“For a player – and for any human being – there is nothing better than hearing ‘Well done’.” – Sir Alex Ferguson For 27 years, Sir Alex Ferguson managed Manchester United. In that time, he changed the culture of a…
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Fergie’s Way
Tagged with: Alex Ferguson, circle of control, circle of influence, coaching, crucial conversations, excellence, leadership, lessons, respect, soccer, team-building, teams
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Management, Soccer, Sports
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Management, Soccer, Sports
Why do you work where you do?
“When you work with your friends, it hardly seems like work.” I’m fortunate enough to work at a great organization. Well, I say “fortunate”, but it was actually a conscious decision. A little more than nine years ago I was…
Putting the “Success” in “Succession”
The legacy of a true leader should not be panic at his or her departure, but a team that is capable of filling the absence. A couple of years ago, I had a problem: I was burning out. For five…
Tagged with: coaching, leadership, lessons, passion, soccer, sports, team-building
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Management, Soccer, Sports
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Management, Soccer, Sports
What’s more important to employers: excitement or experience?
Many a hiring manager has been forced to choose between two qualified (or, if he or she is lucky, outstanding) candidates, and sometimes the situation goes like this: Candidate A personifies excitement, and will attack the role with energy and…
Tagged with: excitement, experience, expertise, hiring, interviewing, interviews, passion, team-building
Posted in Careers, Everything, Management
Posted in Careers, Everything, Management
Leadership, in the key of Gen-Y
“Generation Y is the most exciting group in the world. They want to do their own thing, they want to change the world. Technology’s changed so fast. The Internet’s come, they can do it.” – Jack Welch Via LinkedIn, I…
Building a Championship Team
I take team-building very seriously: in the recreational sports world, poor teams lose and members go home without championships; in the business world, poor teams are weak links that can bring down organizations and cost people their livelihood – there’s…
Tagged with: excellence, futsal, goals, hiring, leadership, metrics, soccer, sports, team-building, teams, The Pitch
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Management, Soccer, Sports
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Management, Soccer, Sports
A Short and Memorable Team-Building Exercise
A few months ago my team took part in a seminar that kicked off with a short team-building exercise: Everyone gets a blank sheet of paper taped to his or her back Everyone grabs a writing instrument [Note: I advise…
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