This book explores the global developments in sport leadership and practice. Drawing on the vast and ever growing leadership literature, the book examines advances in leadership theory and practice in the context of the challenges faced by those working in global sport management positions.

1. Global Sport Leadership: Setting the Scene 2. A Social Identity Approach to Sport Leadership 3. Developing Leaders and Planning Succession in Sport Organisations 4. Cross-Border Leadership and the Management of Sport 5. Leadership and Mega-Events 6. Leadership Practices from a Diversity and Inclusion Perspective 7. Leadership and Sport-for-Development (SFD) 8. Leading High Performance Sport 9. Failed Leadership and Professional Sport: The Case of #Sandpapergate 10. Global Sport Leadership: Critical Issues and Future Research

'With the ever-increasing complexities of leading and managing sport on a global stage, Global Sport Leadership is a welcome and important contribution to the sport leadership landscape. From developing leaders with global sport leadership competencies, to exploring the unique leadership attributes and approaches needed in areas such as cross-border leadership, sport-for-development, and sport mega events, the authors advocate for leadership that is sensitive to cultural contexts and power imbalances inherent in many sport systems, interventions, and events. Salient challenges in each sector are identified, along with concrete cases that aptly apply the concepts from each chapter. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in working in the globalised 21st century sport industry.' — Jon Welty Peachey, Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Sport & Tourism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign'This book is a timely addition to the field of sport leadership scholarship from a quality author team. The book provides a contemporary examination of leadership in a diverse range of sport settings and will be an invaluable resource for those undertaking research into sport leadership. The authors are to be congratulated for covering such new and important leadership topics in relation to cross-border contexts, diversity and inclusion, sport for development and high performance sport.' — Professor Russell Hoye, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Development, La Trobe University'Leadership is a fundamental concept in the field of sport management. As such, researchers have long been and continue to be interested in developing, understanding, and improving leadership practices. This book provides a contemporary perspective on leadership in the sport industry by examining under-explored topics, like succession planning and fostering inclusion, and leadership in 'newer' contexts like sport-for-development. It will appeal to a wide range of sport management researchers given the breadth of topics that are covered.' — Professor Larena Hoeber, Faculty of Kinesiology & Health Studies, University of Regina