Emma Hayes Reveals Taking Coaching Classes for USWNT Manager Job: “Didn’t Have Time to Waste”
If you think it always takes time to achieve success, you’re way off base. Enter Emma Hayes, who left her over 12-year Chelsea job and join the US Women’s National Team. With just an 81-day crash course, the English tactician led them to the Paris Olympics gold. But in a tradition where managers follow principles like patience to attain glory, how on earth did Hayes do it in the nick of time?
As surprising as it may sound, the teacher herself was taught by someone else to lead the American ladies. This revelation was made by Hayes herself in BBC’s 5 Live Breakfast podcast when presenter Rick Edwards asked how she got to know the USMNT players quickly and managed to get the best out of them in a very compressed period. “One of the first things I did was that I got an executive coach for myself,” Emma said
