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 decision, remark,
skill, 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, give examples of 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.
