Leadership the Sven-Goran Eriksson Way: How to Turn Your Team into Winners

by Stuart Crainer (Author), Julian Birkinshaw (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.24

  Leadership the Sven-Goran Eriksson Way examines the leadership style of the Egnland football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. Our argument is that Eriksson's aproach is important because it brilliantly exemplifies a new leaderhip which defies conventional and historical stereotypes of how leaders think and behave. Eriksson is not a tub-thumping bellower of orders. He is no dictator. Instead he is a modern leadership archetype, a leader we can all learn from. From Leadership the Sven-Goran Eriksson Way ...offers a visible and successful example of this new model of leader ... Media Week ...the authors examine the 'mature' form of leaderhip that Eriksson exemplifies: the level-headed long-termism that learns from failure, encourages responsibility and 'keeps it simple'... The Business I very much enjoyed it and in particularly the way it gelled good business management principles with their application to football as illustrated by many of the ...decisions taken by our national coach who...has brought confidence, assurance, team spirit and a more worldwide awareness to our England team, giving everybody optimism. Gordon Taylor, Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers Asso

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.24

  In Leadership the Sven-Goran Eriksson Way, Julian Birkinshaw and Stuart Crainer illustrate and analyze the leadership and management skills which Eriksson has successfully demonstrated by building a winning football team. Placing these skills in the context of business, Birkinshaw and Crainer draw out the lessons managers or leaders can learn from Eriksson. These range from one-to-one coaching and building an atmosphere of trust and commitment to strong decision-making and handling talented (if sometimes difficult to deal with) individuals. This is the first book to take Eriksson's unique leadership style and winning techniques and put them into a business context. Published to coincide with World Cup mania. Serialisation in The Times and extensive coverage elsewhere. Perfect author team combines Birkinshaw's management insights with Crainer's proven expertise as best-selling author of business books and past contributor to FA publications.