The failure of the US men’s national soccer team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup has upended a lot of things, including the US Soccer Federation presidential election. I often suggest lessons managers and organizations can learn from soccer. The upcoming Federation election offers a rare opportunity to do the reverse. I’m a…
Month: November 2017
Lessons for Organizations from Soccer: The myth of the magic bumper sticker, and execution matters.
“I think the task [of improving the success of the US men’s national soccer team] is a lot more complicated than people want to give it credit for. People want to believe it’s simple. It’s been a failing at U.S. Soccer that we’ve always had this attitude that if we just discover the one thing…
Lessons for Managers and Organizations from the US Men’s National Soccer Team
There are a number of lessons for managers and organizations can take away from the United States Men’s National Team’s appalling defeat to Trinidad and Tobago, a loss that means the US will not qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986. The US Men’s National Team faced two critical games in a week,…