CEIBS Visiting Professor of Management Shalom S. Saar advises business managers to look to the world’s elite football teams for examples of excellent– and not so excellent – coaching.
With the high-pitched, insect-like drone of the air-horns from South Africa’s football fans ringing in our ears, and our sleeping patterns seriously disrupted by a series of matches starting at 2:30 AM Asian time, many China-based World Cup fans suffered in June and July. During those weeks, it was easy to spot the puffy-eyed football aficionados struggling through the work week.
[Reprinted with permission from The China Europe International Business School.]