As we all adjust to the current global crisis, it can be useful to learn how organizations throughout history have adapted to major organizational trauma.
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The Role of Empathy in the Return of Sports
As elite sports prepare to make a return, they do so not only against the backdrop of a global pandemic but also unprecedented social unrest. Despite the huge amount of planning that has gone into the safe return of competition, these exceptional circumstances have seen a number of athletes express understandable concerns over returning to play on medical and/or social grounds.
Kill the Company: The importance of external perspectives in restructuring
We are all living through a time of huge personal, social and economic upheaval. As people, businesses, industries and nation states navigate a global pandemic, structures and institutions once assumed strong are wavering under the strain of an unprecedented collection of existential threats.
The Making of a Leader: Big-Picture Thinking
The concepts of legacy and purpose are important and admirable pursuits, but all of the leaders I interviewed were acutely aware of the need to balance the big picture with a more immediate focus on the unavoidable requirement of elite sport: achieving results.
The Power of Systems Analysis in Organizational Restructuring
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How to Build Team Culture Despite the Challenges of Remote Working
The coronavirus pandemic has necessitated rapid behavioral and technological change on a previously unimaginable scale. From schools and retailers, to manufacturers and our very own sports organizations, the crisis has caused entire industries to reimagine themselves in a matter of weeks simply to survive in a predominantly digital environment
The Viable System Model: A blueprint for organizational change
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Lessons in Crisis Communications from Senior Sports Executives
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Transgenerational Response: Breaking the chain of organizational trauma
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Scaling the Mountain: Confronting the pressures faced by new front office leaders
For many, securing a senior front office job with a sports organization is the result of decades of hard work and the realization of a long-held dream. However, it’s not uncommon for the pressures of the job to prove a significant challenge to those who take on such roles without a clear game plan for managing the intense scrutiny and expectation.