Assignment: Game Plan Activity

Reflect on your leadership experiences at this point in your life. If you have not been in a leadership role, put yourself in the role of a leader you have observed. Using the questions listed below, rate your performance (or that of the leader you have chosen) using the three Rs discussed in this chapter. Remember that your answers may vary greatly from those of others, depending on the sport organization context with which you are most familiar.

Results

• What are the most important tangible organizational performance outcomes that have occurred under your leadership?
• Which stakeholders have benefited from these results? In what ways?
• Rate these results on the following scale:
  • Not at all significant
  • Fairly significant
  • Significant
  • Very significant

Relationships

• In what ways have you demonstrated principles of relationship building among those you interact with regularly?
• Who has most benefited from your actions?
• Rate your interpersonal relationship-building skills on the following scale:
  • Not at all significant
  • Fairly significant
  • Significant
  • Very significant

Responsibility

• In what ways have you demonstrated professionalism and ethical responsibility?
• Who has recognized or acknowledged you for these behaviors and actions?
• Rate your performance as a professional and ethical leader on the following scale:
  • Not at all significant
  • Fairly significant
  • Significant
  • Very significant

After completing the audit, develop a personal improvement plan that brings any areas needing improvement more in line with both your expectations and those of stakeholders.