Leadership Lessons

from Football

Pallavi Sharma
GNOV10HRM079
José
Mourinh
o is a
Portugues
e
Football
Manager
and the
current
manager
of Real
Madrid
José Mourinho
 Mourinho started as a player but was
unable to forge a meaningful career in
the game and switched to management
 He became an assistant to Sir Bobby
Robson and worked with him at Sporting
Clube de Portugal and Porto before
following him to Barcelona
 He returned to Porto in 2002 as the head
coach and since then has led teams like
Chelsea and Inter-Milan to become
Champions
“ One of the greatest Football
Managers ever ”
Pillars to High Performance
Leadership
 Leading from the mind’s eye
 Love your People
 Cycle of Bonding
 Handling Diversity
 Stand like a Rock
 Inspire and Lead
 Nurture Leaders

Leading from the mind ’ s
eye
 Percolate the Vision
 Visionary Leader
 Even in defeat he
refuses to let his team
feel like a loser
 “It’s no fluke that after
a defeat, Inter gets
straight back on its
feet. That’s all thanks
to Mourinho”, Diego
Milito, Inter Milan

“ I love players who love to win .
They not only win in 90 minutes ,
but every day , every training
session , in every moment of
their lives ”
Love your People
 Mourinho was a coach, friend and secure
base to all his players wherever he went


 Interactive Leader


  There was such a spirit of camaraderie in

the Chelsea dressing room


 He loved his players and his fans

 “ You must create a positive atmosphere and make
everyone feel part of the group . In this club , if
you go to the barrier , the man at the door feels
part of the group and success ”
 Cycle of Bonding
 Motivate and
Inspire
 “His training
sessions are
spectacular. They
have great
intensity but we
don’t feel tired
because we are
extremely
motivated.” -
Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
“ I love him as a man and
as a manager ”
Handling Diversity
 Portugal, England, Italy, Spain


 People-Management Skills


 Real Madrid – Handling the “ All Stars

Team ”


 MBWA to MBCA



“ I studied Italian
five hours a day for
many months to ensure
I could communicate
with the players ,
media and fans .”
Stand like a Rock
 Inspire and Lead

“ We had 45 minutes to
change things , and I asked
them ‘ are you scared of it
or are you going to enjoy
it? ’
Nurture Leaders
 Transformational Leader


 Leaders in making:
 John Terry (England)
 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
 Peter Cech (Czech Republic)
 Michael Ballack (Germany)
 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
Learning for
Organizations
Lessons for Organizations
Leadership is about
creating something
out of nothing . It
is about creating
somebody out of a
nobody . This is what
makes Jose , the
“ Special One ”