Talking teams - an interview with Pippa Grange - head of team & culture at the England football team

Eat Sleep Work Repeat

Bruce Daisley

Management, Workplace Culture, Science, Work, Business, Culture, Social Sciences

4.7 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Recorded at the Good Day at Work event in Manchester, hosted by Robertson Cooper.

During the last World Cup, as we gradually started believing in the prospects of a team whose members had surprised us with their humour, work-rate and calm demeanour there was a wonderful newspaper article that garnered lots of attention about the secrets of their transformation.

The piece introduced us to one of the people responsible for overhauling the mindset of the England squad. Previously players for the national team had always worn the heavy expectations upon them like a stiff and weighty leather overcoat. In the recent past those called up (like Raheem Sterling) have commented that the pressure created by fan aggression has stiffled players’ ability to express themselves creatively.

The nation was collectively astonished to see a very different England mentality this time round. And, as The Guardian article showed, Dr Pippa Grange was one of the people responsible.

It was a great honour to interview Pippa at the Good Day at Work event in Manchester in September 2019. The event was fully sold out, such was the interest in the outstanding line up of speakers.

Pippa spoke of:

the importance of cultural moments
the very first thing she does to build a winning culture
what it’s like to be in that room before a huge game
the realities of being a woman in the man’s world of sport
the single thing that is way more important than positivity
how a big (stressful) adventure can lead to wellness

The conversation was outstanding. Pippa is outgoing from the FA as I write this – I can’t wait to see what she does next.

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1:08.9	we're obviously building something of a movement and I think we've got a cracker for you today.
1:13.4	Dr. Pippa Grange was the England team's head of team and culture at the last men's World Cup
1:18.2	finals and today she exclusively speaks out for the first time.
1:22.3	This is a discussion that was partly recorded at the Good Day at Work event in Manchester.
1:27.0	That's hosted and staged by Robertson Cooper.
1:30.0	And it was partly recorded at a Twitter event that I hosted Pippa.
1:34.0	There's a full transcript of this discussion live at eat sleep work repeat.com.
1:40.0	During the last World Cup as the nation gradually started believing in the prospects of a team
1:46.0	whose members had surprised us with their flare, inspiration and calm demeanor.
1:50.0	There was a wonderful newspaper article that garnered loads of attention
1:53.4	about the secrets of their transformation. The piece introduced us to one of the
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