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Risk Management in Sport

Risk management in sport was largely associated with helmets, crash mats, and course safety until 10 years ago when sport leader Dina Bell-Laroche, now a partner with the Sport Law...

Directors’ Dilemmas: The Challenges To Trust Re-Shaping Governance

March 24, 2017

Governance in all sectors, including for non-profits, is under intense scrutiny. While many boards have invested considerable time and resources improving policies and transparency, today’s operating environment has only become...

Critical Ingredients for Board Effectiveness: A Discussion with Cari Din and Carolyn Trono

March 10, 2017

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...

Risk Management for Sport Leaders

March 10, 2017

Risk management in sport was largely associated with helmets, crash mats, and course safety until 10 years ago when sport leader Dina Bell-Laroche, now a partner with the Sport Law...

Volleyball Canada Succession Planning

Recognizing the importance of engaging highly qualified leaders on the Board of Directors, Volleyball Canada recently completed a succession planning process. After reviewing a number of on-line resources, Volleyball Canada...

Employee Termination

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...

Workplace Wellness

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...

Building an Effective Communications Plan

February 15, 2017

What is a communication plan? When should it be developed? Where does the information in the plan come from? How do you write one, and why should I bother? In...

THE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY OF FIVE SPORT SYSTEMS IN ATHLETICS

February 1, 2017

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...

Leadership In Small Sport Organizations

December 13, 2016

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...