Mourinho on developing teams

"A leader will build a team in the comfort zone of their own preferences"

I recently read a fascinating interview with the new Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho in the Sunday Times (08.08.10). When asked, “What is the key elements to a pre-season with a new club? Mourinho answered, “you must come with two objectives. One: build a team in the human aspect. The other build a team from the tactical structural point of view.”

Commenting on the advantage of a pre-season USA tour he said; “When you go to Europe or Asia you’re effectively locked in - you train, you eat and you go to your room. Here you have space, they can walk, they can be together, they can go shopping. They really share the day with one another and that is very important for me to understand how they are, the way they behave, the way they relate with each other. The other element is to have clear ideas about the team: to know what we want, the principles we have to work.”

So many team leaders concentrate on only one of these two aspects. It is nearly always according to the way they are wired. A leader will build a team in the comfort zone of their own preferences. They can often be very relationally or overplay the tactical / structural element of team meetings.

Getting the balance right as Jose Mourinho has proved can help lead to amazing success

Mourinho on developing teams

I recently read a fascinating interview with the new Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho in the Sunday Times (08.08.10). When asked, “What is the key elements to a pre-season with a new club? Mourinho answered, “you must come with two objectives. One: build a team in the human aspect. The other build a team from the tactical structural point of view.”