Excerpt — Contemporary Leadership in Sport Organizations
Sport leaders require high-quality and trusting relationships
Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow.
Visionary leadership provides direction for sport organizations
There are countless examples of visionary leadership in sport. There are also numerous indicators today of how important visionary leadership will continue to be in the future for addressing the many issues and challenges faced by sport leaders across the industry.
Leaders help create sport organizational culture that values diversity
Fink and Pastore (1999) introduced a framework for diversity management in sport based on an integration of research studies from business management published in the 1990s.