{"id":624,"date":"2021-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/reports\/leaders-digest-clubhouse-gamestop-and-the-financial-implications-for-sport\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T16:13:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:13:48","slug":"leaders-digest-clubhouse-gamestop","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-clubhouse-gamestop\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Digest: Clubhouse, GameStop and the financial implications for sport."},"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\/3\/2021\/08\/Superbowl-header.jpg);\">\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                                Feb 03, 2021                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\" 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>Articles<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Leaders Digest: Clubhouse, GameStop and the financial implications for sport.<\/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\/sport-business\/category\/brands-sponsorship-sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brands &amp; Sponsorship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/digital-media-sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Digital &amp; Media<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/investment-and-ownership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Investment &amp; Ownership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/leadership-and-culture\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Culture<\/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\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-clubhouse-gamestop\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-clubhouse-gamestop\/&#038;text=Leaders Digest: Clubhouse, GameStop and the financial implications for sport.\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Leaders Digest: Clubhouse, GameStop and the financial implications for sport.. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-clubhouse-gamestop\/\">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\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-clubhouse-gamestop\/<\/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                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Charting the money, the moves, and the media across the global business of sport.<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<h6>By <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesEmmett\">James Emmett <\/a><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hello one and all; James Emmett here with the latest edition of the Leaders Digest, your fortnightly round-up of what matters across the global business of sports and entertainment. Thanks for welcoming me into your inbox; and thanks, too, to my excellent colleague David Cushnan for keeping the engine oiled and the wheels turning while I\u2019ve been away over the last month. To business:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>4\u00a0 Questions, Answered<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>1.)\u00a0 \u00a0 Should Netflix buy a sports league?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s almost certainly <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/0d7a9a79c6-shareType-nongift20\/dcs3d\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">a better option<\/a> than a traditional rights deal. (NB \u2013 but it won\u2019t).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.)\u00a0 \u00a0 Is there one single action that can sum up what\u2019s happening in the <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/1f-afde-4664-ba4c-939e0c00b3fb\/dcs3g\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">French football TV rights crisis<\/a>?<\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing the collapse of the ambitiously priced Mediapro deal, a contentious tender process this week has ended with no bids matching LFP\u2019s reserve price. Dependable but slighted French football broadcasters beIN and Canal Plus refused to bid. But arguably the thing that sums the whole sorry story up is the fact that Jean-Michel Roussier, Editorial Director of Mediapro\u2019s Telefoot network, the entity that kicked it all off, reportedly put in a bid as an individual himself. Quelle bizzarerie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.)\u00a0 \u00a0 Any thoughts on Clubhouse?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe covered it in last week\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/itch-and-dazns-new-f1-channel-\/dcs3j\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Broadcast Disruptors Bulletin<\/a> and the buzz around the new audio-only, invite-only platform continues. I\u2019m yet to have any original thoughts on it, so here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/rra-status-1356600427387748355\/dcs3l\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">a pretty good one<\/a> \u2013 on how it could fit into a monetisation model &#8211; from someone else (Matt Navarra, who is great).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.)\u00a0 \u00a0 Is the GameStop\/Robinhood farrago significant for the sports industry?