Coach like Jingles, Manage like Fergie

The world is in need of clear direction and positive leadership. Coach like Jingles and Manage like Fergie reflects on the qualities a leader in a coaching and management environment needs to succeed. This book does not only focus on leaders in the game of soccer but leaders in all spheres of life. Each chapter explores a certain characteristic that a leader needs to have in order to succeed on his or her journey.

Coach Pitso and Sir Ferguson have both displayed great attributes in their leadership and have shown that they can achieve anything, which is why people believe in them. They have shown great confidence, humility, authenticity and adherence to their principles and values in most of the things they do. As such it was easy for the author to choose them as examples and follow their journey for over seven years, allowing him to write about something close to his heart; leadership.

In Coach like Jingles and Manage like Fergie readers will take a journey of unpacking how the two greats built their success and achievements by being leaders that lead for life, and lead without compromise.

New managers, young captains, potential political faces and community or religious leaders: we are all on a journey to lead others to create a better environment. Sometimes it gets tough and we may be tempted to walk away from our roles but as you read Coach like Jingles and Manage like Fergie, you will understand that those phases are just part of the journey and that building attributes like being calm in chaos, confidence and maintaining strong values, are possible and we can learn from the greats and grow great ourselves.