...Mike Noble in his article, Transform Managers into Coaches: Five Steps for Coaching Success, an effective manager is a coach and not just a boss. The most effective managers are those who can coach and collaborate. If one is able to coach their employees effectively then they are able to create sustainable long-term results for themselves and their company. Coaching is action of helping others to perform better, whether it is through feedback, demonstrations, or teaching. It is investing in the people within a company and shaping them into better employees so that they can not only perform their tasks better, but also better qualify for promotions. Mike Noble’s article breaks down the five steps necessary for successfully becoming a coaching leader and the benefits of becoming one. By coaching your employees, you become a transformational leader who enhances as well as generates new experiences for employees, thus gaining a stronger level of commitment from them. The first step to transforming a manager into a coaching leader is to build a personal case for coaching. The manager has to want to develop their coaching skills and see the relevance of developing them. Once a manager understands that they can achieve better results through coaching instead of taking a command and control response to management, they will be willing to develop their skills as a coach. Managers are more inclined to seize the opportunity when they realize that many successful leaders and executives are...
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...College hoops' black coaching issue Myron Medcalf [ARCHIVE] ESPN.com | July 18, 2013 When a national sportswriter calls to talk about minority hiring in college basketball, folks of all races seem to get nervous. As I sought feedback following last week's release of the "2012 Racial and Gender Report Card: College Sport" by Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport -- the report excludes historically black colleges and universities -- which states that the current pool of Division I African-American head coaches (18.6 percent through the 2011-12 season) is at its lowest mark since the 1995-96 season, people weren't sure what, if anything, they should say. Multiple administrators passed on the opportunity. The NCAA wanted to see my questions, and then it wanted a pre-interview phone conversation before it ultimately emailed its responses. The coaches who talked on the record always ended our chats with the same concern: "I didn't say anything that will make me look bad, right?" Shaka Smart Andy Lyons/Getty Images To reach Shaka Smart's level, black coaches often have to overcome certain labels. I don't blame them. It's an incendiary issue, because we're uncomfortable with race as dialogue. It's still a subject that makes athletic directors -- 89 percent of whom are white at the Division I level, per the report -- squirm. Minority coaches speak cautiously, because they don't want to be labeled as rebels or militants. That hesitancy...
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...player from the National Football League, journalists from the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and the New York Times, and an athletic director discussing responsibility issues in college athletics. Organizational Issues and Social Pressures The issues in this video clip are in regard to student-athlete performance. The panel of speakers evaluates how student athletes focus more on the sport rather than education. The student athlete faces the ethical dilemma of academics versus athletics. In the video clip a speaker also indicates how the student-athlete does not interact with the student body and is so far removed from the academic experience (Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 2011). Although there are opportunities to go to college with an athletic scholarship, controversy follows. Another issue is that athletic scholarships pose as a barrier for college athletes to get an education, which is why there is a debate for revising distribution of athletic scholarships (Gerdy, 2006). Academic clustering is administrators grouping student-athletes into a major where they can perform academically at the same level so they can remain eligible for an athletic scholarship (Schneider, Ross, & Fisher, 2010). The student-athlete may receive an athletic scholarship depending on their athletic performance, but it is that student’s...
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...Pat Summit once said, “But to us, orange is a flag of pride, because it identifies us as Lady Vols and therefore women of an unmistakable type. Fighters. I remember how many of them fought for a better life for themselves, I just met them halfway” (Jenkins & Summitt, 2013). The importance of a player and coach relationship in the athletes’ athletic and academic objectives is exemplified in this quote. Countless student-athletes begin their careers with aspirations of becoming professionals, and desire a coach who will help them achieve this goal. Disregarding student athletes’ aspirations, in a recent NCAA report, only 19.1 percent of men’s basketball players play professionally, with only 1.1 percent of those playing in the National Basketball...
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...successful in life. Some people do not pay attention when African Americans males succeed in life but are only concern when they failed. A lack of motivation, negative stereotypes, and athletics are three points that impede African Americans males from succeeding at four-year universities. African American males feel as soon as they are enrolled in a four-year university, they will have graduated without putting in an effort. Once they are accepted to their college and developed a routine, African Americans males tend to forget their motive why they are in college in the first place. They fail to realize how much work they had to put in to get where they are today and become lazy when it comes to responsibilities. Once they lose focus on their academic priorities it decreases their chances being successful which puts them a situation that’s will result in a consequence in their education. According to James a 20-year-old business major from suburbs “I waited until the last minute . . . [the end of the semester] and I failed the course.” Once they are given their independence they take advantage of their college experience. They assumed that can party all night long and still aced a quiz the next day. Males think they know everything based on other people experience or what their expectations they do not really have to focus. Additionally, African Americans males promote negative stereotypes. They mimic the negative actions of music artists such as Chief Keef by degrading women, calling...
