When we think of the country’s greatest leaders, Sir Alex Ferguson might not necessarily be top of the list. However, whilst watching the recent BBC documentary on Alex Ferguson entitled the ‘Secrets of success’ on BBC iPlayer, it struck me that in terms of leadership this guy had it all. Not only did he re-build a failing organisation from the bottom up, he addressed the ‘this is the way things are done around here’ culture and actively changed it […]
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Tour de Force – do you play the members of your team to their individual strengths?
Up until 10 years ago when I met my husband, I naively thought that the Tour de France was a game (and gruesomely hard at that) of winning a race – first past the post was a winner. So far, so good – Husband and I were in agreement, but that is where our agreement ended. Where I saw individual winners – my husband saw team efforts. Where I could not see the point in watching a whole day’s worth […]