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"Vicente del Bosque, manager of La Roja" by Dean Santiago Iniguez of IE Business School
Monday, 12 July 2010
Vicente del Bosque, manager of La Roja, by Santiago Iniguez
Santiago Iniguez, dean of IE Business School.
Strategic, steady, detached even, Vicente del Bosque, Manager of the Spanish football team, is the archetype cool, calm and cerebral football coach. His temperament is typical of Salamanca, the city where he was born.
He prepares the strategy for each match carefully, drawing in his notebook the arrangements for each position of the team players in the field. He or his assistants bring these notes to the pitch and they often refer to them during matches. If you look at the notes they are similar to the moves in a game of chess. He believes that playing well is a result of a carefully developed plan. For him, strategy takes priority over passion. He rarely shouts or expresses his emotions, keeping his cool instead. He is highly respectful towards the competition and often praises the strengths of rivals, both before the match and on winning. He very rarely accepts tributes and refers all congratulations to his team and the players. He is probably a prime example of elegant, effective and collaborative leadership. Unlike more outspoken showmen like Flavio Capello or José Mourinho, Del Bosque adopts a low profile and a somewhat austere attitude, which is proving to be a more intelligent and successful approach in the long run.
Del Bosque was a football player in his early years and believes that games are won in the middle of the field, as his positioning of the Spanish football team players on the pitch shows. He was also coach of Real Madrid Football Club between 1999 and 2003. During this time, he steered the club to its most successful achievements in modern history, taking it to two UEFA Champions League titles in 2000 and 2002, two domestic La Liga titles in 2001 and 2003, a Spanish Super cup in 2001, a UEFA Super Cup in 2002, and the Intercontinental Cup in 2002, as well as ensuring they finished among the last four of the UEFA Champions League every year he was in charge. Consequently, his replacement, just after the Real Madrid won its 23rd Spanish League Cup, sparked rumors about his differences with Florentino Perez, the then President of the Club.
Del Bosque’s attitude and leadership style evidences how important it is to show sportsmanship and courtesy on the coach’s bench. Football is not all about passion, rivalry and emotions. It is, or rather it should be, primarily a sport and an opportunity to bring out the best in people. In short, we need more examples like Vicente del Bosque.
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"Language means business" - European Commission
EU SMEs with a language strategy increased sales 10 to 25%.
EC.europa.eu/languages/languages-mean-business/evidence-from-research/
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A recent study carried out in SMEs in the 27 EU member countries clearly shows that companies with a consistent language strategy have increased sales turnover by 10 to 25%.
40 companies out of 182 screened companies were interviewed for the PIMLICO study, commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture. The study was completed in December 2010.
The results show that European companies still lose contracts because of language and cultural barriers. However, some companies have learned from their past communication problems and realised how crucial language management is when operating across borders.
10 successful companies were identified as the "top performers". They share in common the fact that they have a wide and innovative language strategy in place, which they apply to most of their actions.
- Download the full PIMLICO report
[2 MB] - Download the summary [91 KB]
Another study carried out in 2006 showed that companies clearly benefit from implementing different language techniques.
The ELAN study included 195 SMEs in 29 countries, focusing on small and medium-sized businesses and language strategies. The report revealed that companies applying one or more of the following practices were more profitable than the average SME:
- developing a language strategy;
- hiring native speakers;
- recruiting people with proven language skills;
- using language professionals, such as translators or interpreters.
On the other hand, the study also showed that a significant number of contracts - in some cases worth up to several million euro - were lost in Europe due to language and cultural barriers.
- Download the full ELAN report [426 KB] - "Effects on the European Economy of Shortages of Foreign Language Skills in Enterprises"
- Download the summary [27 KB]
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Tyba, IE startup created by BBA students, has won the Public Vote Award at The Next Web Startup Rally
Tyba wants to make it easier for employers to find the perfect junior staff (TNW)
The Next Web Conference Europe 2013, has announced the winners of TNW Startup Rally.
Tyba, startup created by BBA Students Jorge Schnura, Eiso Kant and Philip Von Have has won the Public Vote Award
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