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Leading

By: Alex Ferguson, Michael Moritz
Narrated by: Alex Ferguson, James Macpherson, Simon Slater
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What does it take to lead a team to world-class success over a sustained period of time?Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the few leaders who truly knows. In his 38 years in management, Sir Alex won an astonishing 49 trophies and helped grow Manchester United into one of the biggest commercial brands in the world.

In this inspirational and straight-talking new book, Sir Alex reveals the secrets behind his record-breaking career.

Leading is structured around the key skills that Sir Alex values most highly. It includes subjects we immediately associate with his managerial style: Discipline, Control, Teamwork and Motivation. But it also addresses subjects that are less obvious but no less important when seeking success: Delegation, Data Analysis and Dealing with Failure.

Written with the investor Sir Michael Moritz, a longstanding friend of Sir Alex, Leading is packed with insight, wisdom, humour and honesty. The individual stories inevitably concern themselves with football, and the phenomenal success that came along the way, but the lessons can be applied by anyone. Whether you run a business, teach in a classroom, or work in a small team, Leading will help you become a better leader.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©2015 Sir Alex Ferguson & Sir Michael Moritz (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton
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Leadership 101. tactical and brilliant. A must read for anyone looking to enhance their leadership skills

Brilliant

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enjoyed the book, enjoyed this insights into how a preview league football club works and Sir Alex is undoubtedly one of its greatest managers.

however, I didn't feel the book offered a way to lead, you need to read between the lines and adapt his world to yours.

don't expect to become a good leader from this....

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Great listen for football fans and those generally interested in football and leadership, throughly enjoyable

Facinating Insight into Football Management

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Lots of learning and wisdom.
not an academic book. more a life real experience
I highly recommend it

balance of learning and storytelling

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I enjoyed this as much as his autobiography. There are pepperings of great insight throughout. The voice actor is great to listen to (very relaxing) but there are three or four occasions where extra information has been poorly stitched in using another voice actor which is quite offputting.

Read this if you are interested in football - it certainly isn't the business book it is weirdly marketed as. The epilogue is also worth avoiding - some odious banker rattling on for an hour and a half trying to stitch his story to that of Fergie.

Solid - Worth a read

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