Taking the Lead: Strategies and Solutions from Female Coaches (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780888645425)

In an extensive and frank exploration, leaders in women's coaching discuss the values women bring to the coaching profession, their quest for equal access, ways career aspirations and motherhood are juggled, how to negotiate contracts, and encounters with homophobia, harassment, and bullying. They also identify the challenges to progress and highlight the essential changes that need to be made. This volume will be of interest to sports organizations, leaders, and educators; athletes and parents; researchers in sports and gender studies; and politicians and policy makers. Women in leadership roles in business, public service, education, and their communities will find the wisdom contained in Taking the Lead readily transferable to their respective arenas. Introduction by Dru Marshall.

Author: Sheila Robertson
ISBN-10: 0888645422
ISBN-13: 9780888645425
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2010
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.32w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 87