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THE MAGAZINE OF THE LEAGUE MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
ISSUE 28£7.50
LEADERSHIP · INSIGHT · INSPIRATION
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FROM THE
EDITOR
Beane pioneered the art of
doing ‘a Moneyball’, flying in the
face of conventional wisdom
to spearhead a data-driven,
evidence-based approach.
In doing so much with so
relatively little he achieved something
comparable to Leicester’s ascent of
the Premier League table, yet he says
to make such a comparison would be
‘embarrassing’. Read the incredible
full interview on page 40.
One could argue that Leicester
City must have done little wrong
during the past unforgettable season.
But even Ranieri, fresh from being
crowned LMA Manager of the Year,
will be looking back as well as thinking
forward. Why fix what isn’t broken?
Because being broken isn’t your only
problem. Something can be working
just fine and still be barely fit for
purpose next year.
Achieving sustainable year-
on-year performance requires all
managers to constantly assess the
changing environment in which they
find themselves, the new teams at
their disposal and their own abilities
and approaches. In our feature on
page 26, experts including assistant
manager of Aston Villa Steve Clarke
and Motherwell’s Mark McGhee share
their experiences of how to do this.
As Clarke says, “If you stand still or
think you’ve done as well as you’re
ever going to, you’ll go backwards
while others get ahead.”
One man who knows a thing or two
about building on success is Eddie
Howe, who in his seven years as a
manager has taken Bournemouth from
League Two to the Barclays Premier
League and kept the club there.
Speaking in our cover feature on
page 12, he says of the close season,
“Every summer I ask the players to go
away and come back better, and I know
that to demand that means I need to
do the same.”
“Achieving sustainable year-on-year performance requires all managers to constantly assess the changing environment in which they find themselves”
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When Billy Beane, the legendary general manager of Oakland Athletics, says that what Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City achieved is beyond comparison, you know something incredible just happened.
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FROM THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
It has been a remarkable season
and I would like to congratulate
not only those who fought it
out successfully at the tops
and bottoms of their respective
leagues, but every manager
who has achieved their ambitions,
whatever their measure of success,
be it promotion, securing their league
status or exceeding expectations.
The 24th LMA Annual Awards Dinner
sponsored by Barclays provided the
perfect opportunity to commend
those managers of each league whose
accomplishments this season have made
them really stand out to their peers.
A 1,000-strong audience of managers,
commercial partners and guests came
together at Old Billingsgate, London, to
applaud Chris Wilder, Gary Caldwell and
Chris Hughton as they were presented
with Manager of the Year awards for
their respective Skybet leagues. Michael
O’Neill and Brian Lee MBE were also
formally recognised by the LMA, the
former with a Special Achievement
award and the latter with the LMA
Service to Football award.
Of course, the night would not have
been complete without taking the time
to express our utmost congratulations
to Barclays Premier League and LMA
Manager of the Year Claudio Ranieri, who
joined us straight from the club’s trophy
parade in Leicester.
Leicester City’s staggering
achievement epitomised what can
be achieved when a team of talented
individuals work together towards a
common goal and, by leading his side to
the Barclays Premier League, Claudio
has become an inspiration for managers
and coaches throughout the world. We
wish him and Leicester City the very
best of luck as they embark on a new
challenge next season, defending their
title and competing against Europe’s
elite in the UEFA Champions League.
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“I would like to congratulate every manager who has achieved their ambitions, whatever their measure of success, be it promotion, securing their league status or exceeding expectations”
“Rather than raising my voice to get what
I want, I believe insharing the reasons
behind my decisions”
Eddie Howe
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05 04 I I CONTENTS
In the Manager we aim to provide broad content that covers the four tenets upon which LMA Learning is based:
• YOU • YOUR TEAM • THE GAME • THE INDUSTRY Our navigation bar at the bottom of each feature indicates which area or areas the content applies to.
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
06 KICKING OFF: NEWS AND NUMBERS
08 LMA ANNUAL AWARDS Highlights from this year’s event, sponsored by Barclays
12 COVER STORY: EDDIE HOWE Behind the quiet leadership of the Bournemouth manager
18 PERSPECTIVES: WELCOME New recruits need your support to hit the ground running. Our experts, including Lee Johnson and David Flitcroft, explain how you can help
25 HOW TO: IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY
26 HOW AM I DOING? The close season is the perfect time to self-assess. But how? Steve Clarke and Mark McGhee share their approaches
33 REMARKABLE: HOPE
34 PATIENCE PAYS OFF Interview with Burton Albion’s Nigel Clough
38 10 IDEAS: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
40 DATA IS ON THE MONEY Billy Beane on the strategic use of analytics in sport
48 OUR MAN IN... THE US Sacramento Republic manager Paul Buckle
52 LISTEN AND CHANGE St. George’s Park and its team are constantly evolving and improving, says MD Julie Harrington
58 QUESTION YOUR APPROACH Jeremy Snape on how to educate as well as instruct
LIFESTYLE & WELLBEING
62 THE LIFE UPDATE Health facts and figures
64 THE ESSENTIALS Gadgets, golf and a great read
68 QUESTION TIME Part one of Dr Dorian Dugmore’s health and wellbeing audit
PITCH SIDE
72 EDUCATION PROVIDES A SAFETY NET Helping players prepare for the future
74 PLANNING TO OUTPERFORM The UCFB’s Brendan Flood looks for the winning formula
77 STEPPING UP A GEAR Why is Sytner such a great place to work?
78 INSPIRATIONAL MANAGERS Malcolm Allison
82 MITIGATING RISK Prozone on analytics in player recruitment
85 TWO TO WATCH Introducing two new members of the Nike Academy
87 SIZE ISN’T EVERYTHING The potential of bio-banding
89 THE EMIRATES FA CUP ...and other key FA Cups in numbers
91 PARK LIFE Highlights from St. George’s Park
92 INSIDE THE LMA
95 IN THE GAME
96 JUST A MOMENT
CONTENTS
IF YOU DON’T ASK...UK employees would rather do almost
anything than ask for a pay rise:
Clean the house 24%
Look for a new job 18%
Go to the dentist 6%
Run a marathon 3%(Robert Half UK)
BUT CHINA SPENT EVEN MORETHE CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE EXCEEDED
THAT SPENT BY THE PREMIER LEAGUE IN THE WINTER TRANSFER WINDOW, WITH
€331m HALF SPENT ON JUST SIX PLAYERS
But keeping players is proving more
difficult. Players arriving in the CSL
stay on average less than a year.
