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Executive Diploma in Sporting Directorship

Executive Diploma in Sporting Directorship

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FOCUS SBS and Comparisonator: A Partnership for Applied Knowledge

FOCUS SBS and Comparisonator: A Partnership for Applied Knowledge

Dan Ashworth on Turning Vision into Decisions

Dan Ashworth on Turning Vision into Decisions

Four Organisational Disciplines Behind a Successful Football Strategy

Four Organisational Disciplines Behind a Successful Football Strategy

Why Good Scouting Fails

Why Good Scouting Fails

Career After Professional Football: Preparing for the Next Step

Career After Professional Football: Preparing for the Next Step

Leadership and Strategy in Global Women's Football

Leadership and Strategy in Global Women’s Football

Architecture and Asset Realization in Modern Football Operations

Architecture and Asset Realization in Modern Football Operations

What Transfer Windows Reveal About Organizational Quality

What Transfer Windows Reveal About Organizational Quality

Maintaining Club Identity and Direction When Results Fluctuate

Maintaining Club Identity and Direction When Results Fluctuate

The First 30 Days of a Sporting Director’s 100-Day Transition

The First 30 Days of a Sporting Director’s 100-Day Transition

Marc Canham Joins FOCUS | Mini MBA Sporting Directorship

Marc Canham Joins FOCUS | Mini MBA Sporting Directorship

FOCUS Sports Business School joins World Football Summit Riyadh as Event Partner

FOCUS Sports Business School joins World Football Summit Riyadh as Event Partner

Phil Radley on Sporting Strategy in Women’s Football

Phil Radley on Sporting Strategy in Women’s Football

FOCUS at the United Soccer Coaches Convention 2026

FOCUS at the United Soccer Coaches Convention 2026

Getting Hired in Sport: A Practical Guide to Stand Out

Getting Hired in Sport: A Practical Guide to Stand Out

AI in Football: Tactics, Recruitment and Health

AI in Football: Tactics, Recruitment and Health

FC Basel: Lessons from financial turnaround and sporting instability

FC Basel: Lessons from financial turnaround and sporting instability

How to Create Alignment in Sport Organizations

How to Create Alignment in Sport Organizations

How is MLS driving record attendance?

How is MLS driving record attendance?

Power of operational efficiency for a football club | Lessons from Laurent Colette

Power of operational efficiency for a football club | Lessons from Laurent Colette

The Sports Director Checklist

The Sports Director Checklist

The Power of Storytelling in Sports Leadership

The Power of Storytelling in Sports Leadership

Integrating Academy Players into the First Team

Integrating Academy Players into the First Team

Why Leadership Styles Matter in Sports Leadership

Why Leadership Styles Matter in Sports Leadership

10 Questions for a Powerful Recruitment Strategy

10 Questions for a Powerful Recruitment Strategy

Generating £350+ Million in 3 Years through Player Trading

Generating £350+ Million in 3 Years through Player Trading

Decoding Independiente’s Success with Luis C. Roggiero

Decoding Independiente’s Success with Luis C. Roggiero

Bayern’s Rebuild: Crisis or Overreaction?

Bayern’s Rebuild: Crisis or Overreaction?

Core Sports Capital CEO on Their Rapid Growth and Future Moves

Core Sports Capital CEO on Their Rapid Growth and Future Moves

The Transformation of Scouting | Jose Chieira

The Transformation of Scouting | Jose Chieira

Applying a Game Model to Recruitment Analysis

Applying a Game Model to Recruitment Analysis

Creating Your Opportunity and Success: AZ Alkmaar

Creating Your Opportunity and Success: AZ Alkmaar

The Complex Reality Behind African Talent Academies

The Complex Reality Behind African Talent Academies

FC Girondins Bordeaux’s Tragicomedy of Errors

FC Girondins Bordeaux’s Tragicomedy of Errors

Germany’s Mismanaged Giant – Hertha Berlin

Germany’s Mismanaged Giant – Hertha Berlin

How Belgian Kids Started Wearing Purple Again

How Belgian Kids Started Wearing Purple Again

How Wenger and his staff brought unprecedented glory to Gunners

How Wenger and his staff brought unprecedented glory to Gunners

La Liga Grassroots: An Effort in the Present to Shape the Future

La Liga Grassroots: An Effort in the Present to Shape the Future

The Guide to Smart Spending in Footballers Recruitment

The Guide to Smart Spending in Footballers Recruitment

Understanding Goalkeeping’s Last Data Frontier

Understanding Goalkeeping’s Last Data Frontier

The Outliers – Union Berlin

The Outliers – Union Berlin

VfL Wolfsburg’s Search for Identity

VfL Wolfsburg’s Search for Identity

Unlocking Scouting’s True Potential

Unlocking Scouting’s True Potential