Fostering Effective Work Teams: Lessons Learned from the World of Sports

For the last several years Sam Lillard and Mat Parker have been working on manager protocol training for creating effective work teams that reduces turnover, increases employee engagement and fosters policy compliance. Some important materials have been pulled from the world of amateur sports and coaching teams where they are more advanced in managing player and team cohesion, than private businesses are in managing the parallels of work teams.

This webinar will feature persepctive from Ohio State University's Head Fencing Coach, Donald Anthony who will shed light on the matter. Don is a world-class fencer who represented Team USA at two Senior World Championships and remains an active competitor on the veteran circuit, winning silver at the 2010 Vet World Championships in the 50-59 men's saber event and placing in the top eight at the 2012 Vet Worlds. As an international sports executive who has been involved in the sport of fencing for more than 30 years, Anthony has focused on making the sport accessible to diverse populations.

Anthony is founder and president of SwordSport LLC, a leading promoter of fencing in the world, president and chairman of the board of USA Fencing and vice president of the Féderation Internationale d’Escrime (FIE), the international fencing federation. Anthony’s work with SwordSport includes producing livestream and broadcast programming for NBC Universal Sports and ESPN; documentary films including “Black Blades” – the evolution of African-American fencers; marquee events including Arnold (Schwarzenegger’s) Fencing Classic and serving as a broadcast analyst for NCAA Fencing Championships on ESPN and the New York Fencing Masters and the Korfanty Sabre World Cup on NBC.

This webinar has been approved for HRCI/SHRM credit.

If you have any questions, please contact Kathleen Alberico.