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On the sidelines but central: The powerful role parents play in youth sport

Anyone who has ever sat through a rainy Saturday soccer match or juggled dinner schedules to accommodate volleyball practice knows that youth sport doesn’t happen without parents. They are the chauffeurs, cheerleaders, fundraisers, and sometimes, the most vocal critics on the sidelines. But as Dr. Nick Holt knows all too well, parents aren’t just a…

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Leadership
Workplace Wellness

6 Steps to the Art of Delegation
May 10, 2017
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Delegating tasks and responsibilities within an organization is crucial in creating successful workplaces. While it isn’t always easy, delegation done well can not only help your own workload and shows respect for your colleagues. While it may take more time...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Leadership
Quality Sport
Workplace Wellness

Critical Ingredients for Board Effectiveness: A Discussion with Cari Din and Carolyn Trono
March 10, 2017
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Carolyn Trono and Cari Din
 Good governance is essential to advancing the mission and vision of every organization. However, governance is often cited as an issue within many sport organizations and is viewed as a very complex and sometimes challenging topic. Within the following discussion,...
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Coaching
Knowledge Mobilization
Professional Development
Volunteer Management
Workplace Wellness

Retaining Experienced Coaches
March 10, 2017
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Ian Reade and Wendy Rodgers, University of Alberta; Craig Hall, Western University; Camilla Knight, Swansea University
Understanding the factors that influence coach transitions is pertinent. Six themes were identified: 1) interpersonal considerations, 2) work demands, 3) career concerns, 4) positive coaching experiences, 5) seeking opportunities to be more successful and 6) leaving a negative or challenging...
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Leadership
Workplace Wellness

Leadership In Small Sport Organizations
December 13, 2016
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Margo Crawford, President & CEO, Business Sherpa Group
Leaders of sport organizations face all the complex challenges of leading in small organizations – limited resources, small teams doing multiple roles, expectations to perform as an organization plus the added complexity of unpredictable funding resources and expectations around athlete...
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Leadership
Workplace Wellness

How to keep your sport organization from getting into hot water – Contractual pitfalls and employee terminations
December 13, 2016
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Catherine Coulter, Counsel, Dentons Canada LLP
The two biggest problems which most sport organizations encounter with their employees relate to: (i) not understanding what entitlements terminated employees have; and (ii) not having proper employment contracts or termination letters in place. While it’s not possible to address...
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Board Management
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Governance
Leadership
Professional Development
Workplace Wellness

Board Governance – Succession Planning: Volleyball Canada
December 13, 2016
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Nora Sheffe, Certified Professional Facilitator, Sheffe Consulting Inc
Recognizing the importance of engaging highly qualified leaders on the Board of Directors, Volleyball Canada recently completed a succession planning process. Mark Eckert, President and CEO recognizes that, “With only 7 people on our board, it’s critical that we continue...
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Leadership
Officials and Referees
Professional Development
Recruitment and Retention
Workplace Wellness

Retaining Sport Officials
November 23, 2016
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Sport officials play a vital role within sport and should be viewed along the same lines as coaches within the sport system in regards to participation and development. Officials should not be viewed as just service providers, but rather as...
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Leadership
Mental Health
Workplace Wellness

Destressing the Workplace
November 18, 2016
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Just about everyone who has held a job has felt a degree of anxiousness or stress about it at some point. In fact, there are times when stress provides us with the energy and motivation to meet or exceed expectations....
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Leadership
Technology
Workplace Wellness

Supporting the Remote Worker – What Leaders Need to Know
September 21, 2016
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Michelle Caron
Telecommuting or remote work is steadily on the rise with its low cost, flexibility, and appeal to work-life balance. While in the past, working from home was seen as a special request, granted only for particular circumstances, in today’s world,...
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Knowledge Mobilization
Leadership
Recruitment and Retention
Workplace Wellness

RETENTION OF SPORT OFFICIALS IN CANADA
July 13, 2016
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SIRC is pleased to be working together with Sport Canada to share current research on topics informing policy and promoting quality sport programming. This week we are sharing highlights of a recent article reviewing a research study on RETENTION OF...
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