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"Sir Alex Ferguson, who is retiring, was more than just the manager of a football club.In the words of friend and football writer Glenn Gibbons, he was 'to Britain&amp;rsquo;s football community what the Queen is to the population at large'. During his 27-year career at Manchester United, Ferguson transformed the club from an assortment of dipsomaniac losers&amp;nbsp;to one of the most successful and best known football clubs in the world. Ferguson&amp;rsquo;s stature is such that the Harvard Business Review dedicated an entire case study to him last year. Therein, HBR lauded Ferguson as Britain&amp;rsquo;s 'most successful football manager'. Banking and football are not dissimilar. Both involve high pay, huge egos, and burnout. Bankers can learn from Sir Alex. If you&amp;rsquo;re a financier, these are Fergie&amp;rsquo;s most transferable tactics. 1. Start as a player and move into management  Bankers are notoriously unwilling to give up their client-facing jobs and take a back seat by moving into management. This may be a mistake. Sir Alex demonstrated the wisdom of spending time as a player and learning the ropes before moving into a managerial role later on. Ferguson&amp;rsquo;s own football career wasn&amp;rsquo;t especially illustrious: he started out in second-division Scottish club Queen&amp;rsquo;s Park aged 16, moved to Dunfermline Athletic and then moved to Rangers. Although Ferguson was a top goal scorer, he didn&amp;rsquo;t play for any big name teams. His first managerial role began when he was 32, for East Stirlingshire FC, a small club in Falkirk, Scotland. Hit the link below to access the complete eFinancialCareers article: 11 things bankers could learn from the genius of Alex Ferguson image: &amp;copy; marcel siggAnd the Best Place to Work in the global financial markets 2015 is..."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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