{"product_id":"9781447294351","title":"The Art of Captaincy : What Sport Teaches Us About Leadership","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Brearley, Mike, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 18\/06\/2015,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Pan Books,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Cricket, Sociology: sport and leisure\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781447294351\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMike Brearley is one of the most successful cricket captains of all time, and, in 1981, he captained the England team to the momentous Ashes series victory against Australia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn The Art of Captaincy, his study on leadership and motivation, he draws directly on his experience of man-managing a team, which included a pugnacious Ian Botham and Geoffrey Boycott, to explain what it takes to be a leader on and off the field. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiving an insight into both his tactical understanding of the game, as well as how to get a group of individuals playing as a team in order to get the best out of them, The Art of Captaincy is a classic handbook on how to generate, nurture and inspire success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a foreword by former England player and BBC commentator Ed Smith, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of its first publication, and an afterword by director Sam Mendes, The Art of Captaincy remains urgently relevant for cricket fans and business leaders alike. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCovering the ability to use intuition, resourcefulness, clear-headedness and the importance of empathy as a means of achieving shared goals, Brearley's seminal account of captaincy is both the ultimate blueprint for creating a winning mind set, but also shows how the lessons in the sporting arena can be applied to any walk of personal and professional life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022580023449,"sku":"9781447294351","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781447294351.jpg?v=1594323861","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781447294351","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}