36 From good to great at Southampton Football Club
In this chapter I share insights from a team coaching engagement conducted with my colleague Dean Taylor on behalf of Southampton Football Club (SFC), a top tier British Premier League soccer club. We were initially invited to work with the SFC’s Senior Management Team (SMT), an intentionally leaderless team of 12 peers reporting to the board and incorporating both the ‘football’ side of the organisation (e.g. directors of medical support, performance science and scouting/player recruitment) and its corporate functions (e.g. heads of HR, marketing, finance, IT, legal and operations). SFC operates as a business, not a ‘billionaire’s plaything’ and the board’s vision for the club ...
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