Blog posts by Dina Bell-Laroche

Towards Sport 2.0 - A Renaissance for Canadian Sport

Thursday, April 13 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 ...

Measuring what matters most: How cultural intelligence will elevate sport

Thursday, February 16 by Dina Bell-Laroche
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 ...

Still Hopeful

Thursday, February 2 by Dina Bell-Laroche
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 ...

Towards Generative Governance

Monday, November 28 by Dina Bell-Laroche
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 ...

Re-Imagining Sport: Part 3

Friday, October 14 by Dina Bell-Laroche
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 ...

Beyond Binary World Views: How embracing polarities helps leaders deal more effectively with complexity - Part 2

Thursday, October 6 by Dina Bell-Laroche
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 ...

Beyond Binary World Views: How embracing polarities helps leaders deal more effectively with complexity - Part 1

Friday, September 2 by Dina Bell-Laroche
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 ...

Accessing Our Zones of Genius

Wednesday, August 24 by Dina Bell-Laroche
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 ...

A Call to Inspired Action

Tuesday, July 5 by Dina Bell-Laroche
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 ...

Understanding our social location to forge stronger connections

Friday, June 24 by Dina Bell-Laroche
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 ...
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