<\/strong><br \/>\nI certainly wouldn\u2019t categorise myself as a full time banker, so my understanding of last week\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/pGoM-ab-channel-PeakProsperity\/dcs3n\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">retail trader pile-in on GameStop<\/a>, a spluttering \u2018old world\u2019 retailer that had been shorted by hedge funds only to have its share price skyrocketed by an unconventional wave of small-scale investors, is several layers below expert. I\u2019m led to believe that short squeezing and manipulated market spikes are nothing new, but the way the manipulation occurred \u2013 basically via a Reddit message board, some motivated and powerful influencers, and an online community of several thousand ready to be persuaded, to \u2018take action against Wall Street\u2019 (however misguided), and to make a little money in the process (however misguided) \u2013 is new. What\u2019s this got to do with sport? Well, can there be a more potentially motivated online community than a fanbase? Is there now an instrument through which a fanbase can now tangibly affect a publicly listed sports entity? Could an army of small-scale retail traders not \u2018artificially\u2019 boost a football club\u2019s share price, allowing it to issue a new round of shares to raise capital? Or even take a concerted and sustained short position to put pressure, for example, on unpopular majority owners? In short, maybe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Digest, Digested<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/o-define-digital-sport-in-2021\/dcs3q\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Seven trends to define digital sport in 2021 <\/a>(12 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/ends-and-predictions-for-2021-\/dcs3s\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Murray Barnett | Trends and predictions for 2021 <\/a>(6 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/ksnjZ4uVIDU3Y5ShwVmVJqr1s-Ylj0\/dcs3v\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">2021 trend reports <\/a>(hundreds of minutes)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/lobal-volleyball-deal-12205376\/dcs3x\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Private equity giant CVC aims to score with $300m global volleyball deal <\/a>(2 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/worse-off-and-loaded-with-debt\/dcs3z\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Burnley\u2019s US takeover has left club \u00a390m worse off and loaded with debt <\/a>(3 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/4999ca107f-7eded4bc39-70743485\/dcs42\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Benedict Evans presentation: The Great Unbundling <\/a>(71 minutes)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/zen-gabell-and-hannah-redfern-\/dcs44\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Chain Conversations: Lenah Ueltzen-Gabell and Hannah Redfern <\/a>(22 mins)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What&#8217;s new<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0On-field branding at the Super Bowl <\/strong>\u2013 well, kind of. Six sponsors will be paying between $1.5 million and $2 million to take <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/g-Bell-2021-01-28-NFL-LED-aspx\/dcs48\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">newly created LED board inventory<\/a> to cover the first seven rows of seats at the Super Bowl this weekend. It\u2019s a makegood, but once you\u2019ve popped, can you stop?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What&#8217;s trending?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0Trends <\/strong>\u2013 of course, tis (still) the season and all that. Here are three worth clicking on: Seven League\u2019s always insightful <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/o-define-digital-sport-in-2021\/dcs3q\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">annual digital forecast<\/a> (it\u2019s a hard agree from me on trend number seven in here especially), Murray Barnett gives his own <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/ends-and-predictions-for-2021-\/dcs3s\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">comprehensive overview of the year ahead<\/a>, and a veritable <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/ksnjZ4uVIDU3Y5ShwVmVJqr1s-Ylj0\/dcs3v\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">pan-industry treasure trove<\/a> unearthed by the Howard Carter of trend digging, David Cushnan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0PE investment in second tier sports <\/strong>\u2013 There\u2019s been a lot of noise in football, but the real deals are being done one layer below, it seems. Fresh from a raft of investments in rugby, <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/lobal-volleyball-deal-12205376\/dcs3x\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">CVC has signed a reported $300 million deal with the International Volleyball Federation<\/a> that should see a structural and commercial overhaul across the sport. Former DAZN leader Simon Denyer is onboard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>People<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Got\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Scottish Rugby COO <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/eplacing-long-standing-lawwell\/dcs4b\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\"><strong>Dominic McKay<\/strong> will leave his role later this year to replace Peter Lawwell as CEO of <strong>Celtic<\/strong><\/a>. Lawwell will retire in June having been CEO of the Glasgow club since 2003.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Ceri Reed<\/strong> has been appointed as the <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/ceri-reed-as-managing-director\/dcs4d\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">new MD of The Playbook brand communications agency.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>John Cooper<\/strong> has been promoted to the role of <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/role-at-endeavor-img-entities-\/dcs4g\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">General Counsel at <strong>Endeavor&#8217;s<\/strong> experiences, rights and events businesses.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Rob Bloom<\/strong> has left his role as Group Digital Director at McLaren for the <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/in-aston-martin-racing-as-cmo-\/dcs4j\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">new position of CMO at the <strong>Aston Martin F1<\/strong> team.