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One of our best known sports leaders, the 2003 World Cup winning Head coach of England’s rugby team, Sir Clive Woodward, shared his experience of transferring leadership methods between sport and business with an audience of the region’s entrepreneurial leaders at the Hilton, Gateshead 20th April 2010. Here's an exclusive behind the scenes video interview
It was the second time that the Entrepreneurs’ Forum’s have invited Sir Clive to the region and comes at a time when opinion suggests that entrepreneurs will play a key role in leading the region out of the tough economic climate of the last 18 months.
Sir Clive kicked off by emphasising that talent alone is not enough and that a thirst for knowledge is essential in maximising the potential of any individual or team; something that will have reassured the 160 delegates, Entrepreneurs’ Forum members and guests who were primed and ready to learn as much as possible to take back for the benefit of their businesses.
Sir Clive’s coaching style is based on experience from the business world, from being an international player and learning to coach with hands on experience once retired from his playing career. As such, many of his coaching methods were new to rugby and he created an environment where change thinking and thinking differently became the norm.
He was the first full time England rugby coach of the professional era and he developed his ideas based on 9 years in the corporate world with Xerox and, perhaps more crucially, 9 years running his own IT leasing company alongside his sporting career. It was this practical experience developed from different fields that has shaped his approach to sportsleadership.
He is currently the Olympic Performance Director for the British Olympic Association., working alongside other key stakeholders in British sport all aimed at delivering a successful outcome for as many sports and athletes as possible for the London 2012 games.