Blog posts by Dina Bell-Laroche

Published on April 13, 2023 We need to name it to tame it. Our words shape our worlds. What got us here, isn’t what we need to get us to where we want to go. Sport is in transition. And with transition comes loss. And loss triggers grief. I ...

Published on February 16, 2023. Money. Medals. Morals. A new triple bottom line to measure success in sport. In a keynote last year, I was asked to present on Management by Values, the research I completed in 2010 for my master’s thesis tha ...

Published on February 2, 2023. Hope. The one thing that can change everything.   A year ago we shared Hope on the Horizon by offering our views on the many ways sport leaders could intentionally manage through the mammoth amount o ...

If we want to make sport better, we need to know better. After completing hundreds of governance presentations over the past 30 years, one of the most common comments we hear from volunteers is “we didn't sign up for this". “This” being a p ...

Published on October 14, 2022. Read part 1 and part 2 of this conversation now. Sometimes leading means leaving. It may feel counter-intuitive but read on if you are curious about where I'm going with this blog. It's sad for those of us who ...

Published on October 6, 2022 Last month I wrote about how humans try to organize complexity into nice little boxes. Dealing with challenges, maltreatment, conflict, the pandemic, increasing scrutiny and low levels of trust requires a qualit ...

As a long-time passionate advocate for healthy, human sport, I have made a conscious decision to focus on hope-filled solutions to counter so much of the negative and depleted narrative that is dominating the national sport scene of late. F ...

I have just completed a weeklong integration learning session with Coaches Rising – a global community of professional coaches who believe that the work we do can transform lives, build resilient communities, and evolve the consciousness of ...

For the past decade, the team at Sport Law has sometimes felt alone on an island, speaking about humanistic and values-based approaches to leading, competing, and coaching in sport. Over the years, we’ve had the privilege of connecting with ...

Published on June 24, 2022 “Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” This quote from author and researcher Brené Brown sums up how I feel about forging more inclusive, accessible, and welcoming environ ...