Strategies to get winning sports administrators
~ 2/07/2009
Read Nicki Crauford's article (The Independent, 2 July 2009). As we prepare to host the Rugby World Cup in 2011, it's timely to reflect on governance in sport. American baseball great Babe Ruth said: “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars, but if they don’t play together, the team won’t be worth a cent.”
read more
Trust central to good governance
~ 22/06/2009
Read Nicki Crauford's article (DominionPost 22 June 2009). Confucius told a disciple three things are necessary for government: food, weapons and trust. If a ruler is struggling to hold on to all three, first relinquish weapons, and then food. Trust must be retained until the very end. For ‘without trust’, Confucius concluded, ‘we cannot stand’.
read more
Age and wisdom: when it's time to move on
~ 14/05/2009
Read Nicki Crauford's article (The Independent, 14 May 2009). For a feel-good movie it is hard to go past Young at Heart, a documentary about a group of senior citizens who perform contemporary and classic rock and pop songs such as the Ramones’ punk classic, I Wanna be Sedated. Old fogies singing songs, or something else?
read more