Leaders; knowledge and skills

Help to have a committee/board with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to lead

Research & legal

• Misconceptions of Leadership
• Leaders In Sport - build your sport business intelligence

Tools & Resources

• Community Tool Box Resources
• Building Leadership
• How to be a Community Leader 
• Conducting Effective Meetings
• Techniques for Leading Group Discussions
• Understanding Peoples Needs
• Influencing People
• Building & Sustaining Commitment
• Overcoming Setbacks & Adversity
• The Zoo Personality Test - Do you know the dynamic monkeys from the analytical elephants?
• Developing your board - SCVO
• Free business skills to build successful charities - Cranfield Trust
• Build better relationships with emotional intelligence - Coaching Positive Performance

Watch, listen & read

• 15 team building activities to build trust
• Commanders Intent - a great method for clear instructions (Video)
• Why the best leaders are great coaches - Lolly Daskal, CEO of Lead From Within
• How to be a real leader and a great manager - Lolly Daskal
• Great leader and coach, John Wooden on success - TEDtalk (Listen)
• How to be a great leader - TEDtalk (Listen)
• How to back yourself by adopting the right attitude - Coaching Positive Performance

Sport First articles:

• Leading the way - Discover how the Scottish Sporting Leaders Programme works 
• Leading the way - Do you think you have the potential to run a sport? 

Courses, workshops & events

• Open University OpenLearn Courses - Free courses
• Management & Leadership: Leading a team - Open University
• Learning and development for Scotland's communities - Social Enterprise Academy
• Third sector leadership courses - Just Enterprise
• Excellence in third sector leadership - ACOSVO courses
• Institute of Directors - Workshops 
• Leadership development programmes - Common Purpose UK
• Learning and development for Scotland's communities - Social Enterprise Academy
• Scottish Women in Business

Recommended Reading

UK Business Insider - sports books that teach business skills

Inc.com - 8 Books Every Leader Needs to Read in 2017

Damian Hughes – The Five STEPS to a Winning Mindset

Carol Dweck – Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Angela Duckworth – Grit: The Power of Passion & Perseverance

Mathew Syed – Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success

Mathew Syed – Bounce: The Myth of Talent & the Power of Practice

Jim Collins – Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t

John Wooden – Wooden on Leadership

Steve Peters – The Chimp Paradox