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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on December 15, 2012, 03:50:21 AM
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Tigers get Grange's golden touch
Samantha Lane
The Age
December 15, 2012
THE WOMAN leading Swimming Australia through its culture crisis, Dr Pippa Grange, has started working at Richmond with a charter to instil premiership-winning characteristics in the success-starved football club.
A doctor of applied psychology, Grange is expected to sit in Damien Hardwick's coach's box on match days next season. She will mentor the club's executive management team and the Tigers' player leadership group headed by new 22-year-old captain Trent Cotchin.
Richmond's openness to admitting an outsider into the club's sanctum - albeit one who knows the AFL landscape intimately - comes after Grange spent two years working with Geelong. When Chris Scott, in 2011, claimed a flag in his debut season as senior coach, Grange was a weekly fixture in the box on match days.
Employed by St Kilda as it grappled with the so-called ''St Kilda schoolgirl'' scandal, Grange also assisted that club with the appointment of a new coach last year after Ross Lyon's sensational defection.
Despite her experience in guiding organisations through turmoil, Grange's brief at Richmond, according to the club's chief executive, Brendon Gale, is about ''developing the capabilities of our people and their leadership capabilities. That will make us better listeners, better communicators, and improve our ability to communicate with each other.''
CEO of the AFL Players Association before he returned to the club where he played 244 games, Gale - a young boss at 44 and entering his fourth season in the role - employed Grange at the AFLPA. Her last title at the players' union before she started her own business was ''manager - psychology, people and culture''.
''We have a young list, we have extremely young leaders, we've got young coaches, we've got a young senior coach, we've got a young head of football, we've got a young CEO. I haven't got all the answers that's for sure,'' Gale, who will himself take advice from Grange, told Fairfax Media. ''I think that in AFL football there's a lot of sameness and there's a lot of vanilla. But I think the one area where we have the ability … to gain a distinct competitive advantage is in our people. People who are open and challenge each other in a supportive environment, that's good. That's what we're aiming for. And I think the organisations who get that right tend to outperform. That's what this is about. I think we've taken some enormous steps on and off the field in the last couple of years, but we've got to get better.
''I'm sure from time to time, Pippa will sit and observe the dynamics in the coach's box between the coaches - how they communicate, and how they deal with different situations - as an independent person, and provide feedback.''
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-get-granges-golden-touch-20121214-2bfce.html#ixzz2F2twdeYW
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Is she fit
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I'm looking forward to the misogynists posts on this one
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Another excellent appointment by the RFC, well done to Dr Pippa Grange, I am sure she will add a set of values and an even more positive culture to our leadership team. I don't think some people realise how important leadership qualities are, in particular where we are heading as a team next year.
:gotigers
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It seems that Dimma is getting a lot of ancillary assistance in the Psych/mentor areas. Is this typical across the AFL or is it unique to us.
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It seems that Dimma is getting a lot of ancillary assistance in the Psych/mentor areas. Is this typical across the AFL or is it unique to us.
I reckon a few clubs probably noticed the Geelong rise to glory splutter and almost stall until they did the same thing for Thompson. Probably less need for an experienced coach who has learned what works and what it takes over time but newbies can certainly benefit from mentoring. And with our whole club trying to re-engineer itself a positive culture after such a long period of failure became ingrained in mediocrity then it makes good positive sense to do it. Trouble is, only the future holds the answer on whether it worked or was worth it but I suppose that's the case with everything in life we try.
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Richmond's openness to admitting an outsider into the club's sanctum - albeit one who knows the AFL landscape intimately - comes after Grange spent two years working with Geelong. When Chris Scott, in 2011, claimed a flag in his debut season as senior coach, Grange was a weekly fixture in the box on match days.
Despite her experience in guiding organisations through turmoil, Grange's brief at Richmond, according to the club's chief executive, Brendon Gale, is about ''developing the capabilities of our people and their leadership capabilities. That will make us better listeners, better communicators, and improve our ability to communicate with each other.''
''We have a young list, we have extremely young leaders, we've got young coaches, we've got a young senior coach, we've got a young head of football, we've got a young CEO. I haven't got all the answers that's for sure,'' Gale, who will himself take advice from Grange, told Fairfax Media. ''I think that in AFL football there's a lot of sameness and there's a lot of vanilla. But I think the one area where we have the ability … to gain a distinct competitive advantage is in our people. People who are open and challenge each other in a supportive environment, that's good. That's what we're aiming for. And I think the organisations who get that right tend to outperform. That's what this is about. I think we've taken some enormous steps on and off the field in the last couple of years, but we've got to get better.
The Club, thanks to Benny Gale, is clearly going all out to bring in people off-field in the footy dept. it believes will help get us to the top. You can't knock that. It worked for Geelong so hopefully we similarly benefit.
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:banghead
..... if she's in the coaches box on gameday, can she add some insider knowledge when we play the cats or the saints?
Edited to remove the offensive post in quote
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Snip :banghead :banghead
Bents offensive post was removed for obvious reasons
Ditto here with Ruanaidh's
What was posted by both were actually the same bar the first letter.
:banghead
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Snip :banghead :banghead
Bents offensive post was removed for obvious reasons
Ditto here with Ruanaidh's
What was posted by both were actually the same bar the first letter.
:banghead
Yeah fair enough too....the snip that is.
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How about we try to focus on the professionalism Grange will bring to the club folks!!
I don't see the ladies on the forum (not that I know if there are any) carrying on making sexual inuendos towards every male that walks into the club.
Move on FFS!! >:(
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That's it folks, move on. WAT has spoken again. :bow ;D
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That's it folks, move on. WAT has spoken again. :bow ;D
No come on honestly, I love a good bit of banter and slagging, but derogatory comments towards females.....I can't stand it!!
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This club has been drifting in limbo for many years.Good leadership will change this .Great to see Benny and co trying to change this and foster a culture of excellence at the club.Hope it works