Transcript COACHING DEFINITION

Leadership Resource 2
LEADERSHIP
WHAT IS IT?
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“Effective leaders are attuned to other people's feelings
and move them in a positive emotional direction. They
speak authentically about their own values, direction and
priorities and resonate with the emotions of surrounding
people. Under the guidance of an effective leader, people
feel a mutual comfort level. Resonance comes naturally to
people with a high degree of emotional intelligence (selfawareness, self-management, social awareness and
relationship management) but involves also intellectual
aspects. ”.
(Goleman, Boyatzis, McKee)
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“Leadership begins with self knowledge”
“Self knowledge is the basis for character…
Character is the root of integrity…
Integrity provides the foundation for leadership”.
(Lombardi, 2001, p.43)
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Significant leader characteristics include:
Ability
 Knowledge
 Experience
 Personality (the most important?)
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(Bennis, 1995)
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Leadership in simple terms:
“understanding the vision and direction and
enabling others to cooperate in achieving it”.
“Leadership is the ability to direct people more important – to have those people
accept that direction”. (Lombardi, 2001, p.31)
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Leadership Definition
“Leadership is about
action.
It’s about enabling, not
telling.
It’s about talking the talk
and walking the walk
…walking alongside”.
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Coaching is…
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Motivating
Inspiring
Taking people to greater heights
High-level leadership
Working with athletes on the how and helping them
figure out the what and why
Encouraging them to push themselves to achieve the
highest possible performance
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Coaching is a form of leadership that pulls together
people with diverse talents, backgrounds, experiences
and interests, encourages them to step up to
responsibility and continued achievement, and treats
them as full scale partners and contributors.
Coaching is not about memorising techniques or devising
the perfect game plan. It is about really paying
attention to people – really believing them, really caring
about them, really involving them.
(Peters & Austin, 1985, p. 232 )
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Coach – Leadership Qualities
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Enable direction and
structure by the group
A clear vision
Charisma
Enable motivation and
enthusiasm
Make a difference
People oriented skills
Skilful communicator
Build character
Empathy (McConnell, 2000)
Vision
and passion
Strong communication
skills
Role model
Have integrity and
honesty
Be organised
(Trenberth and Collins, 1994)
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Empowerment
Much of the current way of leadership revolves around
empowering the followers to self-lead. This is very
important in a coach-leadership role as empowering
athletes enables them to make their own decisions and
self-lead during performance.
“As for the best leaders, the people do not even
notice their existence. The next best people
honour and praise. The next, the people fear; the
next the people hate. When the best leader’s work
is done the people say ‘we did it ourselves’ ”.
(Lao-Tzu in Morris, Willcocks and Knasel, 2000, p 124)
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Coach Leadership
Coaches must be leaders and build leaders.
To build leaders the coach has to enable athlete
independence so they can perform with freedom and
autonomy to make informed decisions without the
coach around. (Hinkson, 2000)
Does sharing power decrease or enhance team
control for the coach?
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Because coaches are
responsible for enabling
athletes to learn,
coaching is a complex
process.
Like other learners,
athletes develop
understanding and learn
more effectively when
they are involved in
solving problems for
themselves.
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Primary Role of the Coach-Leader
Provide an environment that allows for
satisfaction for all participants
 Empower athletes to accept personal
responsibility and have ownership for
their learning and performances
 Constantly seek to improve in
knowledge, in application and in
approach
 Focus on people.
Is there a better way?
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The Coach-Leadership Role
“A good coach is not necessarily a winner but a person
who is a good teacher…
who doesn’t abuse his or her players…
who gets the most from the players and
who works within the framework of the rules”.
Dan Devine
www.stjohns.sa.edu.au
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“Coaches directly
influence athletes by
guiding and enabling
learning
- the heart of the
coaching process
- and ensuring a safe
learning environment”.
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What are the key ingredients to be a successful
leader?
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Create and practise values
Develop committed followers
Inspire lofty accomplishments
Model appropriate behaviour
Focus attention on important issues
Connect the group to the outside world
(Lee & King, 2001)
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What is Successful Coach-Leadership?
The primary goal is to get the most out of the players and to help
them be the best they can be:
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Enable them to learn the skills of the game
Enable them to learn how to play within the team concept
Enable them to learn how to make good decisions
Enable them to learn not to be afraid to fail
Enable them to learn character values
Enable them to learn how to be successful athletes and people
(Adapted from Hinkson, 2001)
Winning is a goal, but not the only goal.
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The Lombardi Leadership Model (2001)
(Lombardi, 2001)
Character
Courage
Hard work
Willpower
Habit
Belief
Sacrifice
Responsibility
Mental Toughness
Discipline
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References
Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R., McKee, A. (2002) Primal Leadership,
Harvard Business School.
Gray, R. (2004). How people work and how you can help them to give their
best. Great Britain: Pearson Education Limited.
Griffin, L.L. & Butler, J.I. (2005). Teaching games for understanding:
Theory, research, and practice. Champaign: Human Kinetics.
Hinkson, J. (2001). The art of team coaching. Canada: Warwick
Publishing Inc.
Lombardi, V. Jr. (2001). What it takes to be #1: Vince Lombardi on
leadership. New York: McGraw-Hill.
McConnell, R. (2000). The successful coach: A practical guide for beginners
and experts. Auckland: Harper Collins Publishers.
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References
Peters, A.L. & Austin, S.J. (1985) A Passion for Excellence- the
Leadership Difference
Pyke, Frank S. (1997). Better coaching: Advanced coach’s manual.
Australia: Australia Coaching Inc.
Trenberth, L. & Collins, C. (1999). Sport business management in New
Zealand. Palmerston North: The Dunmore Press Limited
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