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    Leadership

    The following article is from Robert Glazer from Friday February 5, 2021. “It’s when you’re acting selflessly that you are at your bravest.” – Veronica Roth I often think back on a presentation I heard years ago by Peter Atwater, a behavioral economist who was speaking to a group of CEOs.  Atwater studies personal preferences in areas such as books, music, architecture, and food, and compares them against social, political, financial and business activities to look for patterns. In his speech, Atwater...

    5 February 2021
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    AUS Coach Leadership Profiles U Sports

    Vaughan Merchant / CBU Athletics Original Story by Corey Leblanc CBU Athletics January 26, 2021 https://gocapersgo.ca/sports/wsoc/2020-21/releases/20210126eb2sd9 'Students of the game' Diverse coaching talents a key to success for Caper women's soccer program Team work and consistency are key ingredients for a Cape Breton University Capers women's soccer coaching staff that has helped construct one of the most envied varsity sport programs in Canada. Led by New Waterford native Stephen 'Ness' Timmons, who has guided the Capers since the birth of the Atlantic...

    29 January 2021
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    AUS Leadership U Sports

    Courtesy of Dalhousie Athletics Original story courtesy of Dalhousie Athletics Communications January 21, 2021 (HALIFAX, N.S.) After nearly 30 years in university athletics, Dalhousie's assistant director of athletics Pat Nearing will be retiring in May 2021. Nearing first began his administrative career in 1993 as the athletic director of the Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS) after 12 years as a physical education teacher. He retired from coaching after the Tigers 2019 campaign after leading both TUNS (17) and Dalhousie's...

    28 January 2021
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    Coach Leadership Women in Sport

    Courtesy of the Coaches Association of Ontario https://www.coachesontario.ca/programs-resources/funding-for-coach-salaries/#jumplink_3YR_HC Coach Salary Support Programs The Coach Salary Support programs aim to increase the number of full-time salaried coaching positions in the sports industry by providing seed funding for organizations who are looking to hire a full-time coach for the first time. Funding is available for full-time head coaches and for full-time female apprentice coaches at the post-secondary level. 3-Year Full-time Head Coach This funding provides up to $60,000 over 3 years for a new...

    28 January 2021
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    Leadership

    Courtesy of the LearLoft January 19, 2021 https://learnloft.com/2021/01/19/the-one-kind-of-goal-great-leaders-set-each-year/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=The+One+Goal+Great+Leaders+Set+Each+Year&utm_campaign=Newsletter+1%2F21&vgo_ee=gleiqJUDlquRWK2oix4YczpxdzkQNl9LgdxZ9pnzLRY%3D Maybe it’s to increase revenue, improve profitability, or to reduce voluntary turnover. Whatever the goal is, it matters because you have taken the time and energy to define your team’s new performance goals to achieve in 2021. Research suggests that goal-driven leaders outperform those that are not. So if you’re not a goal-setting kind of person, maybe it’s time to rethink your approach at the beginning of the year.   However, as a...

    24 January 2021
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    Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) Coach Education Leadership

    Story courtesy of SIRC. Posted on January 20, 2021 by Megan Cumming, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) https://sirc.ca/blog/five-things-about-canadian-anti-doping/ Anti-doping is often thought to be exclusive to high-performance sport. Athletes are whisked away from the public eye after winning events to have urine and blood collected. It’s true that testing athletes at competitions is an important element of a successful anti-doping program, but there is much more involved in creating a sporting culture that values and celebrates clean...

    22 January 2021
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    Leadership

    Originally posted January 14, 2020 at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-actually-use-empathy-successful-leader-john-eades/?trk=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-hero-1-title_link&midToken=AQGgWYn8AI_qww&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=2EZEbP0dEoGpA1 There is a growing belief that the leadership needed today is different from previous generations. The reasons are numerous, but a few to highlight include the stress of the Covid-Pandemic, WFH culture, and the shift from the task economy to the problem-solving economy.   That means one of two things must happen; existing managers trained in traditional management approaches from the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s need to develop a different leadership skill set. Or...

    16 January 2021
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    Leadership

    Courtesy of Building The Best December 23, 2020 Developing people is an art and a skill that’s essential in leadership. However, thousands of professionals worldwide have leadership titles but do very little to help others grow. Then there is a segment of those with a title who not only measure their success based on their short-term results, but also on their legacy of helping other people achieve their potential.  According to Gallup, 87% of millennials say professional growth and...

    10 January 2021
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    CPL Leadership RSEQ - University

    Omar Kreim has eyes for the ball against Cavalry FC. Photo: Chant Photography Story courtesy of canpl.ca. https://canpl.ca/article/wanderers-omar-kreim-we-need-to-change-our-minds-on-how-we-see-things Story by DYLAN LAWRENCE, CANPL.CA CONTRIBUTOR In the short history of HFX Wanderers FC, there are already a couple of pivotal moments that fans will remember for years to come. In the team’s fourth match at The Island Games, Omar Kreim scored an equalizing goal in extra-time to earn his team a very important point, arguably one of the most important results that contributed to the...

    10 January 2021
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    Leadership

    Twenty years ago I looked out into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day with fear in my heart and uncertainty in my life. I had been fired from a dot com company two weeks earlier with only two weeks of severance, no insurance for my two young children and only two months of savings in the bank. My wife and I had just invested every dollar we had and even took out a second mortgage on...

    5 January 2021
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