Leading

Alex Ferguson with Michael Moritz

ISBN 10: 1473621178 / ISBN 13: 9781473621176

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2015

About this Item

Hardcover. First Edition. Leading. Epilogue by Michael Moritz. Very slight shelf wear and tiny tear to top edge of D/J. This book is structured around the key skills that Sir Alex values most highly. It includes subjects we immediately associate with his managerial style: Discipline, Control, Teamwork and Motivation. But it also addresses subjects that are less obvious but no less important when seeking success: Delegation, Data Analysis and Dealing With Failure. Written with the investor Sir Michael Moritz, a longstanding friend of Sir Alex, this book is packed with insight, wisdom, humour and honesty. The individual stories inevitably concern themselves with football, and the phenomenal success that came along the way, but the lessons can be applied to anyone. Whether you run a business, teach in a classroom, or work in a small team, this book will help you become a better leader. Illustrated. 406 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leading
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473621178
• ISBN 13: 9781473621176
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Fine/Very Good plus. First Edition Hardcover. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper and lower edges and minor traces of storage. 406pp. Sir Alex Ferguson reveals the secrets behind his record-breaking career of an astonishing 49 trophies as manager of Manchester United. ISBN 1473621178

About the Author

Sir Alex Ferguson was born in 1941 in Govan, Scotland. A goal-scoring centre-forward, he was later transferred to Rangers for a Scottish record transfer fee. In 1974, he entered management with East Stirlingshire and St Mirren before joining Aberdeen, where consistent domestic success, followed by victory in the 1983 Cup Winners' Cup over Real Madrid, brought him wider attention. Arriving at Manchester United in 1986, he went on to accumulate 38 trophies, including five FA Cups, 13 Premier Leagues and two Champions Leagues. He was knighted in 1999, following Manchester United's remarkable Treble campaign, and his overall haul of 49 trophies makes him the most successful British manager of all time. Sir Alex announced his retirement in 2013, but he continues to serve United as a director and is a Fellow to the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School. Sir Michael Moritz was born in Cardiff, studied at Oxford and became a journalist at Time magazine in the US in the late 1970s. It was during this period that he met the young Steve Jobs and wrote the first book about Apple, The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer. Moritz co-authored a second business book, Going for Broke: The Chrysler Story, and in 1986 joined Sequoia Capital, in Silicon Valley, California. Sequoia Capital's close alliances with young founders have been transformed into companies now worth nearly $1.5 trillion - the most of any private investment firm in the world. These include the first investments in companies such as Apple and Cisco and, more recently, YouTube, Airbnb, Dropbox and WhatsApp. Michael Moritz has been a member of the Board of Directors of Google, Yahoo!, PayPal and LinkedIn. In 2012 he became chairman of Sequoia Capital and was knighted in 2013. His family's philanthropic work includes Europe's largest scholarship programme for low income university students. The son of refugees from Nazi Germany, he lives in San Francisco with his wife, Harriet Heyman.