Student Worksheet 9.1 Great Leaders
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Lesson nine - Great leaders Student Worksheet 9.1 Great Leaders Your Task: Read the profiles of these six great leaders Michael Long Jill Lindsay Michael Long is of Aboriginal descent and a Before passing away in 2011 after a long illness, spokesperson for indigenous rights. He played Jill Lindsay was the AFL's longest-serving employee. in the AFL/VFL with the Essendon, winning She was the only woman to be acknowledged with premierships in 1993 and 2000. life membership of the AFL/VFL. He joined the AFL/VFL club after winning the She worked with the AFL/VFL for 40 years, 1988 best and fairest award with his former club starting as an office clerk in 1970. Despite her West Torrens in the South Australian National illness, Jill was active in her role as the AFL's Football League. ground operations manager and continued to work throughout 2010 while undergoing treatment. He was one of Essendon’s best players in the club’s 1993 AFL Grand Final win. For his performance, She took over as VFL membership manager from he was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for the 1986 and then began the role of AFL ground best player in the game. The medal was proudly operations manager from 1991. The replayed presented by fellow Tiwi Islander, Maurice Rioli. Grand Final in 2010 between Collingwood and St Kilda represented her 43rd Grand Final in an After missing the 1994 season with a serious knee official capacity at, firstly the VFL, and then the AFL. injury, he came back to play a full season in 1995. In 2010, the AFL Commission announced a During a match between Essendon and Collingwood, scholarship in Jill Lindsay's name, for her outstanding Michael claimed to have been racially taunted by service to the game and to further promote careers a Collingwood player. The AFL mediation process for women in sports administration. that followed set the precedent for the game’s tough stance against racial vilification. Long was Apart from her working career with the AFL, Jill also applauded for his courage in making a public stand gave a lifetime of service to softball as a player, on behalf of players of indigenous or culturally coach and administrator. She received the Australian diverse backgrounds who play the game. Sport Medal in 2000 for her service to softball. Following his retirement, Michael became a On her passing, AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou said, spokesperson for indigenous Australians. He has “Jill was a mentor to so many women across the met with Prime Ministers and politicians to discuss football industry. She was a natural leader whose indigenous issues and has been a role model for inner strength and support for colleagues made many indigenous AFL footballers who are playing people around her walk taller. She was a person the game today. respected at every level of our business; whose values, integrity, work ethic, and commitment to Long’s commitment to indigenous rights has growth – personal and for the organisation, and for inspired many indigenous and non-indigenous individuals who work with her, in business and in her people to support the indigenous cause in Australia. sporting life – were second to none.” The Long Walk charity was inspired by Long’s walk to Canberra from Melbourne in a bid to get the lives of indigenous people back on the national agenda. Page 1 of 6 Lesson nine - Great leaders Student Worksheet 9.1 Great Leaders Bachar Houli Jim Stynes Bachar Houli is an AFL footballer who plays Jim Stynes played for the Melbourne Football Club for the Richmond. He was born in Australia to from 1987 until 1998. Lebanese parents and is the first devout Muslim He was born and raised in Ireland and was recruited to play in the AFL. by Melbourne because of his persistence and In his bid to attract AFL club interest, and ensure athletic ability. that he recorded sufficient times to impress Stynes knew very few people when he came to recruiters, he consulted with a Sheikh and decided Melbourne and did not really know much about to break his Ramadan fast for three days during Australian Football. the physical endurance tests at the AFL Draft Camp in 2006. After accidentally giving away a 15m penalty in the dying moments of the 1987 preliminary Bachar has said that he has found it hard growing final, in which his team Melbourne was defeated, up a devout Muslim and trying to play Australian he worked hard to improve his game. Football. His determination to play the game, however, finally led to his parents accepting and He became known as a tough but fair