Leadership in Sport
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Whether you are starting out or a veteran in sports leadership, the most critical components of leadership are covered in these articles. You may find our sections for our most recent articles, resources and materials, latest newsletters, or 5 Minutes with Bo Hanson video series valuable too.
NYU Women’s Basketball Secures 2024 NCAA Division III National Championship: A Journey of Authentic Leadership
Bringing the trophy home for the second time in the program’s history, and first in over 25 years, we highlight the dedication and elements that have elevated NYU Women’s Basketball to National Champion status.
The Power of Self Awareness | Bo Hanson on Keep the Line Moving with Chris Gargano
Bo Hanson joins Chris Gargano on Keep The Line Moving Podcast to talk about founding Athlete Assessments, and quantifying the people side of sports. He also shares his Olympic career, the value of self-awareness, and the habits of successful teams.
Servant Leadership in Sport: What We Can Learn
What Servant Leadership looks like in high-performance sport and how DISC Profiling supports the development of critical skills needed to bring out the best in your people.
Keep the Line Moving: Liz Masen on Understanding Leadership Through Behavior
Athlete Assessments’ CEO, Liz Masen, joins Leadership Consultant and Founder of the Gargano Leadership Group, Chris Gargano, to unpack the ideation and establishment of Athlete Assessments, as well as how leaders can optimize their behavior to lead in a way that resonates with their people.
Georgetown Athletics on Providing Effective Individualized Leadership Development
Executive Director of the Georgetown Cooper Athletics Leadership Program, Al Lattell, on how he builds vital leadership skills at the micro level through institutional development initiatives at the macro.
Exceeding New Levels of Excellence: Bo Hanson and Athlete Assessments Recognized in the 2023 AITD Excellence Awards
Our team are incredibly excited to share that our Director and Lead Performance Consultant, Bo Hanson was the winner of the 2023 Dr Alastair Rylatt Award for L&D Professional of the Year at the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) Excellence Awards. As a company, Athlete Assessments was also recognized as a finalist in the award for Best Capability Building Program for our Elite Team Program.
Fastpitch Flyers Success in Sport & Leadership
The University of Dayton’s Head Softball Coach, Cara Clark-LaPlaca; and Executive Director of the Center for Leadership, Brent Kondritz Ph.D., share insights on building athlete leadership through role modeling, collaboration, and foundational self-awareness.
Protect your Peace: Reflecting on the Empowering Experience of the 2023 NCAA Women Coaches Academy
Athlete Assessments’ Client Manager, Temika Smith reflects on her first experience at the Women Coaches Academy, hosted by the NCAA and WeCOACH.
ABC Radio Melbourne: Bo Hanson on Succession Planning
Recently, Bo Hanson joined ABC Radio Melbourne presenter, Lisa Leong, to discuss the topic of succession planning. They covered what it is, why it’s important, the common mistakes made when implementing a strategy, and how effective succession planning is the ultimate measurement of a great leader.
Develop, Lead, Engage: The Bucknell Bison’s Formula for Student-Athlete Success
Bucknell University Athletics leading duo, Jen Kentera and Eline Vermeulen, on their department-wide approach to developing student-athlete leaders who succeed in their sport and in life.
Meaningful Mentoring Must-Haves: Webinar Recap
Revisiting Athlete Assessments’ April 2023 Open Webinar on Mentoring Success, key takeaways and learnings from experts in developing leading programs and pathways.
Coaches Corner Podcast: with Liz Masen
In a recent episode of Canterbury Rugby’s Podcast, Coaches Corner, Liz Masen joins Riki Tahere to unpack the power of DISC Profiling and how better understanding your own behavioral tendencies and your players can unlock their best performances. While Liz talks all things DISC, Riki takes a deep dive into decision making, which sees the two discuss the key importance of understanding athletes on an individual level. We guarantee you’ll love this episode, by don’t just take our word for it! Have a listen and share your thoughts with us.
Phenomenal Development Initiatives of the Future Female Leaders in Football
Jacqueline Mueller, Ph.D., catches us up on her globe-hopping 2022, sharing insights into two female-specific development programs and highlighting the versatility of DISC Profiling in sport.
Chasing Victory in Volleyball: McGill-Toolen’s Rise from Contenders to Champions
Every successful team, coach, and athlete has experienced the disappointment of multiple losses on their journey to victory. So what did Head Volleyball Coach, Kate Wood do to get her team across the line to accomplish their ultimate goal of obtaining a championship win? We sat down with Kate to find out!
The Fearless Coach: What We Can Learn from 12 Years in the Head Coaching Seat
Becky Carlson, Head Coach of Quinnipiac University Women’s Rugby, on her 12 years building the sport from the ground up and the importance of understanding others to help them understand themselves.
Connection with Culture in Aotearoa: Creating Effective Leaders
Sarah Leberman, Professor of Leadership at Massey University, and co-founder of Women in Sport Aotearoa, on authentically connecting with your culture to build meaningful connections and skills as a leader.
A Coach’s Guide to Getting your Athletes to Lead from Within
Founder of Athlete Assessments, Bo Hanson, sits down with Mississippi State Volleyball Head Coach, Julie Darty Dennis, and Director of Student-Athlete Leadership Development at the University of Michigan, Brian Townsend, to get the ‘how-to’ from the experts in athlete leadership.
Transition from Athlete to Life After Athlete
What are the critical factors that makes an athlete’s transition at the end of their sporting career a positive one? We asked the experts, those who have been through it, seen others do it, or helped others through it.
Personal Pathways to Success: Taking Opportunity by the Horns
David Weingarten, Manager of Community Affairs and Engagement at the Los Angeles Rams, on creating your own timing by taking a chance, and what being a graduate of the University of Washington Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership Masters’ Program can look like.
Personal Pathway to Success: Off the Field and Into the Community
Johnathan Franklin, Director of Social Justice and Football Development for the Los Angeles Rams, on life-altering instances, laying the foundations for your future, and the importance of community outreach in sport.
Beyond the Bowl: How the LA Rams are Transforming Lives
Against the backdrop of a thundering home-crowd stadium, the Los Angeles Rams won the Super Bowl. But a lesser-known thundering roar, fueled by the echoes of the “Who’s house? Ram’s house!” chant, is building throughout the Los Angeles community due to the championship winning work of the LA Rams Community and Engagement team’s Pathways to Success Program.
A conversation with Coaches who Lift Other Coaches
How do you prepare Assistant Coaches for the next step in their careers? To unpack the ideas around this important subject, we called on those who have a proven track record of elevating the careers of the coaches around them, and who we are lucky enough to call our clients. We brought them together – not because they liked the topic, not because they’re interested in the topic, but because they are genuine experts in the topic.
The Key to Unlocking your Coaching Philosophy
When we look at leaders in any endeavor, we often see their success critically defined by their leadership philosophy, and when it comes to sport coaches it is exactly the same. Having a defined coaching philosophy is key to effective coaching (and leadership), but the process of developing and understanding your own philosophy is often sidelined. When your team relies on your performance as a coach as much as they do on technical execution for achieving a winning outcome, this process is a priority.
Where Coaching in Theory Meets Coaching in Practice
Dedicated to his profession, four-time Olympic coach, now Program Director, Dr. Cam Kiosoglous focuses his commitment to build the depth of alignment between coaching research and coaching in practice through Drexel University’s Master of Science in Sport Coaching Leadership.
Getting the Most Out of Your Coaching by Looking In
Can a coach coach themself? It’s an interesting question to ponder. While the role of a coach is to constantly work with their athletes and team to develop and improve, and we know that coaches by nature and role can be excellent at developing others, what about when developing themselves?
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