1 Tutor: Effective Management of Teams Overnight and Overseas
Dec 30, 2015
Introduction
• Welcome
• Emergency procedures
• Domestics
• Workshop overview
• Log Books & Action Plan
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Workshop 1The
foundations of effective team management
Workshop 1The
foundations of effective team management
Workshop 2 managing
teams during overnight stays &
overseas
Workshop 2 managing
teams during overnight stays &
overseas
Workshop 3 managing
National teams at Major events
Workshop 3 managing
National teams at Major events
Team Manager Development Pathway
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During this module you will:
• Review the key roles and responsibilities of the team manager
• Explore how perception affects communication & relationships
• Consider planning and operational issues for managing teams
• Assess and manage risks
• Identify methods of improving relationships with key ‘players’
• Compare current methods with best practice and Identify areas for improvement and future development
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“The Team Manager is responsible for everything around the field of play
– not on it!”
Craig Hunter - British Swimming Olympic Team Manager 1998-2006
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Roles & Responsibilities
• Planner• Administrator• Negotiator• Communicator• Coordinator• Liaison officer• Purchaser• Accountant• Leader
• Guide• Travel agent• Carer• Welfare officer• Confidant /Friend• Enforcer• Safety coordinator• Record keeper
etc......
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Review the scenario and decide what planning and preparation you need to do to and what action you will
take to ensure your training camp runs smoothly
Group 1 Travel - door to door
Group 2 Accommodation & Catering - Hotel
Group 3 Communication - before, during & after
Group 4 Budget - whole trip
“Start with the end in mind”Stephen R Covey
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Activity 1 - Groups
Assessing Risk
Considering the last scenario list the potential hazards and carry out a risk assessment for one of the
hazards you have identified
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Activity 2 - Groups
Potential Hazard
Who may be harmed
Control Measures Review DateWhat are
they?Who’s
responsible?When?
Name: Signature: Date:10
But what if...
You are at a UK event and one of your performers is badly injured and needs emergency medical attention. You call 999 and get through to an answer phone message indicating that your call is important and that an operator will be with you shortly!
What do you do now?
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Activity 3 - Groups
But what if...
On the evening prior to the start of UK competition you receive a report that two junior athletes are nowhere to be found when team members should be in their rooms at the agreed curfew. After an extensive search they are found together in a compromising position in the team's meeting room.
What actions would you take?
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What do you see?
Perceptions shape
your feelings
"Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It
makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how
you take it that counts."
Denis Waitley: High-performance achievement expert
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What’s important to you?
• Consider the things that are most important to you about your role in sport
• Write down a list of at least 12 of these things…more if you can!
• Now we’ll rank them order of importance and look at how these may impact on your relationships
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Activity 4 - Individual
Creating positive relationships
Think of someone with whom you have a great working relationship
What is it about them that you like?
What are the reasons you have such a great rapport?
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Activity 5 - Individual
But what if...
You are managing a regional team travelling by plane to an event in Germany. The players do not keep their baggage receipts and two of them can’t find their bags on the carousel when they get off the flight.
What do you do?
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Activity 6 - Groups
But what if...
You are staying with your team at a 4* hotel. You've had regular meetings with hotel management and the chef regarding dietary requirements. On the third day of your stay an athlete, who has a nut allergy, eats some apple pie which contains ground nuts. The teams’ medic has gone to a meeting 50 miles away and is not contactable. The local hospital is 20 minutes away by car.
What would you do?
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SWOT
Strengths Things you are good at
WeaknessesThings you do not handle well or need to improve on
OpportunitiesAny changes or circumstances that might affect you positively
ThreatsAny changes or circumstances that might hinder your progress
Activity 7 - Individual
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Action
From what you have learned today, list the
action you will take
When?
With Whom?
How will you do that?
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Where next?
CPD
• Managing the budget• Conflict resolution• Injury prevention &
management• Time Management• Presentation
skills/public speaking
• Make contact with key people
• Attend CPD
• Attend Workshop 3
Managing teams at Major Events (by NGB invitation only)
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Useful Contacts
• Effective Team Management online resource and appendices
• www.coachingwales.com• www.sports-council-wales.org.uk• www.fco.gov.uk• Know before you go campaign ww.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-
and-living-abroad/about-kbyg-campaign• www.ba.com/podcasts
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Did we meet our objectives?
• Review the key roles and responsibilities of the team manager
• Explore how perception affects communication & relationships
• Consider planning and operational issues for managing teams
• Assess and manage risks
• Identify methods of improving relationships with key ‘players’
• Compare current methods with best practice and Identify areas for improvement and future development
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