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Former Facebook VP and San Francisco 49ers CFO <strong>Cipora Herman<\/strong> has been appointed as <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/os-angeles-2028-olympic-herman\/dcs4l\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">the new CFO of the<strong> LA 2028 <\/strong><\/a>organising committee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Former Liverpool CEO <strong>Peter Moore<\/strong> has rejoined the gaming industry, having taken up a new role as <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/peter-moore-joins-unity-\/dcs4n\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">SVP and GM of Sports &amp; Live Entertainment at video game development company <strong>Unity Software<\/strong><\/a>. Before joining Liverpool in 2017, Moore had held leadership roles at Sega, Microsoft and EA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Former Speed Communications MD and M&amp;C Saatchi CMO <strong>Kate Bosomworth<\/strong> has been appointed as the <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/-kate-bosomworth-as-new-chair-\/dcs4q\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">new Chair of <strong>Onside La<\/strong>w<\/a>. She will combine the non-executive role with her work building her new brand agency, Platform London.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Val Ackerman<\/strong> has signed a <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/er-val-ackerman-195923338-html\/dcs4s\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">three-year contract extension<\/a> that will take her tenure as Commissioner of the <strong>Big East<\/strong> college conference through to 2024. Ackerman has so far spent eight years in the role, having been appointed in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Michael Higham<\/strong> has left his role as Head of Sponsorship at Sevilla for a new position as Senior Director, Commercial Partnerships at <strong>Roc Nation Sports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Are you Fifa\u2019s new <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/Id-i9qpUu4uTxC2Fc15aCAXrzA3D3D\/dcs4v\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Head of Clearing House<\/a>?<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Are you one of 100 new hires at <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/go-Sports-and-Media-386638-\/dcs4x\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Rogers Sports &amp; Media<\/a>?<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Are you DFL Digital Sports\u2019 new <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/ead-of-content-dfl-ds-cologne-\/dcs4z\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Head of Content<\/a>?<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Are you the IOC\u2019s new <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/fId-OyYFEXmFRCGv5ciNydf5cA3D3D\/dcs52\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Commercial Finance Manager<\/a>?<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Are you Everton\u2019s new <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/club-careers-vacancies\/dcs54\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Senior CRM and Insight Manager<\/a>?\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How do you manage?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>A window into the working worlds of people from across the sports industry now that nothing is as it was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collette Roche<\/strong> is the Chief Operating Officer at Manchester United, a role she\u2019s held since 2018. She lives in Cheshire, in the north west of England, with her husband Graham, two daughters and dog Bobby.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leadersinsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Collette-image-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"279\" \/>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you working from home or the office? If both, what\u2019s the split like?<\/strong><br \/>\nAs COO at Manchester United, I need to split my time between my home office, Old Trafford and our training ground. In line with the government guidelines, we are encouraging and enabling our colleagues to work from home as much as possible, so I spend around 60% of my time at home, 30% at Old Trafford on or around matchdays and 10% at the training ground, where I have twice weekly Covid tests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How have things changed since Covid?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nI am very proud at how well we have adapted to a Covid world at MUFC. At the onset of the pandemic, I was asked to lead the club-wide Covid response team, so quickly mobilised the leadership team, setting clear priorities around our players, our people, our partners, our fans, and our community, and then worked with our amazing teams to develop plans to deliver on our commitments. From day one, we transitioned 900 colleagues to working from home, secured the stadium and offices and started to build policies and processes around creating a Covid-safe training and playing environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who do you share your \u2018home office\u2019 with?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nI am currently sharing a `home office\u2019 with my husband, who works as an apprenticeship trainer\/assessor, my eldest daughter who is studying Business Management at Newcastle University and my youngest daughter who is studying A-Levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How have you changed as a manager? As a person?