When American football coach Ted Lasso is brought over to England to coach “football” football, no one—not the fans, the players, or even his boss—expect anything but a complete fiasco. But the “Lasso Way” slowly wins people over, and in fact serves as the perfect blueprint for any leader trying to transform a team. This episode’s highlights:
- Leading when you’re new to the field (3:45)
- Building trust with a new boss (8:00)
- Getting executive support for change (14:25)
- Turning skeptics into champions of change (17:24)
- Managing star players who aren’t team players (21:39)
- Overcoming your first failure (27:56)
- Maintaining your own sanity when navigating change (32:47)

Transforming a Team with "Ted Lasso"

We're members of NOBL, an organizational design collective that helps leaders align company culture to strategy. Every month, we take a break from helping real organizations change to discuss fictional leaders and organizations from movies and TV: What works? What doesn’t? And most importantly, we talk about the simple tools they (and you, our listeners) can implement to make the workplace better.

Transforming a Team with "Ted Lasso"

Work of Fiction by NOBL Collective