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Embracing Risks – How Values-Based Decisions Can Help Sport Leaders Take Risks and Uncover Possibilities

September 7, 2011 • Categories: Ethics and Values •

By Dina Bell-Laroche. Sport is full of risks. This we know well. We expect coaches and athletes to take risks daily in pursuit of performance excellence, and yet more often than not, those responsible for managing sport organizations can be described as risk-averse. The irony is not lost on the partners of the Sport Law [...]

Renewal or Your Organization Through a Value-Based Governance Audit

November 17, 2008 • Categories: Ethics and Values •

For many national sport bodies, this is the time to debrief on the Olympic and Paralympic experience, take stock and begin planning for the next four or eight years. This is a time when there are opportunities for renewal of employees, employment relationships and volunteer opportunities. Many sports increase their investment in junior-aged athletes at [...]

Doing Something About Bad Coaches

February 10, 2002 • Categories: Ethics and Values •

For over a decade part of our business has been helping sport organizations, coaches and athletes resolve their differences. In an average week we receive one or two telephone inquiries seeking advice on how to deal with situations of perceived coach misconduct. Some of the problems we hear about are minor while others are deeply [...]