Roosters & SKA Present Executive Leadership Programme

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Sport Knowledge Australia (SKA) have teamed up with Sydney Roosters to present the Executive Leadership Programme to business people across Sydney.

The programme was launched on Tuesday 29 January to a group of prospective clients with SKA CEO Leighton Wood, Roosters Chairman Nick Politis and head coach Brad Fittler. SKA is Australia’s International Centre of Excellence in Sport Science and Management, part-owned by the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney, and this partnership is a first in Australian sport and business.

The course, which commences in April, has a strong endorsement from prominent businessman Mark Bouris, who sits on the boards of both the Roosters and SKA.

“The course transposes knowledge from the sport context to the business environment,” said Bouris. “It is unique in that it provides participants with an inside look at the pressure cooker world of professional sport and how leadership is displayed.”

Involving monthly sessions until October in Sydney, the course will take its attendees on an academic journey behind the scenes of the Sydney Roosters and examine communication strategies and team dynamics. It will consist of workshops, lectures, and observations of leadership by management, coaches and players from analysis of structures and processes to match preparation phases and game days.

Roosters Chairman Nick Politis, CEO Brian Canavan, head coach Brad Fittler and captain Craig Fitzgibbon will help present the course in conjunction with Associate Professor Russell Hoye of La Trobe University, former Olympic coach Dr Istvan Gorgenyi and Professor Tracy Taylor, Associate Dean of the University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Business.

“Success is built on leadership – without it no team can hope to achieve its mission, and that fact is as relevant to business as it is to sport,” Brian Canavan said, in regards to how the course and sport relate.

Places for the programme are limited and prospective clients are urged to take advantage of the early bird special price of $14,000 by signing up by the end of February, saving $2,000.