The ’C-Suite’ Executive Leader in Sport : Contemporary Global Challenges for Elite Professionals

Lawrence, a sports business consultant, outlines contemporary issues affecting the performance of the modern-day sports executive strategic leader. He addresses the origins of the C-suite and the roles of owners and CEOs; leadership and its definitions and models, the role of character, toxic leadership, trust, and work-life balance; factors involved in high-performance organizations, including the role of the sporting director, the impact of burnout, and diversity; innovation and change; the recruitment of the executives; inclusion and diversity in the boardroom; leader education and professional development; and the future of the C-suite leader in elite sport. Each chapter includes a literature review of the research context and underlying theory, as well as an interview with a sports executive, along with their biography. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) The 'C-Suite' Executive Leader in Sport explores the challenges of this unique role within elite professional sport. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book blends academic theory with practitioner interviews from leading figures working a range of elite sporting disciplines and organisations, enhancing understanding of the C-Suite executive within the world of elite sports, where the exploration of the role remains ambiguous and conflicted. The 'C-Suite' Executive Leader in Sport studies a range of issues including global sport governance and best practice, high performance organisations, masterminding innovation and change, diversity and inclusion, current and future key challenges faced by sports organisations, C-Suite leader education and professional development, and the future of the C-Suite leader in elite sport. Examining the lived experience of C-Suite executives, contributors analyse how this relates to existing research, seeking to inform and challenge those individuals responsible for identification, recruitment and promotion of C-Suite sports industry personnel. The book's findings have far reaching implications for analysis of C-Suite effectiveness and efficiency across sporting sectors. The 'C-Suite' Executive Leader in Sport explores the challenges of this role within elite professional sport.Examining the experience of C-Suite executives, contributors analyse how this relates to existing research,informing and challenging those responsible for identification, recruitment and promotion of C-Suite sports industry personnel. The 'C-Suite' Executive Leader in Sportexplores the challenges of this role within elite professional sport. Examining the experience of C-Suite executives, contributors analyse how this relates to existing research, informing and challenging those responsible for identification, recruitment and promotion of C-Suite sports industry personnel