Taking the lead : strategies & solutions from female coaches / edited by Sheila Robertson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robertson, Sheila, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coaching (Athletics).

Women coaches (Athletics).

Mentoring in business.

Women employees--Training of.

Women employees.

Women in the professions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an extensive and frank exploration, leaders in women's coaching discuss the values women bring to the coaching profession, their quest for equal access, ways career aspirations and motherhood are juggled, how to negotiate contracts, and encounters with homophobia, harassment, and bullying. They also identify the challenges to progress and highlight the essential changes that need to be made. This volume will be of interest to sports organizations, leaders, and educators; athletes and parents; researchers in sports and gender studies; and politicians and policy makers. Women in leadership roles in business, public service, education, and their communities will find the wisdom contained in Taking the Lead readily transferable to their respective arenas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Message from the Coaching Association of Canada

Message from the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity

Preface

Introduction

Part One-Issues

One The Perils and Pleasures of Coaching and Motherhood

Two Changing the Androcentric World of Sport: Is it Possible?

Three Female Coaches Experience of Harassment and Bullying

Four Homophobia in Sport: Fact of Life, Taboo Subject

Part Two-Skills

Five Communicating with Clarity: Guidelines to Help Female Coaches Succeed

Six Understanding Mentoring as a Development Tool for Female Coaches

Seven Political Advocacy in Coaching: Why Engage?

Part Three-Advice

Eight Coaching as a Viable Career Path for Women

Nine Developing the Next Generation of Female Coaches

Ten The Business of Greatness

Eleven Contracts and Contract Negotiations

Afterword

Appendix 1 A Five-Point Collaborative Strategy for Change

Appendix 2 Provincial and National Coaching Associations

Appendix 3 A Decade of Articles from the Canadian Journal 259 for Women in Coaching

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-88864-786-7

OCLC:

910985245