Leading

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After an astonishing career first in Scotland, and then over 27 years with Manchester United Football Club Sir Alex Ferguson delivers Leading, in which the greatest soccer coach of all time will analyze the pivotal leadership decisions of his 38 years as a manager and, with his friend and collaborator Sir Michael Moritz, draw out lessons anyone can use in business and life to generate long term transformational success.From hiring practices to firing decisions, from dealing with transition to teamwork, from mastering the boardroom to responding to failure and adversity, Leading is as inspiring as it is practical, and a go to reference for any leader in business, sports, and life. Best Read Leading [ By ] Alex Ferguson [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Written as a collection of anecdotes, this book tries to condense Sir Alex s philosophy into a set of principles by which to live In my opinion, this is not so much a book about management or leadership as it is about work ethic.Sir Alex Ferguson typifies the stolid Scottish Work ethic, andthan anything else, this book succeeds in crystallizing that work ethic and shaping it into a coherent whole.Do not expect any mind bending management philosophy here Sir Alex does not magically reveal Written as a collection of anec.... .Do you want to know some hot news about David Beckham About Wayne Rooney or about Cristiano Ronaldo Yes Then do not read this book, because you won t find here any In this book you will find very interesting comparison of the work of football managers and of CEOs, sales managers etc They have quite a lot in common I have never read such a long epilogue as the one in this book The epilogue is really long but you will find there intere...The book is a second go at Sir Alex s biography, this time focusing solely on his leadership skills A very enjoyable read indeed But then again I found the following to be a bit annoying at times 1 99% of the book is dedicated at how Sir Alex has done everything right Even sometimes criticizing his own critics and trying to defend his decisions Perhaps a bit of modesty or sharinganecdotes regarding the things that went wrong would have helped the tone of the book to shift sometimes.2 The book is a second go at Sir Alex s biography, this time focusing solely on his leadership skills A very enjoyable read indeed But then again I found the following to be a bit annoying at times 1 99% of the book is dedicated at how Sir Alex has done everything right Even sometimes criticizing his own critics and trying to defend his decisions Perhaps a bit of modesty or sharinganecdotes regarding the things that went wrong would have helped the tone of the book to shift sometimes.2 The co author k...Pro toho, kdo ije fotbalem je to povinnost Ferguson nikdy nebyl m j obl benec, ale zaslou si respekt Kniha je svi n , poutav a p e te se jedn m dechem Sp e bych cht l napsat pro jsem neud lil pln po et a Feguson je zde t m neomyln b n kter kapitoly jsou a seniln opakuj c se, respektive jejich sti c nez bavn doslov spoluautora Naopak velk plus je, e a nem m...26 38 More or less what you d expect if you invite a monstrously competitive person to spend 400 pages telling you why they were so successful But it has lots of insight and you come away thinking that you d want to be on the same team as him There is a postscript by someone involved in finance in Silicon Valley which is preposterous, pondering the similarities with the world Sir Alex inhabited with the world of elite IT Doesn t understand that whilst we might like to be as rich as the founder of G More or less what you d expect if you invite a monstrously competitive person to spend 400 pages telling you why they were so successful But it has lots of insight and you come away thinking that you d ...My introduction to the world of Premier Leagues has been very very recent or lets say nascent However, reading this book gives immense perspective towards situations and most importantly circumstances that changed during the period Alex Fergusson managed the team His style of writing and refreshingly lucid and is not preachy at any point It is one of those rare books that focusses on circumstances, decisions and mistakes taken...

Leading
  • 17 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 416 pages
  • 0316268089
  • Alex Ferguson
  • Leading