tegy and back-up but if you do not write down specific tasks then it is not complete. This is the key component that will help you manage the team to success. If you want things done by yourself or others, you need to be specific. For example, which would be easier for you to take-on if you were asked? 1) Raise $500
2) Call 1 company and ask if they would sponsor your team with an ad in your program for $500Are you anxious for the new season to start?

Would you like to have a successful season off the ice?

Before you fret anymore about managing your team this season, be sure to implement these 7 Steps, to ensure success for everyone!

STEP 1 - Plan your Season If you want to go somewhere and you don’t know where it is, you need a map. This map will tell you where to go, what routes to take and what alternatives you can take. Your team management plan for the season is YOUR map to success.

Your plan needs to have, a) Clear goals - what is it your team wants to accomplish this season
b) Identified needs of everyone involved - coaches, parents, association and league will have key outcomes
c) Due dates and schedule of events - post all deadlines in a calendar
d) A financial picture - create a budget and fund raising plan

STEP 2 - Foresee the Problems Your map will tell you how to get there but it will not tell you if there are roadblocks or construction detours along the way. You will need to identify areas in your plan that could cause you and your team problems. Handling them in advance gives you the power you need to succeed. Those who struggle in team management seem to focus on the problems, while those who experience success more frequently focus on solutions.

Questions to help you foresee problems are - Can I (we) achieve our goal other ways than identified?
- Do I (we) need leverage - someone else (or something) to help?
- What if we do not achieve the goal in time? Can we still be successful?

STEP 3 - List Specific Actions It is great having a strategy and back-up but if you do not write down specific tasks then it is not complete. This is the key component that will help you manage the team to success. If you want things done by yourself or others, you need to be specific. For example, which would be easier for you to take-on if you were asked? 1) Raise $500
2) Call 1 company and ask if they would sponsor your team with an ad in your program for $500<

what alternatives you can take. Your team management plan for the season is YOUR map to success.

Your plan needs to have, a) Clear goals - what is it your team wants to accomplish this season
b) Identified needs of everyone involved - coaches, parents, association and league will have key outcomes
c) Due dates and schedule of events - post all deadlines in a calendar
d) A financial picture - create a budget and fund raising plan

STEP 2 - Foresee the Problems Your map will tell you how to get there but it will not tell you if there are roadblocks or construction detours along the way. You will need to identify areas in your plan that could cause you and your team problems. Handling them in advance gives you the power you need to succeed. Those who struggle in team management seem to focus on the problems, while those who experience success more frequently focus on solutions.

Questions to help you foresee problems are - Can I (we) achieve our goal other ways than identified?
- Do I (we) need leverage - someone else (or something) to help?
- What if we do not achieve the goal in time? Can we still be successful?

STEP 3 - List Specific Actions It is great having a strategy and back-up but if you do not write down specific tasks then it is not complete. This is the key component that will help you manage the team to success. If you want things done by yourself or others, you need to be specific. For example, which would be easier for you to take-on if you were asked? 1) Raise $500
2) Call 1 company and ask if they would sponsor your team with an ad in your program for $500

ate a budget and fund raising plan

STEP 2 - Foresee the Problems Your map will tell you how to get there but it will not tell you if there are roadblocks or construction detours along the way. You will need to identify areas in your plan that could cause you and your team problems. Handling them in advance gives you the power you need to succeed. Those who struggle in team management seem to focus on the problems, while those who experience success more frequently focus on solutions.

Questions to help you foresee problems are - Can I (we) achieve our goal other ways than identified?
- Do I (we) need leverage - someone else (or something) to help?
- What if we do not achieve the goal in time? Can we still be successful?

STEP 3 - List Specific Actions It is great having a strategy and back-up but if you do not write down specific tasks then it is not complete. This is the key component that will help you manage the team to success. If you want things done by yourself or others, you need to be specific. For example, which would be easier for you to take-on if you were asked? 1) Raise $500
2) Call 1 company and ask if they would sponsor your team with an ad in your program for $500

on the problems, while those who experience success more frequently focus on solutions.

Questions to help you foresee problems are - Can I (we) achieve our goal other ways than identified?
- Do I (we) need leverage - someone else (or something) to help?
- What if we do not achieve the goal in time? Can we still be successful?

STEP 3 - List Specific Actions It is great having a strategy and back-up but if you do not write down specific tasks then it is not complete. This is the key component that will help you manage the team to success. If you want things done by yourself or others, you need to be specific. For example, which would be easier for you to take-on if you were asked? 1) Raise $500
2) Call 1 company and ask if they would sponsor your team with an ad in your program for $500

tegy and back-up but if you do not write down specific tasks then it is not complete. This is the key component that will help you manage the team to success. If you want things done by yourself or others, you need to be specific. For example, which would be easier for you to take-on if you were asked? 1) Raise $500
2) Call 1 company and ask if they would sponsor your team with an ad in your program for $500

The more clearer the action the easier it is to achieve (and delegate!).

STEP 4 - Use your Resources You will never be able to go through a season without help, so start asking! What you don’t know is most people feel good knowing that they can make a difference in life. They like to feel important and be recognized. Some do it by being the hunters and others by being the farmer. Those that are the hunters will do tasks like phone calls, organize events or take on tasks that are require outgoing. The farmers on the team, will take care of the fields, like collect money, provide contact information or be present at a team event to make sure things are in place.

In your plan, look where you will need help and identify if it should be a hunter or farmer type person.

STEP 5 Take Action A plan is great but until you take action, there is no way your plan will be of value to you or your team. Remember this is the major reason why plans are stamped as bad plans or successful ones. If you don’t take action, your plan is not worth the paper it is written on.

REMINDER: A specific task is clear and easily understood that you can hand it off to someone.

STEP 6 Monitor & Measure By this step you have started to move forward with your plan. But how will you know if you are successful? You need to keep track of what is happening. The easiest way is with a chart.

On a piece of paper (or in an MS Word table or Excel Spreadsheet) create columns and rows. Include these headers: - Goal
- Specific action
- Expected date
- Actual date
- Who will do them
- Status of the ac