect because every time he opened his mouth it was worth listening to what he had to say. Very rarely did he ever “blow up” because of something we did and when he did we almost always did what he said as quickly as possible because we knew what he had to say was important. Because I am 6’7” I’m sure that people are expecting me to be “the hammer” type of trainer but I want to make sure that I am effective at the same time.