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Week 3 // GREAT MANAGER / SPORT MANAGER

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Week 3 // GOOD MANAGER / SPORT MANAGER



  What makes a great manager? Being well organised is definitely a must for a start. Such a person is fully responsible for his/her team. One has to be very patient and dedicated to his/her work and sometimes needs to give up personal life in order to help and support an athlete. The perfect manager should have some sports experience to be able to completely understand the issues of sports life, especially all the ups and downs which unfortunately are a part of such a path of life. Knowledge of psychology and pedagogy would also help a lot in this work as in my opinion the main thing about managing is the ability to  understand, analyse  and guide people. If one has all the above mentioned qualities, he or she may call himself/herself a good manager.

   Sport management is a very young field, which has been introduced to the educational system recently and is now being researched by many experts, whose goal is to find an optimal way to convey its content to students. Since it has become very popular among students it is crucial for the experts to find the best way of training tutors. It is not a simple task, because as I have already mentioned sport management is not yet fully explored and comprehended. We are facing both sports and management issues. These are two completely different fields which are now combined into one. It is clear that sport management needs some time to evolve and to be completely understood as a particular branch of education. 




Sport management mostly concerns the business aspects of sports. It consists of such things as marketing, economics, event management, psychology, pedagogy and information. Nowadays it is an absolute must for a professional athlete to have a credible person who can deal with all of above mentioned issues. Than an athlete has a clear mind and can perform well without any worries.
   Moreover, if you want to be a great manager you have to constantly educate and develop yourself. It can be as simple as reading some interesting articles and books or a coaching course. 
    Or it can be a simple talk - after writing this post I’ve heard about a great programm and I really want to mention it here. An organisation called Vital Voices Chapter Poland created an interesting event, unfortunately only for women (sorry guys:P). They created an opportunity to go for a walk in the Łazienki Park with a successful woman and simply talk to her as our mentor. Some of the best businesswomen in Warsaw/ Poland, mostly general managers or directors, give „us” their time, share advice and experience in order to help other women. 




  I think it’s just great, I would really like to be a part of it next year….Would you, girls? Boys? Should it be for everyone? Would you consider going for such a walk with a successful woman as your mentor? 


What in your opinion makes a great manager or a sport manager? Do you think it is necessary to be good in sports in order to understand everything about it and be a great manager? What do you think about coaching and mentoring? Do you think sport management is worth studying?

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Unknown said…
I've never heard about sports management before. I've realised that all the famous sport stars have their own mentors, though each from different field. Now, it looks to me the sports manager combines different roles, such as physical training and business management, which was not popular before.

I like the idea of the global ambassadors program. Yeah, I think it should be open for everyone. Not necessarily I would attend though..

The great manager and sport manager should be aware of his own and his client's strengths and weaknesses. He should be able to work under pressure and have a bit of luck to succeed. I think it is important to understand the client better by being involved in what the client is doing full time. It does not mean you have to do it full time too, but just to have a taste of what he does it would be beneficial.
23 March 2015 at 15:56
Unknown said…
Everything is worth studying as long as you want to do it :-)
23 March 2015 at 15:57
Izabela Litwin Photography Design said…
I agree with that:) Do you see yourselve as a manager in the future? Could you do it?
26 March 2015 at 10:12
MartaSB said…
The first thing that comes to my mind is the similarity between sport manager and celebrity agent. You have to know the line of business you are involved in. You need to be able to influence people and have both social and managerial skillset. I'm not sure whether 'some' experience in sport is enough to be a sport manager, but I suppose he can have more respect with some significant acomplishments in the past.

Coaching and mentoring is really good when you know what you want to achieve. When you are proactive and you seek for answers. Mentors have a lot of experience and their insight can be really beneficial.

Just as Piotr said, everything is worth studying if there is will and opportunity :)
26 March 2015 at 18:23
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27 March 2015 at 23:42
Unknown said…
I'm a total sport freak, I train a lot so I fully understand how much effort has to be put into every training, how much determination is needed to make progress and the most important: in how great level our mind is involved into every single training. I find such help of the sport coach/mentor etc. irreplaceable and surely helpful. I'd love to have my own one, who wouldn't only provide his help on physical field, but primarily on mental one.

The work of sport manager sounds really interesting, but in my opinion it's not suitable for everyone. I fully agree with the image of the perfect manager described in the presentation: well-organized, patient and fully dedicated. If I were an proffesional athlete, looking for a perfect coach, I think I would also look at the personal achievements of the potential candidate. I mean that I wouldn't care only about the successes of his charges, but also what he has done with his own life - if he's able to make his dreams come true.
27 March 2015 at 23:47
Cezary Góralski said…
In my opinion every manager is very important person in every enterprise both in business and sports. On every manager rests great responsibility for the current project and all involved people. Every manager need to know about almost every person task, besides he also need to know a lot about psychology, organizing, relations, human communications and also have specific knowledge about branch of business and a lot more. Friend of my had formed even a sentence that can describe how width and depth knowledge of should be and the sentence is "knowledge of the manager must be width for 1 km and depth for 1m".

I think that in our times managing skills are really important and worth studying, because they can help you in many fields of your life like for example in work, relations with other peoples, organizing life and many others. Even if you don't want to be manager I think that managing skills could be useful in your life.
29 March 2015 at 15:46
Izabela Litwin Photography Design said…
I really like your approach on taking training seriously. It's really important if someone wants to achieve goals...I also like your point of him making his dreams come true. What do you understand by saying "personal wchievements"? Can you give an example?
29 March 2015 at 21:02
Izabela Litwin Photography Design said…
When was the last time you used some "managing skils" in your life?:)
29 March 2015 at 21:03
rf. said…
I'm not entirely convinced that one can learn how to become a manager. I believe there needs to be a certain 'inner power' that makes you good at motivating people into achieving their goals. Lately I've noticed that you can basically study everything. If you can't - that's a great business opportunity - set up a school and start teaching that! I mean, honestly, lazy people are complaining about difficulty in finding a job, possibly going on every possible studies and learning nothing from their experience. I don't want to say that a specific studies or a niche ones are bad, on the contrary - they are the best possible thing for few specialists. But in general I've lost my hope in educational mission a long time ago. Running university is quite a good business nowadays.
29 March 2015 at 21:44
Unknown said…
About 4 years ago I was a member of cyclist team, I took part in 14 races a year. It was a very hard time, I trained every day and had to stick to a diet. After two years i was totaly burnt out. We didn't have a mentor, who could lead us and cheer us up in difficult situations. This was the reason why I quit cycling. If I had had such a sport manager, things would have turned out differently. I think every team should focus on mentoring their members, especially young ones, as it can help them improve their skills and persevering in their resolutions.
29 March 2015 at 23:04
Unknown said…
In my opinion you have to love that work. I think that people with passion are great managers. I agree that you have to be really well prepared and it is great to be prepared. I also think that you don’t need to be in a good psychical condition in sports but you have to know all about that sport. I think that a great manager has to be a really charismatic person and has leader features. I’m not conviced about coaching things and mentoring stuff but I know that if you want to be a great manager you need them. Great manager has to motivate the team and be a good assistance for them. If someone loves to be in a sport management then it is worth studing but he must love this kind of work.
29 March 2015 at 23:26
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