{"id":2384,"date":"2020-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-organisational-diversity-in-complexity\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:19:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:19:59","slug":"virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-organisational-diversity-in-complexity","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-organisational-diversity-in-complexity\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Leaders Meet Total High Performance: Organisational Development in Complexity"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/southampton-session-card-1.png);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Nov 16, 2020                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Virtual Leaders Meet Total High Performance: Organisational Development in Complexity<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/coaching-development-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching &amp; Development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/leadership-culture-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Culture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/summit-session\/\" rel=\"tag\">Summit Session<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-organisational-diversity-in-complexity\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-organisational-diversity-in-complexity\/&#038;text=Virtual Leaders Meet Total High Performance: Organisational Development in Complexity\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Virtual Leaders Meet Total High Performance: Organisational Development in Complexity. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-organisational-diversity-in-complexity\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-total-high-performance-organisational-diversity-in-complexity\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/474742013\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><p>When Matt Crocker agreed to become Southampton\u2019s Director of Football Operations, almost 12 months ago to the day, Covid-19 was still a remote and faraway concern.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, having started in February, Crocker has worked with Southampton through the myriad challenges posed by the pandemic to optimise high performance across all levels and all teams at the club.<\/p>\n<p>In the first session of the day, Crocker shared what he and Southampton have learnt from the pandemic and how the club makes good on its desire for alignment. He also reflects on his time spent at the Football Association [FA].<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crocker is proud of Southampton\u2019s fine form upon their return to Premier League action in June, even leading the division for a period last weekend, and there are four areas where work done during the pandemic endures in current practice:<\/p>\n<p>1. You don\u2019t have to lead from the front \u2013 it\u2019s about the right people at the right time. Create the right platform for the right expert and employ collaborative staff with growth mindsets.<\/p>\n<p>2. Collaboration and communication \u2013 make sure that players and staff feel emotionally connected to the club. This is not just a job.<\/p>\n<p>3. Staying connected off-site \u2013 make sure that remote-working staff feel connected and their roles feel important.<\/p>\n<p>4. Community\/foundation work \u2013 show that you care about the local community and build that connection to the local community through appropriate initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Southampton also created alignment between their under-23s team and their first team to bridge the notorious gap between the two across football. The 23s were taken out of their academy and styled as a \u2018B-team\u2019. A first team\/B-team playbook has been devised detailing Southampton\u2019s preferred style of play and position-specific profiles, how they train, the types of training sessions and when they are done. There are days when the two squads play together, pitch by pitch, and players are shared; schedules can be adjusted to allow the first team to train in the afternoon and the B-team to train it in the morning, which enables first team coaches to work with the younger players. \u201cThere has been some good work mapping player progress from the B-team to the first team,\u201d says Crocker. \u201cIt\u2019s almost a concept of \u2018keeping your shirt but chasing the one ahead of you\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reflecting on his time at the FA, Crocker saw the value of specialist-generalist coaches who are continually upskilling. He cites the FA\u2019s model of People &amp; Team Development, devised by former Head of Team Strategy &amp; Development Dave Reddin. The idea was that psychological support at international level begins with the coaches, who are upskilled beyond their grass work and coaching acumen. \u201cThe biggest lever we can pull is off the pitch in international football,\u201d says Crocker.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":2385,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[22,20,33],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2384","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-development-performance","category-leadership-culture-performance","category-summit-session"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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