Past Articles

Perfect Processes Create Performance

By: Jan Cameron • 4 years ago • AS A YOUNG KID, I WATCHED DAWN FRASER AND ALL THE LEGENDS OF THE DAY COMPETING AT THE 1960 OLYMPIC GAMES ON TV. A t 12, I was mucking around at the local...

Roll on Rio

By: Ben Ettridge • 4 years ago • I GREW UP IN A SMALL COUNTRY TOWN, 3 HOURS OUT OF PERTH. WHEN THE BASKETBALL BOOM STARTED TO TAKE OFF IN THE LATE 80S AND EARLY 90S, I DECIDED IT WAS SOMETHING...

2014 APC President, Glenn Tasker
2013 Australian Paralympic Committee AGM
Novatel Hotel - Homebush / Sydney
Thursday December 12th 2013
© Sport the library / Jeff Crow

Tackling Inequality On The Biggest Stage

By: Glenn Tasker • 4 years ago • MY FIRST INVOLVEMENT IN PARA-SPORT HAPPENED BEFORE I JOINED THE AUSTRALIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE. I WAS WORKING FOR SWIMMING NSW AS THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. A t that stage, Swimming Australia had employed one of...

Women, Sport and Leadership

By: Sonia McDonald • 4 years ago • THERE IS ONE SAYING THAT BOTHERS ME, AND IT HAS DONE SO FOR A WHILE NOW. THAT PHRASE IS, “YOU THROW LIKE A GIRL”. T here are of course other similar sayings: you...

One Team, Five Generations

By: Tracey Hughes • 4 years ago • I BEGAN MY CAREER IN 1986 AS AN APPRENTICE HAIRDRESSER IN THE UK AT 16 YEARS OLD. I INITIALLY HAD VISIONS OF BECOMING A BARRISTER AFTER THE COMPLETION OF MY SCHOOL STUDIES AND...

Coaching Is: A Little Help at the Right Time

By: Diana Ryall • 4 years ago • WHEN I TOOK ON THE ROLE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR OF APPLE IN AUSTRALIA, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR SUGGESTED THAT A COACH WOULD BE VALUABLE. L ike many women, I was hesitant to take...

Testing Editor

By: Stackddesign • 4 years ago • ICATED, AT ALL COSTS.” HOW CAN YOU MINIMISE John Novak’s #1 tip for dealing with adversity is: “Negativity is the enemy and must be minimised, if not eradicated, at all costs.” How can you...

Dealing With Financial Adversity

By: Mike Cooper • 4 years ago • THE FIRST THING THAT I DID WHEN I WAS SUFFERING FINANCIAL ADVERSITY WAS SET UP AN ACCOUNT TO BE CHARITABLE. I REALISED THAT IF I COULD GIVE MONEY AWAY (NO MATTER HOW BIG...

When Goal setting is not SMART enough

By: Adam Frampton • 4 years ago • I am a human being, so I LOVE goals and goal setting. Don’t we all? As we move farther away from the malaise of Christmas and New Year, I am reminded about the...

Stewart-Fleming-Spring-Hill32762-crop-long-

Editors Letter

By: Stewart Fleming • 3 years ago • In the Engagement Edition of Coaching Life (May 2016), I featured an article by Grant O’Sullivan from Growth Coaching International. It outlined how coaching was being taught in high school with Year 12...