This Thursday night at 9.15, Radio Three are broadcasting a talk by Mike Brearley on Narcissism and Leadership. Brearley, who lost only 4 of his 31 Test matches as England captain, is now a psychoanalyst. Apparently, he warns that "anyone in a position of responsibility has to be wary of the wish to be admired." Could be an interesting listen, especially for our notoriously image-conscious slate of skippers - EC, Ziggy, Ken and Coco.
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Captain Darling ?
This Thursday night at 9.15, Radio Three are broadcasting a talk by Mike Brearley on Narcissism and Leadership. Brearley, who lost only 4 of his 31 Test matches as England captain, is now a psychoanalyst. Apparently, he warns that "anyone in a position of responsibility has to be wary of the wish to be admired." Could be an interesting listen, especially for our notoriously image-conscious slate of skippers - EC, Ziggy, Ken and Coco.
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ReplyDeleteSounds good but I wonder if our X Factor-obsessed
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-so we better provide a link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nyvcg
How can a mere captain be narcissistic?
ReplyDeleteTo be truly admired, one must have transcendent greatness.
Anyone looking for advice on captaining a cricket team would surely be better advised to obtain this:
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perhaps this helps explains how the 2nds beat Falkland having been 19-5...
Mike Atherton had a good column on Brearley's talk yesterday, which can be found here -
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/mike_atherton/article6941272.ece