The great football manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been discussing his successful managerial style with Harvard academics.
In dealing with a football-playing staff of 30 millionaires, fragile on confidence, Sir Alex reveals that he views “hard work” as a talent and says his expectation is that his players “work harder than anyone else”.
He also reveals that the most commonly used phrase is “well done”; a key to anyone in a managerial profession – and key to any good headteacher.
It is a shame that the armchair Sir Alex does not take this mantra to match days, where his intimidation of referees and their assistants has a major affect.
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