Pillars of Excellence

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Own the Podium's corporate activities are aligned with its strategic plan and are centered on five strategic pillars which are described below.

1. NSO & CSC Excellence
Goal: Targeted national sport organizations have the leadership, commitment, governance, planning, programs, policies and management practices to achieve performance goals.

2. Technical Excellence
Goal: Sufficient highly-skilled technical staff (coaches, High Performance Directors, support specialists) work successfully with the athletes.

3. Athlete and Team Excellence
Goal: A sufficient number of highly-motivated athletes are training and competing without compromise, and are led by world-class coaches and support teams. Canadian athletes have the best equipment, information, competitive opportunities and innovative training practices of any country leading to the achievement of their performance goals.

4. Own the Podium Organizational Excellence
Goal: Own the Podium is a highly effective and visionary leader for Canadian high-performance sport, which reflects the best management and ethical practices.

5. Applied Sport Science and Medicine Excellence (Including Technology)
Goal: There is a complete multi-disciplanary environment of support for high-performance coaches and athletes in all targeted sports that enables them to work effectively (in a practical manner) to apply relevant sport science, medicine and technologies.