NTFS #143 – Finding the Right Leaders, Insurance Changing Sport, and The Future of the Confederation.

About this episode

The episode discusses leadership in sports, the implications of insurance changes in AFL, and the future of FIFA under Gianni Infantino.

We are back again with another slightly longer than usual show. Thank you to all those who contacted us saying how much they enjoyed our last show and the interview with Pierre-Emmanuel Luneau-Daurignac all of you sharing his concern that we are putting too much pressure on young children both physically and mentally. On this show we catch up a long term friend of Not The Footy Show, David Mitchell who is an expert in leadership. He was recently looking at the changes at the top in F1 – a sport he knows well having been involved for a number of years, – and wondered if he could give us an insight into the key components to good leadership within sport.How many times does a change in Leadership slow down the sport achieving the goals it set out to achieve, and result in a culture shift. Does Long term sustainable success only come when the leader is given time? David also talks about F1 and teh impact that this change of leadership has had in this space. If you are after more information from David visit his website at the Brand Rove r. John’s topic of interest is the news that in the AFL one of their Insurance companies is no longer going to cover players who…

People in this episode

Host: Ashley Morrison

Guest: David Mitchell

Topics covered

• leadership in sports
• insurance in sports
• concussion risks
• F1 leadership changes
• youth sports pressure
• CONMEBOL and FIFA

Keywords

• leadership
• insurance
• concussion
• F1
• AFL
• Gianni Infantino
• youth sports
• CONMEBOL

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA, AFL, Brand Rove

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