Full Court Press... Issue 32, October , 2015 going, We know you will do State Cup and Sate Shield. NSW proud! Happenings in October We have also welcomed to the Congratulations to all those (check out www.bnsw.com.au who took part. BNSW family, Nathan Kirwan (working in our High Perfor- for more details) 28t Sep - 3rd October I also feel very proud at the mance team as our new Devel- moment. Every weekend for opment Officer) and also current 14 Girls Nationals - Gosford the last few months, our Sydney Uni Flames and U17 14 Boys Nationals - Perth , WA From the Desk of Danny our amazing BNSW Staff were at National Team Head Coach 10th October Shannon Seebohm as our new Senior League Annual Meeting, CEO… Hello Everyone, a different venue every week to ensure, that no matter the NITP Head Coach. With these Figtree Conference Centre There is always mixed event, it ran smoothly and two quality individuals on board, 18th October emotions at this time of was a success. So a huge it will be exciting times ahead! Southern Junior League Annual Meet- year. September saw the heartfelt thank you! ing - Yass Soldiers Club conclusion to the Molten As you can read, its been a Western Junior League Annual Meet- Waratah League across our October sees the U14 Na- busy period here at BNSW and ing - Young Services Club with 2016 fast approaching, it junior leagues. Knowing tional Club Championships 23rd October that the 2015 season is take place. This year the 14 does not look like we will be slowing down anytime soon. Eastern Junior League Annual Meet- over is always a little sad Boys will be travelling to ing - Morisset Country Club but the excitement for 2016 Perth and the Under 14Girls Basketball never sleeps! is already building! will be hosted by Gosford 24th October Basketball right here in our Northern Junior League Annual Meet- It was great to get out there great state. Good luck to all Until next time, keep safe! ing - Grafton District Club and watch teams from all the teams and referees Does your Association have over the state battle it out in an event coming up during the State Championships, the offseason? Let us know and we can have it placed BNSW AUSSIE HOOPS right here on our monthly calendar Inside this issue: CEO Wrap 1 Doing this right 2- 3 or doing the right thing Congratulations 4 Albert Joseph on his appointment Climb on board 5 with the NBL Aussie Hoops 6 Insight Halloween DIY 7 Costumes 7 BNSW Contact Page 1 Doing things Right OR Doing the to effectively cover both operational and strategic issues. But as your organisation grows this RIGHT things??? clearly has to also alter. Over the last few months I have been involved So when I use the term strategic vs. tactical with many Associations who are asking for some thinking, it’s not to imply that they are at odds guidance and feedback with their Strategic with one another; rather it’s to contrast the Planning process and how they could more difference between the two, so you can begin to effectively run their Associations, and even their distinguish and appreciate those differences. It’s Clubs. also critical to recognize when you are applying tactical thinking to an issue when strategic It struck me that there is a common theme that thinking is what is needed. many Boards seem to struggle with, and that is the difference between tactical thinking and Difficulties arise when one or the other, rather strategic thinking. than both, is used to tackle a problem. Strategic thinkers tend to analyze the situation but often Basically, Tactical thinking is “doing things right,” fail to take action. “Paralysis by analysis” is their while Strategic thinking is “doing the right things.” downfall. Tactical thinkers are all about “doing Strategic thinking is typically leadership: creating something,” and doing it now…… but they often the vision. Whereas Tactical thinking is don’t think before springing into action; so management: implementing the vision. oftentimes, their action is ineffective, and perhaps unnecessary. If only they’d taken the I often check Minutes of Meetings and calculate time to step back and analyze the situation how much of the meeting is spent “in the beforehand. past” (ie reporting about past events, past financials, past appointments, ratifying past The difference between strategic and tactical decisions, etc) and how much time is spent on thinking is seen in the title of this article, “Doing “the future”. It remains much skewed towards Things Right vs. Doing the Right Things.” spending time “in the past”. Tactical thinkers tend to focus on “doing things right,” and strategic thinkers are concerned with When it comes to strategic vs. tactical planning, “doing the right things.” But let’s consider that many Board and committee members come in statement for just a moment. If you do something as either / or. That is, their DNA is already wired “right,” but it’s the wrong thing to do, your efforts as a “tactical” thinker or their DNA is already will be futile. Conversely, if you do the “right wired as being a “strategic thinker”. The thing,” but you do it wrong, you’ll also fail challenge then becomes for those who are miserably. operational (tactical) in their nature, to go against their own nature (DNA) and join the ranks of the strategic thinkers. This DNA is strong and powerful and makes us believe that our type of thinking must be superior. But regardless of whether you are a strategic or a tactical thinker, you must come to realize that both types are critical to success; and you must learn to appreciate your job as a Board member is to be strategic and in this, your General Manager (or CEO) also needs to be strategic and assist the Association with “the future” whereas the staff need to be tactical. Also, the size of your Association must be taken into account because with small local associations, Boards may need to be both operational and strategic, simply because they may have not have sufficient staff Doing the Wrong Thing, but Doing it Right Continued…. A month ago I was working with another Association whose Board felt that the primary way of getting more members/players is through “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to attending local sporting events and spreading victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise the word about joining basketball. Belonging to before the defeat” – Sun Tzu groups such as chambers of commerce, establishing relationships with people that could become new members or who know others who could become members. The problem was that, this sort of “meet and greet” approach could at best reach a few people and was not able to penetrate a large slab of people in the town. What this Association needed was a website to expose basketball to the public. Networking meetings were getting them one or two members, at best, a month. The Board felt they were on the right path but were just “doing the thing wrong” and so, had to try harder—more networking meetings, talk to more people, and so on. Fortunately, they realized that, although they were “doing the thing right,” it was “the wrong thing” to do for their association. In another association, the Board decided that Let me give you a couple of examples. membership was falling because they had no proper structure and so decided to attend to Doing the Right Thing, but Doing it Wrong revitalizing their Constitutions, By-Laws, Competition rules etc. It was only when a parent A certain Association (shall remain nameless) got on the Board that they realized that none of wanted to get more members and decided to those things mattered to the consumer and that cold call families in their town. Without a script or what was driving people to other sports was the much of plan, they opened the phone book and lack of coaches and referees at the domestic started calling. level. As you can imagine, they were less than Again, another example of “doing things right, successful. They got about 5 new members, so instead of doing the right things” they decided that cold calling wasn’t the way to find new members. It wasn’t until a few years So next time you are in a Committee meeting or later that they heard of another association in a a Board meeting or a Club meeting, just quietly similar-sized town who were having great figure out how much time is spent discussing success with cold calling because they had a “the past”, how much time is allocated “for the well prepared script and friendlier callers. Thus future” and whether the discussion is strategic or when the original association we are talking tactical (operational) in nature and double – about failed, they concluded that they were check, no, triple-check that you are all not just “doing the wrong thing,” when in reality, we were doing things right, but actually doing the right “doing the thing wrong.” things. Danny Martinez - CEO BNSW Congratulations Albert Joseph on his ap- pointment– Source NBL.com.au BNSW Would like to congratulate Albert Joseph on his appointment as the Senior Referee Manager for the upcoming 2015/16 NBL seasonThe National Basketball League (NBL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Albert Joseph as the Senior Referee Manager for the upcoming 2015/16 NBL season, effective immediately. Joseph joins the NBL with an impressive basketball background and has been involved with a number of programs at state, national and internation- al level.