Director skills and competency matrix for sports organisations
21 January 2022
This maturity matrix provides a consistent framework for assessing skills and competency for individual sports organisation board members and for the board as a whole. It enables a dynamic and objective assessment of board maturity, skills and competency and their development over time. It has been designed to be used at various stages – during recruitment, continuing assessment, appraisal and development.
It describes the key elements of sport organisation board skills along the y-axis, and graduations of ‘maturity’ along the x-axis. For each of the key elements, there are indicative statements so that organisations and individuals can self-assess their ‘maturity'.
The matrix outlines seven core areas for assessment:
- Understanding the role
- Technical knowledge
- Understanding the organisation and operating environment
- Strategic thinking
- Vocational skills
- Behaviours and transparency
- Leadership calibre