player supporting his talents. and leader. He was drafted by Essendon in 2006. After his In 1991, he won the Brownlow Medal and was club impressive performances in the Bombers' 2008 NAB champion, Hewas also club champion in 1995, 1996 Cup, he was selected for the club’s round one team and 1997. to play the Kangaroos. He was one of Essendon’s Stynes started to work with teenagers and young best players and received the first round nomination people with welfare issues while he was still playing. for the AFL Rising Star award. In 2008, he was named president of Melbourne At the end of the 2010 season, Bachar left Football Club and remained committed to helping Essendon and was drafted by Richmond with its others until he passed away as a result of a long only selection in the 2010 Pre-season Draft. illness in 2011. Houli has become a leading influence for many young Australian Muslims. His dedication and commitment to his AFL career has enabled him to become a primary figure in his Muslim community. He works one day a week as an AFL multicultural ambassador. Page 2 of 6 Lesson nine - Great leaders Student Worksheet 9.1 Great Leaders Sam (Samantha) Mostyn Sam Mostyn has had a career across business, politics, science and the arts, the not-for-profit sector and sport. At the age of 21, after graduating with a law degree from the Australian National University, she left a job in the Magistrates Court to become an associate with Justice Michael Kirby. She then joined the office of then Prime Minister Paul Keating as a senior communications policy adviser. In 2005, Sam was the first woman to be appointed to the AFL Commission. She is a board member of Australian Volunteers International and the Sydney Theatre Company and a community representative on the board of the Australia Council for the Arts. She serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Virgin Blue, Transurban and Citigroup Australia. She is the chair of the Stakeholder Advisory Council of the CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship, a member of the NSW Climate Change Council and serves on the advisory board of Climate Works Australia. Sam continues to build relationships with various sectors of the community and in particular is focused on equality of opportunity for women and a commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Australians. Her youngest sister Sally was born with a syndrome similar to Down's syndrome. It changed the way Sam and her sisters viewed life. It meant that from an early age they were exposed to the lives of people who had intellectual and physical disabilities, and their families and carers. Page 3 of 6 Lesson nine - Great leaders Student Worksheet 9.1 Great Leaders Now let’s test what you know about the leaders who you have just read about. Select the correct answer. 1. Michael Long is a former AFL 5. Sam Mostyn once worked for 9. Jill Lindsay had which of the footballer and: which Prime Minister? following named after her? a. a dentist a. Paul Keating a. A scholarship b. a politician b. John Howard b. A medal c. a spokesperson for c. Malcolm Fraser c. AFL House indigenous rights 6. Jim Stynes won a Brownlow d. A football ground 2. Jim Stynes came to Australia Medal in: 10. Bachar Houli's parents arrived from: a. 1991 to Australia from: a. Iran b. 1989 a. Lebanon b. Italy c. 1986 b. India c. Ireland 7. The Long Walk charity was c. England 3. For how many years did Jill inspired by: Lindsay workat the AFL/VFL? a. Jim Stynes a. 25 b. Michael Long b. 40 c. Jill Lindsay c. 32 8. Samantha Mostyn became the 4. Bachar Houli first played AFL first woman to: football at: a. Coach an AFL team a. North Melbourne b. Appointed to the AFL b. Melbourne Commission c. Essendon c. Host her own AFL television show 11. What do you think makes Michael Long a good leader? Page 4 of 6 Lesson nine - Great leaders Student Worksheet 9.1 Great Leaders 12. Complete the following Venn diagrams. Identify the attributes they have in common and those that are unique to each individual. Michael Long Jim Stynes Jill Lindsay Michael Long Bachar Houli Sam Mostyn Page 5 of 6 Lesson nine - Great leaders Student Worksheet 9.1 Great Leaders Fill in the gaps Use the words in the box below to fill in the gaps in the passage. A great leader often has to think about other people before they think of themselves. Leaders often by being good and showing in their work with other people (like Michael Long). They are able to take for other people and to their teammates to do their very best. Often they have to show great and (like 'Jill Lindsay) and others to try their hardest to get great results and find .