Edge

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Edge is written by Ben Lyttleton and published by HarperSport. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0008225877 (ISBN 10) and 9780008225872 (ISBN 13).

Finding the next superstar is a challenge for all companies, and there are plenty of tricks that the business world can learn from football's talent hothouse. There are certain quantifiable skills that you can glean from CVs, but the intangible qualities that make up the next generation of leaders are harder to spot. In Edge, Ben Lyttleton looks at football, arguably the world's biggest reservoir of talent, to learn about these immeasurable capabilities. These are personality traits from the head up that differentiate the good from the great; qualities like resilience, ambition, leadership, decision-making, adaptability and composure under pressure. How do you measure what the eye cannot see? Football has traditionally quantified talent through a rear-view mirror: looking at goals, tackles, and passes. New data can help us measure distance run, sprints made, speeds clocked, as well as time on the ball and position on the pitch. But the biggest talents in football all share characteristics that are harder to quantify. The challenge for all businesses is to understand these indeterminable traits - this is the secret to getting the best out of your talent. Edge will explain how the most innovative leaders in football are stealing a march on their rivals by identifying talent that possess these immeasurable qualities.