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2. “I believe one of the best things about managing people is
that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's
basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I
am very happy."
- Arsene Wenger

3. There is no doubt that Arsene Wenger has provided all
football fans with entertainment for the past two decades
while he has been manager at Arsenal, racking up countless
accolades, trophies and successes, one of the most notable
being during the 2003 - 2004 season where he did not lose
once in the Premier League. But one fact of life is that every
good thing has to come to an end, at the time of writing this
Arsenal lost 5-1 (2-10 Aggregate) to Bayern Munich in the
champions league final 16, this feels like the nail in the coffin
for many Arsenal fans in regards to their support of Arsene
Wenger, leading to the movement “#WengerOut”.
History and Present

4. Speculations and rumours have been in the talks for
multiple seasons now about Arsene Wengers inevitable
departure from Arsenal football club. If there are lessons to
take out of the situation, it is definitely about the
management style of Arsene Wenger and analysing what
wrong in the past couple of years.

5. We all know how important team morale is to any type of organisation, whether
it's a business or a football team, having low team morale is one of the hardest
issues to deal with as a manager yet it is one of importance that must be dealt
with.
As we have learnt recently in the past 3 months or so there has been reports of inner
turmoil within the Arsenal team between players, “Arsenal Stars Alexis Sanchez and
Aaron Ramsey are at war, according to a former Gunners (Arsenal) midfielder Stewart
Robson.” This type of behaviour is something that deeply affects team relationships and
morale, as a leader & manager is it up to you to iron out this type of behaviour. This is
one of Arsene Wenger’s faults as of late because this isn’t the only report of Arsenal
players clashing with each other. At the start of March Theo Walcott came out publicly
and admitted that the players need to stop fighting with each other, there’s no doubt that
these arguments and the turmoil within the team have played a part in Arsenal’s recent
downfall.

6. As we also saw this week how Barcelona made a truly historical comeback against the
French Paris Saint Germain, Luis Enrique’s (Barcelona) side were 4-0 down away at
PSG and in the most recent fixture they managed to win 5-1 at home making it 6-5 on
Aggregate, with the 95th minute goal putting them through. Arsenal were in a similar
situation this week being 5-1 down to Bayern Munich away but the latest fixture saw
them losing 5-1 again at home, making it 10-2 on aggregate. This to me shows clear
correlation between how team morale effects the end result of any team, Barcelona's
team had the passion and belief that they could win this and all worked together to pull
off the impossible, the players and the fans during the second half were so motivated
and they proved that by scoring 2 goals in the first 2 minutes of the game.

7. In the business world, this is also a huge issue and can cause companies to break
down from the inside when colleagues start to argue with each other and forget the
companies vision and goals. However, with effective communication and team building
this problem can be eradicated and should always be a top priority for managers due to
the clear impact it has on the end result. Just like the fans, players and managers get
disappointed when sports teams are underperforming, everybody in an organisation will
also be disappointed when the company isn’t producing to expectations.

8. One thing that we can look at is whether there is a direct correlation between how long a manager stays in his position to
how effective he is at continuously bringing in results. Arsene Wenger has been with Arsenal for just over 2 decades
which is an extremely long time compared to other successful short-term managers such as Chelsea’s Antonio Conte,
Jose Mourinho and Pepe Guardiola who all spent a short time at their club but managed to accomplish great things.
Many companies bring in Managers into their organisations who only last 3-5 years, this is known as ‘tenure’. This may
seem ineffective however it reality isn’t, the reason this is done is because it has been proven to work for a lot of
establishments as the new manager who arrives is usually highly skilled with a background of moving company to
company and turning it around.
If we look at the early career of Arsene Wenger, in his first 10 years he managed to win 3 premiere league titles, 4
community shields and 4 FA cups, being one of Arsenal’s most successful periods that the club has seen. In the latter 10
years Arsene Wenger’s side has won 0 premier league trophies, 2 community shields and 2 FA cups. Comparing these
two obviously has a lot more factors to it but it goes to show that Arsene Wenger had a clear winning formula when he
first joined Arsenal and bought the club to its ‘Golden Era’.
What changed in the second half of Wenger’s reign as a manager compared to the first half? The obvious factor is that
when a new manager joins an organisation they are really keen to impress and sell themselves as the right person for
the job, this in turn is one of the reasons why new managers either perform really good, or bad. Bringing in tenure
managers into a sports team or your business can be beneficial for the company as they bring in fresh ideas, energy and
passion. It isn’t an unknown fact that when a manager has been in the position for 20 years - their performance may start
to decline.
Correlation between longevity and effectivenes

9. One of Arsene Wenger’s major successes at
the club was his renowned ability to bring in
players for very little money (or for free!) and
develop them into world class footballers, the
majority of the players that he developed were
quite young. Some of these names include
Jack Wilshere, Robin Van Persie, Cesc
Fabregas, Nasri, Kieran Gibbs, Francis
Coquelin, Theo Walcott and Ashley Cole.
Arsene Wenger even insisted himself many
years back that he was one of the best at
producing top level footballers, in an interview
he said “my record for nurturing talent at
Arsenal is second to none”. From a business
perspective this is amazing for the club
because they’ve always consistently managed
to bring in players for cheap and sell them on
for massive profits, or they are able to play
them and win a lot of games.
Investing in the Youth

10. Managers of today should also learn to adapt this philosophy of always looking at the
youth as the future, because they are. By setting in key training and development
processes in your organisation it is possible to bring in employees that have potential
that is waiting to be nurtured into a success. Not only is it important for the newer
employees to be trained, it is also equally as important to train all staff because it
increases productivity, reduces employee turnover, decreases the need for supervision,
maintains employee satisfaction and it increases the ability to employ new technologies
into a business, which is a major benefit.