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source: liverpoolfc source: liverpoolfc Steven Gerrard's leadership skills on the pitch were well known, but the latest instalment in a special Standard Chartered video series puts the spotlight on his inspirational influence away from football. source: liverpoolfc To celebrate Liverpool FC’s 125th anniversary year, the club’s main sponsor is taking supporters on a season-long journey exploring significant numbers in Reds history. The No.8 – worn with such distinction by Gerrard during his time at Anfield – was the first to feature, focusing on the role and responsibilities of a skipper. And now, in a follow-up video, we learn how the former midfielder’s character and values extend beyond the game to the local community and the people he meets. In it, Rob Fearns of the Charlie’s Chance Foundation catches up with Gerrard to explain first-hand how the Liverpool icon made a life-changing difference to his family and inspired him to do the same for others ...

source: espnfc Lionel Messi's leadership skills in his role as Argentina captain came as a surprise to his new international teammate, German Pezzella. Messi has been criticised in the past by some, including Argentina great Diego Maradona for  lacking the required "personality to be a leader." Pezzella was called up for the first time to the  Albiceleste  for his national team's final World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador and although the Fiorentina defender did not feature in either game, he did get to experience Messi's influence in the changing room. After a goalless draw with Peru, Argentina claimed a place in next year's World Cup with a  3-1  win at Ecuador on Oct. 11, with Messi scoring a hat trick. "I was surprised off the pitch by how positive his mind was and his words before each game," Pezzella, 26, said of Messi  to EFE . "He was convinced that everything was going to be all right. After the game against Peru h...

source: planet football Antonio Conte was not the most heralded appointment during a summer which saw Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho take charge in Manchester, but he’s certainly standing out alone as by far the best right now. Guardiola has under-achieved during his first season in the Premier League, while Mourinho has failed to return Manchester United to the top four, yet Conte has delivered the title with remarkable ease for a team that finished 10th last season – in his first job outside of Italy. Tottenham kept Chelsea waiting until the 36th game to seal top spot, but the Blues have led the way since the 12th game of the season and, frankly, never once looked like surrendering that lead. source: planet football They set a Premier League record along the way, winning 13 games in a row, and if they beat Sunderland on Sunday they will become the first team in the history of the English top division to win 30 matches in a 38-game season. Oh, and ...

LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST X-men: Days of Future Past does not disappoint at all. From the beginning, the characters we’d never seen before was breath-taking. The opening scenes with Bishop, Shadowcat, Ice Man, Blink, Warpath and other mutants were fighting with machines called Sentinals to save the future from global extinction of both human and mutants. The movie only got better along with the leadership lessons. Source: Google 1.     We all have to sacrifice something If we’d watched the previous X-men movies, we know that Professor X was confined to a wheelchair due to his previous injury. In Days of Future Past, Xavier was up and walking when Logan was sent to the past. Then we discover that Xavier has been taking a drug cocktail that allowed him to regain the use of his leg while losing his telepathic powers. Xavier had a choice to make. Sacrifice his ability to walk or sacrifice his telepathic ability. The same goes to us. W...

Dawn of the Planets of Apes is a science fiction movie that has very stunning CGI effects that makes the apes in the movie looks real and the plot are also breath-taking. The protagonist in this movie is Caesar, the leader of all the apes. Source: Google 1.     Be Farsighted In this movie, Caesar has shown to be the great leadership among his fellow apes by displays a superb wisdom and farsightedness when he gives the humans 3 days to enter his territory and work on a dam, despite fierce reservations from his fellow apes. The reason that Caesar give the human such opportunity to enter his territory is that he want to prevent a huge casualties between human and ape community because he know that human will use armed force to get access to the dam if he not allowed human have access to that dam. Source: Google 2.     Shed Your Ego What makes Caesar as a great leader is that he can shed his ego away when he makes any decision. This c...

Ma Yun, known professionally as Jack Ma, is one of the successful entrepreneur and the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group. He is one of China’s richest men, as well as one of the wealthiest people in Asia. Ma is one of the world’s most powerful people, and has been a global inspirer and role model to many. Beyond the economic success, Jack Ma is an exemplary figure that embodies the pesona of a responsive and responsible leader. He also known for an extraordinary personality in both his leadership style and his beliefs. Jack Ma, Annual Meeting of the New Champions Tianjin. Source: Google In 1995, Ma went to US to learn about Internet. He started to create a website and realized that the internet had something great to offer. He began building websites for Chinese companies with the help of friends in the US. In 1999, he quit and returned to China with his team to found Ali baba, a China-based business-to-business marketplace site in his apartment with a group...

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was the Supreme Chancellor of Nazi Party and the leader of National Socialist German Worker Party. He was also well-known for triggering the Second World War and creating fascist dictatorship which has caused about 62 million deaths, (Stokes, 2008). But then, what makes him a great leader? Source: Google 1.     Confident He had a lot of confidence thinking that he could achieve his goals. Although in the end his confidence was overturned, he did have it which is a good characteristic of a leader. Hitler in his last public appearance. Source: Wikipedia 2.     Influential Hitler was a man skilled with the sword as well as words. He used nationalism as a tool for igniting the interests of people to follow his cause. Hitler was influential because he had a big vision and people need big visions to be motivated, so he motivate people. People become what they are constantly being exposed to. Through the constan...

Donald Trump has become the third-generations businessman in his family. Now, he has become the leader chosen by citizens. He always finds a way to get it done. And in becoming the 45 th President of the United States, he completely rewrote the rules of politics and reset the course of the country. Donald Trump has the leadership that makes people choose him as a President. Source: Google 1.     Donald Trump is Persuasive Many disagree with Trump’s rhetoric, but it is in his method of speaking that he is at his strongest. He is clear and concise in conveying his overall messages in a way that effectively reaches his employees and millions of voters. And whether he knows it or not, Trump uses Aristotle’s proofs in his mastery of persuasion, appealing to those he speaks to with logic, emotion, and credibility to gain their trust. Source: Google 2.     Donald Trump is a Team Builder Henry Ford was once quoted as saying, “Nothing is part...