Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7253901 | Psychology of Sport and Exercise | 2015 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
To survive and succeed, leaders of elite teams must: (a) negotiate complex and contested socio-political dynamics both within and outside their performance department; (b) make impactful and consistent real-time decisions; and (c) continually reinforce and protect their programme. To provide an optimally impactful and valued service, sport psychologists must therefore be able to advise on a broad and politically-astute leadership style and, most critically for consultancy excellence: (a) work within a professional judgement and decision making model; (b) facilitate the leader's adaptive expertise and nested decision making; and (c) operate a proactive, forthright, and straight approach to ethical considerations. Based on these implications, we conclude by providing suggestions for the training and development of applied consultants.
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Authors
Dave Collins, Andrew Cruickshank,