What the World Cup can teach business leaders about top performers

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The World Cup can teach business leaders a lot about how to use talent most effectively.

This sentiment is often heralded in companies by everyone from middle managers to HR professionals to CEOs. It is a great sound bite. The problem: It is not true—at least, not entirely. An organization's star performers are its source of competitive advantage, and only if they are strategically assigned to the most critical roles.

Arsene Wenger walks out for the last time at Emirates stadium as Arsenal manager before the Premier League match between Arsenal and Burnley at Emirates Stadium on May 6, 2018 in London, England.Attempting to use the latest analytic techniques to build a team, we collected and analyzed data from Germany's first tier league, the Bundesliga, and evaluated the importance of individual positions.

Championship using a modified 5-4-1 formation in some games. The tactical flexibility of this formation is strongly linked to the fullbacks, for whom physical and tactical requirements are extremely high in this formation. When attacking, they can push into the midfield, leaving three defenders at the back and the order can morph into a 3-6-1 or even 3-4-3 formation.

Lastly, it is very important to note that the manager is the third most important variable in both models and overall, right behind the left and right fullbacks. If we were to include the effect of a manager's contribution with that of position players, we find that manager contributes 9.77 percent to team success.Timeout! What Makes American Games So Different?Soccer is a business where success is hard to predict and small differences matter.

3. Structure matters. Talent is an important piece of the story, but it is not the full story. In the Bundesliga, the 4-5-1 formation is the most successful, providing both stability and flexibility. In business, thinking creatively how to structure an organization can pay dividends.

 

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