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...Faculty of Business, Environment and Society Assignment Brief Module Title: Managing Business Assignment Number One Module Code: 244SAM Assignment Title Coach Inc. Submission Date: 29/01/2016 (FT) 03/02/2016 (PT) Module Leader Jasper Tham Module Team N/A Submission Submission through Time and Place: Turnitin no later than 23:55 on the above date. Module learning outcomes being assessed LO1. Explain and assess the nature of the changing business environments. LO2. Propose, evaluate and communicate strategic options available to an organisation. Assignment Information This individual assignment requires you to write a 2500 word original assignment answering the following question/s: Task Consider the case of Coach Inc. in regards to its business strategy in the luxury goods market. Coach Inc. case is a popularity brand among young adult women. Industry statistics presented in the case indicated that young professionals are among the most frequent purchasers of “accessible luxury” goods such as Coach handbags. The case contains ample information for conducting an industry analysis and company situation analysis. You will be able to conduct an industry analysis (dominant economic characteristics, driving forces, five competitive forces and key success factors) and use the tools for company situation analysis (assessment of how well Coach’s strategy is working and SWOT analysis). The information in the case...
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...I feel that I have very unique relationship with Bangor football. Despite only playing one year as a varsity competitor, I recognize the value of being a member of a program brings life to the community. Football has instilled a range of life lessons that I will carry through college athletics and the rest of my life including; how to work toward a goal with teammates and coaches, having a sense of worth among peers, and most importantly, striving toward a team goal while perusing personal aspirations. Bangor football showed me how to build stronger relationships and how to becoming a motivating leader through exemplification. Bangor football has a powerful backing that is unlike any other sport or program I have ever been a part of. The...
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...Josh James Ms. Mayper AASC 4301 23 February 2014 Goals Professional Goal #1 – I want to be a successful head coach/teacher by 2020. * I have put in a lot of time in energy in my school work in order to graduate. Most import, I pay attention to detail when my professors and instructors teach so that I can pick up great teaching methods from them. * This achievement will require great dedication and passion. * My goal has been altered only because I have to go a different route to get there. I am still going to the same place but I might have to run through high grass getting there. * It has been altered because I went from a direct major to a major with different areas of study. * This choice was conscious because I felt that this was the easier way out and I fell that all great people have been through hardship and struggle. * My goal has not been discarded at all. * These goals are still current only because I have yet to reach them. I refuse to give up on being great and making others great. * I am giving it all in my classes to achieve my goals and trying to learn something new every day. Personal Goal #2- I want to be the best coach in the Nation by the year of 2025. * I study the game of football and I am always trying to learn new things from the great so that I can one day put it all together and be great myself. * To achieve such goal it will take countless losses and days of learning from the best. * This goal has not...
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...COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic Copy of Your Assignments: You may need to re-submit assignments if your mentor has indicated that you may or must do so. Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the Learner’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal. | | AA5008-8-5 | Dr. Thomas Pucci | | | Facility Management and Programming | Week 5: Interview 05/05/2012 | | | <Add Learner comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...MGMT 5304 – Seminar in Management – MBA – Fall 2014 – PAPER GUIDELINE Research Paper # 1 – “Coach Inc. in 2012. Gamble et al., pp. 287-298. This paper is worth 25% of total grade, due Monday September 29th via the “Assignments” link on the Blackboard no later than 11:00 p.m. After 11:00 p.m. the link will no longer be operational. PAPER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL. Make sure that you understand and follow the instructions in “A Guide to Case Analysis” posted in the “Course Documents” link. Please remember that analyzing a case does not mean to write up a history of the firm - please refer to the “Guide to Case Analysis” p. 2, under “Identification.” The Coach case provides an excellent example of a best-cost strategy discussed in Chapter 5. It contains ample information to conduct an industry analysis: dominant economic characteristics, driving forces, Porter’s Five Competitive Forces (chapter 3), SWOT analysis, VRIN framework (chapter 4), five generic competitive strategies (Chapter 5), etc. Start with an analysis of the industry (reading the case you will recognize the other companies in the industry) – identifying the dominant characteristics, doing a five forces analysis, assessing the impact of driving forces, and identifying the key success factors. Then you can proceed to look at the company’s strategy, do a SWOT analysis, and conclude with recommendations. The following questions MUST be addressed in the case analysis: 1. What are the defining...
