Author Description

In Lead with Your Head, The Rec Coach is invited into a large multi-complex recreational facility by its new director to solve issues cropping up in several departments from the aquatic centre to the field house. The RidgeRock Recreation Centre and its employees are based on real situations that The Rec Coach has encountered over her award-winning career leading teams. These stories are a fun and entertaining way to learn and will give you practical tools, step by step guidance and Olympic-sized inspiration. Readers will follow The Rec Coach as she works with managers to create SMART teams and ultimately a SMART organization using her 6 SMART strategies: Synergy of Strengths, Strategies and Systems Meetings Matter Accountability Recognition Teachable Moments Lead with Your Head is the second book of Edith Martin's Rec Coach trilogy; exceptional leadership skills books written specifically for leaders and managers of recreational facilities. Whether you work in a humble recreation centre in a small town, or a large multi department recreational complex in a large city, you will probably be facing some or all of the people challenges presented in these books. In fact, many of the issues discussed are common in any management environment. Edith Martin has been recognized as a top leader in recreation facility management for decades. She is a teacher, author and coach with HR Management, and is a Past President and Honorary Life Member of the Alberta Association of Recreation Facility Personnel. Edith Martin is now the "The Rec Coach," inspiring others by speaking, writing and facilitating. As a leadership consultant and creator of The Rec Coach book series, she continues to teach the best skills in leadership through TheRecCoach.com RAVES from the TOP: “Lead with your Head is a must read for anyone faced with management issues and challenges working in recreation facilities. Her successful career in Recreation Leadership positions