Mike Gillis

I believe the greatest challenge facing sport team leaders today is how to optimize team performance by creating alignment among all levels (i.e., at the owner, president, GM, coach, player levels) and functions (i.e., various coaching specialists, specialists in analytics, sport science, scouting, players). What excites me about the Sport and Organizational Dynamics Conference is that it is unique in addressing the very organizational challenges faced by leaders in sport. Attendees at the conference will be presented with empirically based, best practices, concerning organization science—as applied to sport. Having had considerable interaction with Faculty Director Wolfe, I know that the content of the conference will be very pragmatic with considerable value added.