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Iron Fists and Soft Touches: The Balancing Act of Leadership

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Iron Fists and Soft Touches: The Balancing Act of Leadership

We’ve spoken before how the modern style of leadership requires a nuanced humanist approach where an individual is emboldened to make mistakes. In this ever changing world, obtaining collective buy-in from the every member of the team is crucial to creating a winning environment. But is there still space for a more hard-nosed, authoritative style of leadership? We asked two of the leading minds in world sport, both of whom presented at our Elite Sport Summit earlier this year, to share their thoughts on the subject.

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Maintaining Focus: Navigating the Blitzboks’ Title Run-In

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Maintaining Focus: Navigating the Blitzboks’ Title Run-In

The South African Blitzboks need at least a Cup quarterfinal appearance in each of their remaining two tournaments to be crowned champions of the 2016-17 World Rugby Sevens Series. However, such premature talks of titles can prove derailing and in an exlusive interview with CONQA, coach Neil Powell explains how his team is maintaining their focus.

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