Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches by Carlo Ancelotti

Author:Carlo Ancelotti [Ancelotti, Carlo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780241975381
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2016-05-26T00:00:00+00:00

5. The Workplace

There is a great deal of mystique surrounding the inner sanctum of the dressing room, but it has the same dynamics as any workplace. An awareness of the sensitivities of specific environments is an essential part of any leader’s toolbox and acclimatizing quickly to these intense environments is something that I have had to do throughout my managerial career.

On the first day at a club, the players and staff show me respect for what I have achieved, as a player and as a manager. After that, they are looking, watching you every day: What you are doing? How easy is your behaviour? Are you serious, are you professional? These are the questions going through the players’ minds, and it is like sitting an exam every day. If they don’t think you can add value to them, the players don’t care who you’ve played for, who you’ve managed. It works the other way too. If they think you can add value, they don’t care whether you’ve played or not.

It’s all about what you can do for them, because talented people are very selfish. They want their talent to be nurtured. To the players, it’s all about helping them get better, and if I can’t then I’m no use to them.

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