The New York Times’ Rory Smith recently wrote about former Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner’s purchase of Portsmouth FC, a storied English soccer team that recently “flirted with oblivion.” Smith’s piece offers three lessons and one caution for managers and organizations beyond soccer. Portsmouth Football Club, also called Pompey, was founded in 1898. Over its 120-year history the team…
Month: January 2018
A Noisy US Soccer Presidential Campaign is Going as Predicted
The election for President of the US Soccer Federation is in about three weeks, making this a good time to check in on the race to lead the governing body of soccer in America. A quick review for those whose interest in politics runs more to Michael Wolffthan Josh Wolff: Soccer in the US is overseen by the US…
Democrats can win and bring Americans together with civil religion
“America isn’t a map or a flag. Our country isn’t a president or a party. We are an articulation of a faith in what we are at our best.” As originally published in The Hill