Carlo Ancelotti’s winning mentality at the service of Brazil

Carlo Ancelotti will be the next technical commissioner of Brazil, in a country where soccer is experienced as a religious faith and defeats are a national mourning. Will he be able to express his way of working even in this environment where it is normal to think that the task of the national soccer team is to express the best soccer and win the World Cup?

It is a feat that I think fills with pride those who face it as director of this team in a country where soccer is everything and at the same time scares because you are called upon to achieve the only result that can make Brazilians happy, to win after more than 20 years since the last success. Ancelotti with his pragmatic doing will also try here to follow his style of work that is based on 9 characteristics. Adjustments will probably be necessary because coaching a club is obviously different from coaching a national team, which is also the most iconic in world soccer.

1. Educate the team to pursue victory through offensive and creative play
2. Fostering the development of a positive work environment
3. Build a strong team spirit by stimulating a high capacity for sacrifice and mutual commitment
4. Fostering in each individual a sense of responsibility (evaluated on the basis of his or her actions and behaviors)
5. Protect the tradition and principles of the club
6. Working to provide continuity for the Club’s successes
7. Compete for all major trophies
8. Build a clear identity and style of play that takes into account the Club’s tradition
9. Build good relationships among the various work teams

The key words are: educate, environment, spirit, responsibility, Club tradition, identity, relationships, work and compete. It is an approach centered on focusing on engaging the whole environment and caring for interpersonal relationships. In this way, group values, understood as Club principles and identity, team cohesion, and a sense of responsibility among players and staff, are enhanced and continually nurtured. It is on these foundations that the work is based and team spirit is kept high during the long and intense competitive soccer season and in all competitions in which they participate. In particular, the team must become dominant on the field, playing without fear, showing personality and character for the purpose of taking collective responsibility for developing an offensive game.