Football Managers have to deal with a number of unique pressures: this is an extremely turbulent profession, it is results oriented, their actions are carried out in the full glare of the media spotlight. Yet in many of its dimensions, the challenges of the football manager role strike chords with those of talent managers in many other sectors. How should they get the best out of players with different strengths, how do you achieve the best recruitment, development, retention of these staff and when do you decide against trying to stop them from leaving? How do you motivate those who are not in your starting line up? What is your role as leader in this type of situation, how do you think longer term when the pressures are all judged by short-term measures? What if you are made a scapegoat for the failings of the broader organisation?
The football analogy is a widely understood and many of these issues can be discussed in terms of football management in ways which are more easily digested than through examples from many other sectors. This book will satisfy the interest in football management and in talent management and leadership using thought provoking material and examples which allow us to look at our daily challenges through a different lens
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Preface
Introduction - The Football Management Context
-Through The Goldfish Bowl
-Book Structure
Chapter 1 What Can Business Learn From Football And What Can Football Learn
From Business?
-What Characterizes Football Management?
-How Does That Help Us To Learn About Management?
Chapter 2 Life In The Fast Lane
-Introduction
-Leadership Theory
-Leadership: Schools Of Thought
-The World Of The Football Manager: From Gaffer To Goldfish Bowl
-Conclusion
Chapter 3 The Golden Boys
-Introduction
-What Is Success?
-What Is Success For A Football Manager?
-Measuring Football Manager Success
-Perceived Success: Viewing Success Through A Lens
-Football Managers And Success: The Big Picture
-Conclusion
Chapter 4 The Blame Game: Does Changing Leaders Help?
-Introduction
-Football Manager Succession
-The Blame Game
-Conclusion: Why Changing Managers Might Not Work
Chapter 5 Snakes And Ladders
-Introduction
-Ladders
-Snakes
-Conclusions
Chapter 6 Final Thoughts On Football Management
-Football Manager As Leader
-Success And The Football Manager
-Football Manager As Talent Manager
-Football Manager Succession
-Managing In A Turbulent Market
Notes
Glossary
Appendices
References
Index
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