‘Leadership; Building a brighter future”

Every manager is faced with challenges when working with a multidisciplinary team, in a fast changing environment, where support is needed from stakeholders at various levels in the organisation. The theme for the 2016 ENAS Forum & Assembly will explore how you, as Sport Managers and Directors, can overcome these challenges through a variety of management and leadership styles, particularly through the better understanding and implementation of corporate responsibility, collaborative decision making, sustainability of operations and the promotion of gender equality. ‘It’s all about the team’, but motivation is a challenging in itself for every leader. It is not merely self motivation that poses a challenge, leaders encounter difficulties when it comes to keeping a team motivated and motivating all the vital supporters of the sports organisation, be they direct employees, stakeholders or volunteers.

Volunteering is not only vital to the organisation, it is also becoming more and more recognised as an important element of Higher Education. Graduating is often no longer enough for a graduand to distinguish him or herself on the job market. Volunteering enhances student life, improves academic performance and aids in the development of life skills which are now seen to be vital for students’ successful future employment. The sport services can play an essential role in promoting volunteering at every level to support the development of these skills and ultimately; to build a brighter future.

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