Football is a powerful force upon our Global Estate for social, cultural, physical and educational well-being. It also plays a huge part in the fabric of many nation's societies. Crucial to the strength of a nation's football is the nation's confederation. A strong and solid confederation, therefore has a stong and solid GOVERNANCE.
Leadership, strategic long-term planning, clear vision and maintaining neutrality and/or impartiality, possess character and determination to push things through or courage of convicton are requisites, required for those charged with the responsibilities of a confederation also building upon and strengthening their home-grown talent, minus if at all possible the need for fiscal risk-taking. Therefore, for the game to strengthen it is vitally important that emphasis is placed upon, Youth Development and the continuing production of home-grown talent.
At the elite level, football is a meritocracy and selection is usually dependant on perceived abilities so in the long-term the bar needs to be raised in the development process and through research I have gauged that some clubs' development work is indeed very good, whereas in other clubs', there needs to be more support i.e. ongoing training provided for the development staff.
One of the key lessons that the corporate world can learn from football in terms of delegation and leadership is to give "new management time to get to know the team and analyze the dynamics before addressing who should be the leaders and to also address underlying weaknesses in the core business rather than simply looking at individual performances".
There is a clear distinction between business teams and sports teams. Businesses have multiple objectives, while in sports such as football the individuals generally have a quite singular objective in terms of performance. There is a transparency which is not always so clear in business.
However, in business and football one objective is very clear and that key word is 'SUCCESS' whether it be winning the game or the competitive corporate 'Pitch'.
In my research to date, I see that many motivational speakers often come from the world of sport, but they need to translate their experience to what applies in business.
There is a role for business to get more involved in certain sports organizations, particularly in helping them to develop long-term vision and to clarify their strategy, but also more broadly to help develop the commercial side of the team as a business where there is potential to do that.
The kind of "mental preparation footballers' go through before a key fixture is hard to translate into the business space and sometimes there has to be a trade-off i.e. should the manager of a professional team put their star player in to lead a competitive pitch on the basis that they are more likely to win the 'new business' even though they may limit the role of other valuable members of the team? I believe the manager has to find a way to retain a balance and it's only a waste of energy barking at the players, they may turn up late for training or give their best performance upon the pitch, but also the flip side is a manager cannot and should not be too soft or too comfortable with them because you need to retain their respect. It is a matter of being fair and treating the players fairly, and let them all think [that] you know what you're doing lols...You must also let the players have an input, but not too much, you listen and then you respond to them by saying, "this is what we're going to do" just as in business.
More updates as time will permit Cheers
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