From the post room to the board room, everyone thinks they can be the
manager. But how do you manage outrageous talent? What do you do to
inspire loyalty from your players? How do you turn around a team in
crisis? What's the best way to build long-term success? How can you lead
calmly under pressure? The issues are the same whether you're managing a
Premier League football team or a FTSE 100 company.
Here, for the first time, some 30 of the biggest names in football
management reveal just what it takes. With their every act, remark, and
success or failure under constant scrutiny from the media and the fans,
these managers need to be the most adroit of leaders. In The Manager
they explain their methods, offer lessons they've learned along the way,
and describe the decisions they make and the leadership they provide.
Each chapter tackles a key leadership issue for managers in any walk of
life and, in their own words, shows how the experts deal with the
challenges they face in an abnormally high-pressure environment.
Offering valuable lessons for business leaders and fascinating
behind-the-scenes insights for football fans, The Manager is an
honest, accessible and unprecedented look at the day-to-day work of
these high-profile characters and the world of top-level football
management.
Featuring: Roy Hodgson, Carlo Ancelotti, Arsène Wenger, Sam Allardyce,
Roberto Mancini, José Mourinho, Brendan Rodgers, Harry Redknapp, Sir
Alex Ferguson, Walter Smith, Mick McCarthy, Gerard Houllier, Tony Pulis,
Martin O'Neill, Neil Warnock, Howard Wilkinson, Kevin Keegan, Dario
Gradi, Andre Villas-Boas, David Moyes, Alex McLeish, Hope Powell, Martin
Jol, Glenn Hoddle, Chris Hughton, David Platt, Paul Ince, and George
Graham.