In the Premier League, meanwhile,
44 per cent of those signed last
winter didn’t stay for the new season.
(Soccerex Transfer Review)
WATFORD BIGGEST SPENDERS IN EUROPE
CHELSEA HIGHEST SALES IN EUROPE
NORWICH WERE THE MOST ACTIVE TEAM,
BRINGING IN EIGHT NEW PLAYERS IN THIS TRANSFER WINDOW
€43m22%OF YOUNG ADULTS BELIEVE
TAKING AN APPRENTICESHIP MEANS YOU’LL HAVE TO STICK WITH THAT CAREER FOR LIFE
41%WERE CONCERNED THAT
AN APPRENTICESHIP ISN’T SEEN AS A PROPER JOB
JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW
ON THE RIGHT PATH
Kelly Ball, joint managing director of Positive Outcomes, which produced
the study, says work needs to be done to dispel these myths:
“Many apprenticeship providers are keen to bring in the right talent
at a young age in order to nurture their abilities. Apprenticeships
provide you with fantastic transferable skills and unparalleled business
experience. What you learn as an apprentice will put you in good stead
for the rest of your career, whatever that happens to be.”
Asked why employees felt they
had failed to achieve the career
progression they’d hoped for:
39% identified poor line
management when they
entered the workplace or
at key points during their
careers as the biggest
reason
34% said it was largely due to a
lack of effective training
programmes at work
29% blamed negative
office politics
29% said it was due to
engrained work cultures
(CPD Employee Outlook survey March 2016)
FALLING SHORT
The results of the recent Global Assessment Barometer 2016 from
Cut-e provides a snapshot of global trends in the use of psychometric
assessments. Key findings:
• Organisations want to make better, less risky hiring decisions,
but also increasingly want to predict which candidates will be
the strongest performers
• Use of psychometric assessment is increasing, particularly for
recruiting managers, white-collar workers, graduates and apprentices
• Competency-based interviews are in decline
• Pre-application testing is increasing in popularity
• Nearly half of organisations use talent analytics
• There’s growing emphasis on assessing candidates for:
52% OF ORGANISATIONS USE ONLINE ASSESSMENT
FOR RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
UP 18 PER CENT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS
HIRE LEVEL
> ETHICAL WORKING > LEADERSHIP > CREATIVITY > CULTURAL FIT > LONG-TERM POTENTIAL > EMOTIONAL HEALTH/ABILITY TO COPE WITH STRESS• YOU • YOUR TEAM • THE GAME • THE INDUSTRY • YOU • YOUR TEAM • THE GAME • THE INDUSTRY
07 06 I I NEWSBITES
LMA MANAGER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY BARCLAYS CLAUDIO RANIERI LEICESTER CITY BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR CLAUDIO RANIERI LEICESTER CITY SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER OF THE YEAR CHRIS HUGHTON BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION SKY BET LEAGUE 1 MANAGER OF THE YEAR GARY CALDWELL WIGAN ATHLETIC SKY BET LEAGUE 2 MANAGER OF THE YEAR CHRIS WILDER NORTHAMPTON TOWNLEAGUE MANAGERS ASSOCIATION SERVICE TO FOOTBALL AWARD BRIAN LEE MBELEAGUE MANAGERS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MICHAEL O’NEILL NORTHERN IRELAND
24THANNUAL AWARDSDINNER
• YOU • YOUR TEAM • THE GAME • THE INDUSTRY • YOU • YOUR TEAM • THE GAME • THE INDUSTRY
09 08 I I LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
London’s Old Billingsgate, on the banks of the Thames, once
again provided the stunning setting for the LMA Annual
Awards Dinner, sponsored by Barclays. An audience of
over 1,000 LMA members, partners, friends and football
stakeholders came together to celebrate the efforts of
the 2015/16 season and to recognise those managers
considered by their peers to have achieved the most given
the resources available.
LMA chairman Howard Wilkinson said, “We gathered this
evening to celebrate the accomplishments of our managers
and coaches who have overseen one of the most competitive
and entertaining seasons in recent years. Throughout the top
four leagues we have witnessed success against all odds and
levels of excitement that have become synonymous with the
English game.”
He congratulated the winner of the LMA Manager of the
Year sponsored by Barclays, Claudio Ranieri, saying, “In his first
year as manager of Leicester City he has achieved the most
astonishing of sporting triumphs and thoroughly deserves all
the recognition and praise being bestowed upon him tonight.”
LMA chief executive Richard Bevan added, “Leicester's
achievement has been made possible by the tactical and
technical knowledge of Claudio and his coaching staff. His
passion for football, humility and charisma has underpinned an
incredible ability to manage a team at the very highest level.
He is a worthy champion and a true gentleman of the sport.
“On behalf of the LMA, many congratulations to the
managers who have been recognised by their peers and
received LMA Awards this evening.”
24THANNUAL AWARDSDINNER
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