October Chapter Meeting: Creativity, Collaboration, & Captainship

In June of 2016 I traded the office for a muddy field and my heels for a pair of dirty cleats as I went to become the only female, only American, only Christian, and only blonde football coach for the Adidas Gameday Academy/Paris Saint Germain Academy to coach widely the first generation of athletes in Bangalore, India on both an elite and grassroots level. Our Academy had embraced a command-obey philosophy of lines, laps, and lectures that transferred poorly in game and development scenarios. This is a tale of how we transformed our Academy from lines, laps, and lectures to cultivating a culture of creativity, collaboration, and captainship.

Throughout this program, attendees will engage in a series of activities and challenges to relate the applications to their organization. In this engaging and memorable program attendees will learn how to build a culture with a foundation of a high performing team. 

Amber Vanderburg is an international businesswoman, leader, public speaker, and coach. In 2016, Amber went to become the only American and only female academy coach for Paris Saint Germain Football Academy and Adidas Gameday Academy in Bangalore, India to coach players on an elite and grassroots level. Amber also worked closely within the strategic organizational development of the academy and had many opportunities to speak with other sports academies, sports conferences and conventions, and sport organizations throughout India. Amber is passionate about the growth of sport in Asia and continues to work with companies throughout India and Southeast Asia including the launch of an international student-athlete consulting company based in Bangalore, India. Amber has earned a BA in Organizational Interpersonal Communications from Oral Roberts University and an MA in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa where she was Student Government President. Amber has earned a green belt in Lean Six Sigma and is working towards her USSF D Coaching License.