Wednesday evenings and a crescendo of violins breaking into Mark Ermler’s Dance of the Knights means my favourite leadership programme … More
Tag: management
Filling in the Blanks: Negotiating the Grey Areas
If experience or research hasn’t taught you already, coaching is a complex and problematic profession. For all its glorified peaks, … More
Paving The Way: The Foundations of Good Coaching
As the curtain comes down on a captivating Premier League season, it seems an appropriate moment as any for coaches … More
Unlocking Success: 5 Lessons Moneyball Can Teach Us
Reading Jamie Lyall’s recent article via BBC Sport, on how Coach Logic’s analysis systems have positively influenced Scottish rugby, left … More
Unsung Heroes: Are team players becoming an endangered species?
Have you ever had that special game? The game that will forever live in the memory bank, the game that … More
Old School vs State of the Art: Attitudes of the Modern Day Athlete
With the Christmas holidays fast approaching the annual dashes around the local shopping outlets are sure to commence if they … More
The ‘Wall Street’ of Coaching: What’s Your Stock Price?
Leadership is overrated. With over 493 million hits on Google and $14 billion per year spent in the USA alone … More
You’re Fired: The Sacking Effect – New Ideas vs Player Evolution
So Tim Sherwood becomes the latest coach in elite sport that is unceremoniously cast aside – it’s becoming an all … More
Danger Close – Four traits of a player that should set off alarm bells for coaches
We’ve all had those players. The ones who make coaching feel like a chore rather than something we enjoy; the … More
The Show Must Go On: 2014 Reflections
What a year it’s been. When you look back on the highs and lows of 2014, the year seems to … More