Ian O'Boyle is with the School of Management in the UniSA Business School, Australia. He is an expert in the fields of sport governance and leadership. His work appears in the leading sport management journals including European Sport Management Quarterly, International Journal of Sport Management, and Sport Management Review and also within traditional business and management based journals such as Journal of Career Development and Organization Development Journal. Dr O'Boyle's passion and interest within sport management research is fuelled from his previous experiences as an NCAA athlete in the United States and member of the Irish national basketball team

Duncan Murray is also with the School of Management in the UniSA Business School, Australia. He has published in a range of academic journals in areas, including: leadership, globalisation, celebrity endorsement in sport,　customer behaviour in recreation and sport settings, tourism, appearance and attractiveness and the management of sport and recreation. He is an editorial board member for Sport, Business, Management: An International Journal. He is also a reviewer of academic papers for a number of leisure, recreation and sport academic journals, including the Journal of Leisure Research, Managing Leisure and Annals of Leisure Research

Paul Cummins is an expert in leadership within sport coaching having gained his PhD at the University of Ulster School Of Psychology, UK. He is a lecturer in performance psychology and has numerous research publications within the field. His research interests include various aspects of leadership in sport, athlete transitions, culture change and social identity, particularly as they apply within the sport coaching context. Within the applied sports setting, Paul is a qualified sport psychologist who has worked with Olympic level athletes and top coaches seeking to increase their leadership and overall coaching performance

1. Framing Leadership in Sport Section A: Leadership Theories Applicable to the Sport Environment 2. What is Leadership? 3. Trait Theories of Leadership 4. Leadership Styles 5. Leadership, Teams and Exchange 6. Destructive and Toxic Leadership Section B: Leadership in Sport Management 7. Facilitative Leadership in Sport Organisations 8. Communication in Sport Management 9. Strategic Leadership through Strategic Planning 10. Leading Organisational Change 11. Diversity in Sport Leadership Section C: Leadership in Sport Coaching 12. The Sport Coach 13. Sport Coach Leadership Models 14. Organisational Leadership Approaches in Sport Coaching 15. Measuring Leadership in Sport Coaching 16. Sustainable Performance with Empathy 17. The Future: Trends and Challenges in Sport Leadership