The football may have finished for now, but what can we learn from their phenomenal Manager?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gareth is all about emotional education. He doesn\u2019t stop himself or his players feeling what they need to feel \u2013 it\u2019s ok to feel sad, let down, frustrated. But he teaches them to be careful what they do with it. If you\u2019ve just been fouled, don\u2019t let that frustration earn you a yellow card, use that energy to play well and get your next goal. Same goes in the workplace. If you\u2019ve been wronged in any way, don\u2019t get back at them, but use the energy to make you a better person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He took responsibility when he missed the penalty for England all those years ago, and took responsibility with the line up he chose for penalties last night. He\u2019s about embracing responsibility rather than shirking it \u2013 taking ownership when things go wrong is hard, but it\u2019s given us even more respect for him. In the workplace, take responsibility, even\/especially when things go wrong. Every decision counts, and whether on the field or in an office, so long as you can justify why you made the decision, people will respect you. Southgate also taught as a key lesson in resilience. He could have let the missed penalty drive him away from the game. Instead, he let it propel him into a position where he could manage those doing that very same task. He showed that the best way to learn resilience is to live it, and that a rejection of any kind, can just be a redirection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Integrity counts, and it matters. Gareth Southgate has shown by his own example, and that of his current team. Scandal isn\u2019t rife amongst players, quite the opposite \u2013 they\u2019re using their energy off-pitch to fight child hunger, racism, and many other worthy causes close to their hearts. They have become men not splashed across tabloids due to gossip, but they\u2019re being taken seriously, and they\u2019re making a difference in their communities for the better. This also mirrors on the pitch. They\u2019ve made a few mistakes, but generally played with great integrity, earning fewer yellow cards than the other side. It may not make them win, but it does mean they have completely earned our respect. Integrity in the workplace matters just the same. Be someone without scandal or blemish \u2013 be known for your hardworking attitude, and for your ethics and kindness. It\u2019ll take you far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It takes enormous courage to take the penalty that counts for England. It takes courage to be in the spotlight, knowing that whilst we sing when we\u2019re winning, people can so cruelly and wrongly turn to blame when things go wrong. Gareth took courage both as a player, and as a Manager. He had the courage with decisions, and with the ways he reacted. He had the courage to comfort players last night, whom he knew exactly how they felt. He took the courage to put himself back in that most painful place as a Manager, knowing his greatest moment of weakness had propelled him to his greatest moment of strength. Don\u2019t be afraid to take courage in your role. Allow yourself to put yourself forward, allow yourself to be bold, and with a good team behind you, it\u2019ll be ok to make mistakes \u2013 what matters is you tried. Have a go at being innovative, at trying something new, and be a cheerleader for others in your workplace doing the same. Also, have courage to say no. Have courage to recognise your boundaries, and respect the parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As soon as the match finished, after respectfully shaking hands with the opposition, Gareth Southgate took each player in turn, held their heads up, and encouraged them. In team talks, in every post-match interview, he wasn\u2019t dissecting their misdemeanours, but he was building them up and encouraging them. I heard it once said to \u2018praise in public, scorn in silence\u2019 and he definitely follows this rule \u2013 in public he pours praise over his players and support team. I assume behind the crowds sometimes he needs to \u2018have a word\u2019 \u2013 but he knows when and how this is appropriate. He\u2019s big on encouragement, and he knows that\u2019s how to get the best from his team. So what does this mean for you in the workplace? Be an encourager! Find someone each week to say or send an encouragement to. Seek out the great work in others, and reasons to praise them. Build up colleagues, and build bridges with encouragement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gareth Southgate\u2019s leadership comes at a price<\/em><\/strong>. He gives his all, and feels everything. But it\u2019s the best price to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re proud of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Team England \u2013 we\u2019re proud of you. Let\u2019s remember not the missed penalties, but the weeks of high-class football, and a final so strong it got to that final decider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s learn from the way Gareth Southgate and the team conduct themselves, and let\u2019s all be better people for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can get ongoing careers support via the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The football may have finished for now, but what can we learn from their phenomenal Manager?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122230,"featured_media":9634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"Susannah Gilbert","featuredImage":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/506\/2021\/07\/Blog-Banners-17.png","postExcerpt":"The football may have finished for now, but what can we learn from their phenomenal Manager?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9638,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9629\/revisions\/9638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Getting further support from The Careers and Enterprise Team at CCCU<\/h3>\n\n\n\n