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...Price 1 Tranisha Price Dr. Brennan HUMN 1002 Film Background Report Coach Carter In many sports movies there is some type of resilience and character building that takes place. Playing sports goes hand in hand with resilience and character. These two articles personally talk about the importance of these two topics which tie in with many of the events of the movie. The team in this movie overcame a lot of adversity to prove to everyone else around them that they could do better with the right motivation. They faced the fact that you play and conquer everything as a team; overcoming the bad grades of many and turning that around to get themselves into colleges so that they could pursue better things for their future. Pursuing their dreams against great odds taught them character and to stay tough and stick together through all things. When you go through many different experiences such as Timo going through the death of his older cousin he reacted in a proactive way rather than a reactive one. In Minchew’s article it states that what matters most is how we respond to life’s experiences. He states that proactive people take initiative and assume control of their lives. In the movie instead of Timo continuing on a negative route he decided to go back to the team and do something positive to stay out of trouble. Price 2 Becoming an athlete means you have to have the ability to learn from adversity and triumph over it. In Minchew’s article it states that athletes must...
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...Golf Coach Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Connecticut 20 June 2012 Dear Coach Coach Giancola,, My name is Eric Dietrich and I am a varsity golfer entering my senior year at Cheshire High School in Cheshire, Connecticut. I am writing to express my interest in attending Central Connecticut State University and initiating the recruiting process. For the past 3 years I have dedicated myself to becoming a competitive golfer and continue to strive towards my goal of playing Division I golf. I have been on the Cheshire High School Varsity golf team since 2010. As a junior, I led my team with a .5 differential and was named All-State, All Southern Connecticut Conference, All Area by the New Haven Register, Scholar Athlete and captain for the upcoming year. I also participate in the United States Challenge Cup and will be playing in the AJGA this summer. My home course is The Farms Country Club in Wallingford, Connecticut where I was the Junior Club Champion last year. In addition to playing Golf, I am also a member of the Varsity Basketball Team, Peer Health Educators, a CYO Peer Facilitator and a participant in the YMCA mentor program. I am interested in Engineering and Business and look forward to finding out what Central has to offer in these programs. Although I am just beginning the recruitment process, I strongly believe that Central is a great fit for me given the competitiveness of the golf program and the academic opportunities...
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...I still seek to become the best runner I can be, which may mean becoming an Olympian or it might mean becoming a competitive runner in the United States. I truly don’t know. This dream still persists and because I continued to pursue it, I, along with nine other girls in California, was chosen by Olympian runner, Brenda Martinez to go to her annual running camp in Big Bear. Nevertheless, this particular running journey and the successful result that followed has been the most memorable of my life and it is for this reason that I decided to share my experience. I was fortunate enough to be selected for this running camp with Olympian runner, Brenda Martinez because I made the bold choice of submitting an essay to her writing contest after my coach had continuously insisted that I write in. Of course, this task of writing in and sharing my personal struggles and achievements was like no other assignment I have ever had. It is no doubt that I have encountered various struggles since I began running, but when the time came to apply to this camp I realized that I lacked...
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..."The knowledge comes from eyes always open and working hands, and there is no knowledge where there is no power". This assertion characterized my beliefs. I was born and raised in Ecuador, life has never been easy for me and family. My parents had both to manage extremely demanding works in order to give me and my siblings a stable life. Growing up in this hard-working environment, I decided to challenge myself going to an American high school. School was taking most of my free time, as well as tennis. Tennis plays a big role in my life. I’ve been a tennis player since I was 10 years old. Tennis is an individual sport that requires mental and physical strength, which helped me becoming a stronger woman on and off the field, as well to finish...
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...statement on Plagiarism and Academic Integrity on the University website at www.students.utas.edu.au/plagiarism. Critical reflection on my coaching experience: An ongoing journey Coaching is a relatively new professional field that has increased in popularity during the past decade (Tompson et al, 2008). Despite several different definitions of coaching and ways to understand or categorize coaching practice, all coaching’s approaches have a common denominator: the goal of achieving changes in the client. Depending on the coach’s beliefs and methods and also on the client’s objections, the nature and expression of the changes will be varied and may be defined in two ways: perceptual or cognitive; (Meyer 2010) and concrete behavioural changes (Kress, 2008). In March 2012 I commenced a course that involved participating in coaching relationship external to my current organisation. Prior to the commencement of this relationship I completed a 360° feedback survey on core leadership and management competencies. Findings from the survey facilitated the development of an individual action plan that assists me to extract optimal value from the program. This exercise also informs and guides the coaching process. The stated aim of this coaching relationship is to promote and accelerate my personal and career development. This is achieved through regular face to face meetings and telephone conversations. These occasions promote open communication between my coach and I and critical reflection...
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