GREAT ATHLETES ARE MADE BY GREAT LEADERS

leadership development for coaches

Get access to a tailored curriculum designed to address your organization’s unique challenges and enhance individual leadership development. From Exult’s proprietary Zones of Excellence model to strategies for engaging athletes and managing complex relationships, our program equips coaches with the skills to optimize team culture and drive coaching excellence.

✓ Exclusive E-Learning Training

✓ 5 Personal Development Meetings

✓ 5 Monthly Group Sessions

✓ Customized Development Plans and Suppor

✓ Unlimited content access

A collaboratively designed training and development program aimed at transforming your organization into one that prioritizes the athletes.

We aim to define and enhance your coaches’ leadership capabilities intO

HIGHLY EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

capable of leading themselves, each player, and the team in the most efficient manner possible, whether on the ice/court/field, the bench, or the locker room.

We work with your organization to determine detailed steps to engage coaches effectively and advance parents and athletes toward the ideal of a high-performing hockey organization.

from coaches to leaders

Coaching is inherently a leadership role. Effective coaches are exemplary leaders who understand that leadership is both a challenge and a skill that can be developed with deliberate effort and support. Many teams are intricate systems with multiple levels and up to 75 stakeholders, necessitating a comprehensive capacity-building approach.

Our objective as Exult Athletics is to cultivate high-performing leadership among your coaches. By developing a profound understanding of their leadership skills through a practical, supportive plan, coaches will achieve greater competency and capacity for effective leadership. This will result in more agile and decisive leaders adept at managing the complexities within youth sports organizations.

membership Curriculum

This curriculum will be tailored to the unique challenges faced by your organization, focusing on individual leadership development.

Athlete-Focused Coach Leadership
Zones of Excellence (Exult’s proprietary model for driving coaching excellence)
Crucial Coaching Strategies
Comprehensive Leadership Development

Engaging athletes effectively
Understanding the role of emotions in sport
Leveraging “embodied wisdom” to enhance leadership
Managing motivation and egos
Managing complex, sometimes conflictual relationships
Building trust and commitment to excellence

The Power of Practice: Preparation Equals Better Execution
Athlete Development: Tailoring Engagement and Development
Optimizing Team Culture

format and DURATION

Cohort-based, Limited to 5 to 7 Coaches

5 Months Training Period

STRUCTURE

5 Personal Development Meetings

5 Monthly Group Sessions

Group-based Curriculum with Individualized Development Plans and Support

COURSE MATERIAL

E-Learning: 6-Module Training Series Accessible e-learning from anywhere.

Copy of our new book, Good Sports: Reclaiming the Soul of Youth Athletics™ by Michael McElhenie, Ph.D. and Gregory Dunn

founders of exult athletics

What our clients are saying

• What our clients are saying •

“Dr. McElhenie, simply put, is excellent. He's a total professional who has the experience to speak confidently about his domain, but also approached my case with a level of thoughtfulness and individuality that made me feel like his most important client. We were able to quickly pick up where we had left off each session because he really listens and cares, and his easy-going nature makes it easy to begin a conversation. I'd strongly recommend Dr. McElhenie to anyone.”
-D1 College Basketball Player"
“Michael is awesome. I feel as though he helped me solve some issues that I had been having for a long time. He is incredibly knowledgeable and supportive. He balances creating space for me to talk and process things myself with offering helpful strategies, tools, and perspective.”
-NHL Goaltender
"Our work with Exult Sports and Dr. Michael has been truly exceptional, revolutionizing the outdated methodologies in youth sports. Through personalized sessions, he's not only elevated my son's performance but is reshaping the entire approach to youth sports psychology. A game-changer for both individual growth, on and off court, and the broader sports community!"

-Toni Danielson
“Our 14U hockey goalie has been working with Greg and Mike for about 2 years now. Not only has Exult taught our son to manage the stresses and the very specific mental aspects of being a goalie, but he has also been given the tools to apply these skills to school, and life in general as it pertains to a 14-year-old. Growing up as an aspiring tennis player, I wish these resources had been available to me.”
-Carl, Parent of 14U Hockey Goalie

Your journey to a high-performing organization starts now!

empower your team today.