Kevin Keegan’s Secrets Of Leadership

Kevin Keegan and BigChange founder Martin Port.

When should leaders invest in homegrown talent or go headhunting? Is there a place in a team for driven but disruptive employees? Footballing legend Kevin Keegan answers the questions.

Keegan OBE had a huge playing career followed with a huge football managerial career including as England boss. He and BigChange founder Martin Port have creted series of video interviews.

You can watch the first interview below and watch the whole series - Click Here

 

BigChange

BigChange is a mobile workforce management technology company. Kevin Keegan’s Secrets of Leadership is a nine-part YouTube series exploring the qualities of successful leaders. The series draws on Keegan’s years of experience as a player and manager and includes some of the lessons he learned playing under Sir Alf Ramsey and Bill Shankly.

With their shared experience of getting teams to perform at the top of their game, as well as the challenges that come along the way, Keegan and Port discover there are many similarities between building a great football team and a great business.

 

 “I am happy to talk about how I approached leadership throughout my football career. When we talk about leadership we probably all do it in slightly different ways -  but for me, trust and respect are two of the most important things.”

– Kevin Keegan 

Footballer, Football Manager & BigChange Ambassador

 

Great leaders

"As I developed as a player and a manager I made a conscious effort to learn from everyone I met - including what not to do sometimes - and it’s the same for many business leaders,” continues Keegan. Port, founder and CEO of BigChange, adds: “I’ve been lucky enough to pick Kevin’s brain in the time he’s been an ambassador for BigChange. There is a huge amount that any leader can learn from his career. The question we were really trying to get at, throughout the series, was what makes a great leader. More often than not, the answer is the same in business as it is in football.”

 

 

 

Picture: Kevin Keegan and BigChange founder Martin Port.

Article written by Cathryn Ellis
30th October 2020

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