John Hunt Publishing - Changemakers Books - announces the new title
Soccer Thinking for Management Success Lessons for organizations from the world's game Peter Loge The modern world is networked and always working. Organizations no longer have the luxury of time. Expertise is no longer confined to a couple of smart guys in corner offices, reviewing information to which only they have access and issuing instructions through layers of middle-men to nine-to-fivers who carry out the dictates and feed paper back up the chain, awaiting the next set of instructions. Today’s successful organization is decentralized and never stops moving. In fact, organizational success is a lot like soccer. Every player is both a specialist and generalist. Responsibility on the field is distributed, and everyone on the team works for everyone else. Communication among players is constant. Soccer is 90 minutes of systems thinking in action. Soccer Thinking for Management Success is by a soccer fan and player who has spent a career building and running teams and organizations. He draws on insights from leaders, known and not-so-well-known who use soccer thinking to succeed. This is not just another book on how to be a great leader by a famous person. This is a management and leadership book by, and for, the rest of us. Author Bio A respected strategic consultant, over the past two decades Peter Loge has worked with everyone from "America's Funniest Home Videos" and the American Farmland Trust, to WickedCoolStuff.com and the World Wildlife Fund. He holds degrees from Emerson College, Syracuse University, and Arizona State University, and is an Associate Fellow of Timothy Dwight College at Yale University. www.peterloge.com Online: Facebook, Author Website, Blog, Twitter Endorsements Though it may not have been apparent at first, I quickly learned that many of the principles and skills I learned on the soccer field and in the locker room directly applied to my new life in an office, handling and managing some of the brightest people I've ever met. Peter's book seamlessly brings both worlds together and shows just how similar they can be. Danny Karbassiyoon, Co-Founder , PLAYRMAKR and Total Soccer: Road to Glory, author of The Arsenal Yankee, first American to score at Arsenal Promotional Plans Author website, blog, social media. A coordinated online campaign promoting themes or ideas in the book, including short 300-500 word blog posts tying soccer to management issues in the news, management issues facing soccer coaches, writings on business and connections to soccer. Talks and panels at conferences and corporate events. Speakers will include the author and an established soccer expert (i.e. a coach, player, or administrator). USP The first “soccer and the practicalities of management or success” popular press book. Competing Books Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United (0316268100), by Sir Alex Ferguson Hachette Books; Reprint edition, 2016 Categories BUSINESS & ECONOMICS (General)(BUS041000) -> Management(BUS041000) SPORTS & RECREATION (General)(SPO068000) -> Business Aspects(SPO068000) SPORTS & RECREATION (General)(SPO040000) -> Soccer(SPO040000)	Publication Date July 2018 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78535-754-1 $22.95  |  £12.99 8.5x5.5 inches | 216x140 mm 184PP e-book ISBN: 978-1-78535-755-8 $11.99  |  £6.99 Library of Congress 2017948402
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