Product Description

"This book makes a convincing case that there are good management lessons to be learned "from the dugout".... The lessons go well beyond team-building and motivation, to include the management of stress, dealing with mavericks, attention to detail, enthusiasm, recruitment and, of course, luck." 
Management Today magazine

What does it take to become a talent manager of premiership standard?

Football managers lead high-talent teams under intensely stressful conditions, where every action is open to scrutiny. Just like today's business environment. Time to learn the lessons from the best and the worst at the ultimate talent-management game.

In 90-minute Manager, Bolchover and Brady analyse the characteristics of the very best of football managers, past and present, to uncover exactly what it is that makes them so exceptional and what modern business leaders can learn from their style and methodology.  From Herbert Chapman’s triumphs in the 1930s, through the highs of Don Revie, Jock Stein, Matt Busby and Bill Shankly, through to the modern day masters including Arsene Wenger, Gerard Houllier, Alex Ferguson, Martin O'Neill, Fabio Capello and Sven-Goran Eriksson.  Strengths and weaknesses, strategies and tactics are examined to answer classic modern management questions, such as:

- do the best managers have to be both great strategists and inspirational motivators?
- what makes top talent want to work for a particular manager?
- how important is the 'right-hand' man and what qualities make the very best pairing?
- should a team ever be built around a single outstanding individual?
- what are the key personality characteristics that define a great talent manager?
- is the ideal manager for a winning team a different man from that for a struggling team?

Football truly is the management of independence, which is also the cornerstone of modern information-rich organisations.   Managers everywhere can learn from football's best strategists, talent-managers and motivators as they steer the ultimate flexible teams to consistently successful peformance.

Whether you are a business person looking for improved performance, a passionate follower of the beautiful game, or both, you'll find The 90-minute Manager as insightful as it is entertaining.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #413804 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 295 pages

Review
"This book makes a convincing case that there are good management lessons to be learned "from the dugout".... The lessons go well beyond team-building and motivation, to include the management of stress, dealing with mavericks, attention to detail, enthusiasm, recruitment and, of course, luck." 
                                                                  Management Today, April 2002

Management Today, April 2002
The lessons go well beyond team-building and motivation, to include management of stress, enthusiasm, dealing with mavericks, recruitment... and luck

From the Back Cover

What does it take to become a talent manager of premiership standard?

Football managers lead high-talent teams under intensely stressful conditions, where every action is open to scrutiny, just like today's business environment. Time to learn the lessons from the best and the worst at the ultimate man management game

In The 90-minute manager, Bolchover and Brady analyse the characteristics of the very best of football managers in Britain, past and present, to uncover exactly what it is that makes them so exceptional and what modern business leaders can learn from their style and methodology. From Herbert Chapman’s triumphs in the 1920s, through the highs of Don Revie, Jock Stein, Matt Busby and Bill Shankly, through to the modern day masters including Arsene Wenger, Gerard Houllier, Alex Ferguson and SvenGoran Eriksson, strengths and weaknesses are examined to answer classic modern management questions, such as:

Do the best managers have to be both great strategists and inspirational motivators?

• What makes top talent want to work for a particular manager?
• How important is the 'right-hand' man and what qualities make the very best pairing?
• How can ‘team spirit’ be created?
• What are the key personality characteristics that define a great talent manager?
• Is the ideal manager for a winning team a different man from that for a struggling team?
  

Whether you are a business person looking for improved performance, or a passionate follower of the beautiful game, or both, The 90-minute manager is as insightful as it is entertaining.

Customer Reviews

Great book even for non-football fanatics
I am not a great football fan but still found the book an excellent read - very good lessons can be drawn for general management. In our small business, we distributed the book on an in house training course to emphasis certain points on motivation, leadership etc and it went down extremely well.

Superb Management Book
This is an extremely readable book, which makes a number of serious points. British business needs this book, because it under-rates management. By making analogies with the popular world of professional football the book is able to impart a number of important lessons - the most telling of which is its emphasis on the different skills required for managing as opposed to playing.
The book peppers its analysis with plenty of examples from the worlds of both soccer and business. The legendary Liverpool manager, Bill Shankly, for instance, had his shoes fitted with steel caps so that the players could here him coming. Authority, mixed with a deep psychological insight into each of his players, was an essential ingredient in his and the club's success.
From business we learn of Sir Ian Prosser's " Chairman's list " at Bass. " The names on the list can expect accelerated promotion but with it comes increased responsibility. They must adhere to the cultural ethos of the organization, promote best practice and provide a behavioural example of the company's core values."
Football is an excellent and accessible model for management, and the authors are to be congratulated for producing an excellent guide.

Very intuitive and powerful comparison
In his book, Bolchover makes a convincing argument that many practices in football management are directly relevant to business management. I am a senior manager myself and, whilst not a footy fan at all, found this book to be a very useful tool in lateral thinking - I simply had not come at it from this angle before.
Would strongly suggest that all business managers read this - it will open your mind !