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Leadership and Teamwork

I couldn’t particapate in the concert of Bilkent Symphony Orchestra.However;to better understand it,I watched the video via youtube.If someone asked me what orchestra is,I would certainly explain it union of differences in music,because an orchestra composes of percussion,string, brass and woodwind sections.To direct this orchestra, a conductor is needed as a leader,because only leader can provide cohesion between different parts.

Leader is the most important person in a group.These may be an orchestra or a sport team.In both of them the leader,chief,orient the development of group.Let’s think about an orchestra;the conductor has much more knowledge about tunes of instruments.He can detect the tune of any instruments while lots of them play at same time.With regard of this knowledge,he prepares his group for concert.He is interested in all parts of orchestra one by one.Then,he provides cohesion of tunes in the performances.He makes repeticion much more times to take good quality work.This is like bussiness life.Think about ceo of any company.The ceo is the leader of the company.Therefore,he directs all works.If he is a well-skilled leader,he can ensure the coordination with other parts of company such as research group,human resources etc.Thus,he provides
well-done teamwork.Therefore,the company is managed much better than others.When the companies in the past are viewed ,it is seen that better company is directed better leader;however the best ones were managed with better leader with well team cordination.Therefore,the manager of the company is the seen part of the best company,others are parts of team.However,unity of all of them ensure the best company.It is same in the orchestra.In the concert,the audience applaude the conductor,because they have eye-contact with only conductor;however,the applause is the product of good teamwork.
A talented conductor should have eye-contact with the audience,because he can take the attetion of the audience and lead them to concantrate on the performance while directing the orchestra.Thus,all parts of puzzles are completed in music.This is nearly same in bussiness.A skilled manager should communicate with all customers and confreres,because his communication provides him to take more place in decision of the bussiness and enlargement of his company.
In the secon paragraph I mentioned a conductor can differ tunes of any instruments while all of them play.Therefore,he cn concantrate on one of the enstrument while directing the orchestra.If something is wrong,he can awaken the instrument player with his stick or his gesture.Thus,he ensures unity while most of the audience are not aware of this.In bussiness the manager should be aware of his team.He should focus on his team players and their skills.He should direct his teams with changing the position of unsuccessful player and provide teamwork between the players working in the same department.
As a result, it is seen that a leader can change most of thing positively,but a big leader can change this with team work.The result in Turkish Super League explains summary of my essay.As a Fenerbahce fun ,I confess that although Fenerbahce has better players than Bursaspor,Bursaspor was able to win the leauge cup with his talent technical director Ertugrul Sağlam and teamwork.Therefore,this show big success can not be reached without teamwork.