<\/strong><br \/>\nI guess I have been more reflective, supportive, and understanding. One of the positive aspects of working from home and hosting virtual meetings is that you get to see and appreciate your colleagues\u2019 challenges and home environments much more clearly \u2013 whether that be barking dogs, small children needing attention or demanding teenagers. I also focus on my teams\u2019 wellbeing as much as their task list nowadays, to make sure they have the flexibility and support they need to stay positive and productive. I listen more than I did previously to what my team don\u2019t say as much as what they do, to try to gauge how they are coping and again look to provide support where I can. I also try to be more flexible and creative around how we can manage workloads and deadlines in this volatile and uncertain world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does your daily routine look like? How do you run your job and your life?<\/strong><br \/>\nI am a serial planner and organiser which is probably the reason I got this job. Every day is carefully structured \u2013 I wake, check emails, review the news, chair the early morning leadership call, then a series of meetings, quick lunch and hopefully a dog walk, where I can catch up on non-confidential calls! I like to exercise every day but in reality, it\u2019s every other \u2013 either run, FIT class or Yoga. \u00a0Dinner is always a family affair, followed by a good Netflix series (so many to choose from!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you focus?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nI think the question for me is how do I not focus; I\u2019m told I am very intense. I have always had the ability to concentrate and get through lots of tasks efficiently, which I learned at a very early age when I was training five days a week, competing nationally in gymnastics, studying for exams and holding down a part-time job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you cope with stress?<\/strong><br \/>\nI can honestly say I am very lucky and don\u2019t tend to get stressed. I like pressure and am used to working under it \u2013 in fact without pressure, I am probably less productive. I guess the reason for this is because I accept what is within my control and more importantly what is not, I don\u2019t worry about things I can\u2019t change and I give 100%, so I can\u2019t give much more. That said I do practice breathing, yoga and love running with Bobby outdoors, which probably helps too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What one thing will you take with you into the \u2018new normal\u2019?<\/strong><br \/>\nI will be taking a ton of things\u2026but if forced to only have one it would be \u2018a much broader perspective.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>This is an edited extract from the full interview, which is <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/lette-roche-how-do-you-manage-\/dcs58\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">available here.<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/lette-roche-how-do-you-manage-\/dcs58\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hot money<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Barcelona\u2019s financial woes<\/strong><br \/>\nPerhaps the long-heralded membership model has had its cracks well and truly exposed. FC Barcelona \u2013 so often touted as one of the \u2018richest\u2019 sports clubs in the world \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/ble-status-1353595161301946368\/dcs5b\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">are close to broke.<\/a> The old saying rings true here: revenue is vanity; profit is sanity; cash flow is reality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Burn baby Burnley<\/strong><br \/>\nAs mentioned above, I certainly wouldn\u2019t categorise myself as a full time banker, but this <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/worse-off-and-loaded-with-debt\/dcs3z\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">ultra-leveraged Burnley buy-out<\/a> is crazy business, surely?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Longer read<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0A longer listen from respected sports industry news hounds Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. It\u2019s always good to listen in on knowledgeable journalists asking each other genuine questions on a level-playing-field platform, which is what <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/show-7ztFjBsoftXZ9GtxCV6bZi\/dcs5d\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Sport Unlocked<\/a> is shaping up to be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0A typically rigorous presentation from tech and media authority Benedict Evans: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/4999ca107f-7eded4bc39-70743485\/dcs42\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">The Great Unbundling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The business of relationships with <a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/e\/856843\/zen-gabell-and-hannah-redfern-\/dcs44\/171823577?h=-tM8Bkt3x9i4RK_RpZ30whyvrY5FA_hqDgFPWH4270c\">Wasserman\u2019s EMEA MD Lenah Ueltzen-Gabell<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading this edition of the Leaders Digest. We\u2019ll have another for you in a fortnight; and if you haven\u2019t subscribed yet, do remember to <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/newsletter\/sports-business\/\">opt-in here.<\/a><\/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":625,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[25,19,60,59],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-624","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands-sponsorship-sport-business","category-digital-media-sport-business","category-investment-and-ownership","category-leadership-and-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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