A quote Paul says "The inspiration for this book came to me through the images that I commissioned as the newly appointed captain of the Ryder Cup 2014.“ You need to have a contingency built in, to change direction – not always radically, but enough for success.” Born in Dublin, Paul originally played Gaelic football until he broke his kneecap at the age of 18, ending his footballing career but turning his focus to golf. Paul McGinley 16/06/22 6:00am How does golf's 'turmoil' end? Next steps to stop 'divisive' situation

People can smell a fake, says McGinley. “If you’re not living in reality, people see it and they sense it. So first of all, you’ve got to be real.” Paul McGinley 29/12/22 2:30pm Has LIV changed golf forever? How the sport moves on from 'turbulent' 2022 Remember, rewind six years and he was a player himself: when he captained the European Team, he led players who were once his peers. World Cup (representing Ireland): 1993, 1994, 1997 (winners), 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 Paul's absolutely brilliant, from start to finish; from the pictures on the walls, from how he spoke to how he treated everybody in that team room, everyone was the same. I think he’s done an absolutely sensational job.”

Garcia then added to applause from his team-mates: "Yeah, it's true," before providing more words of support for the under-fire captain. I got accused of all sorts of bits and pieces, which were incorrect at the time. There was no point in me saying a word because I wasn't going to go anywhere with it.

Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2002 (winners), 2004 (winners), 2006 (winners), 2014 (non-playing captain, winners) Paul is so methodical, every single aspect that he needed to touch on, he did. Very, very inspiring. I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of great captains, but Paul did things a little bit different but he did it with great style.” Following Paul’s successful Ryder Cup Captaincy the London Business School made him an Executive Fellow. In 2014, Europe defeated the USA team by 16½ points to 11½, for their third consecutive win. On the second day (Saturday) of the three-day tournament, McGinley’s team had a four-point lead. They needed to stay ahead.Before his victory in the 2005 Volvo Masters, McGinley had three runner-up finishes in tournaments that year, finishing second to Ángel Cabrera in the BMW Championship at Wentworth and losing in the final of the HSBC World Match Play Championship at the same venue to New Zealander Michael Campbell (2 & 1). In an absorbing contest, Campbell clinched the title with a half on the penultimate hole after McGinley had driven wildly into the trees on the previous two holes. McGinley later said he was "hurt like you can't imagine" after losing in the final. He said: "I fought as hard as I could and I'm bitterly disappointed." [13]

While empathy isn’t everything, a good dose of it certainly helps bring people aboard. We’re in the information era where people are doing ‘knowledge work’ – in such an environment, emotional intelligence is a true weapon. Top-down command and control is an outdated system, so leaders who are able to relate to others and find common ground have a much higher success rate. If empathy doesn’t come naturally to you, consider working harder at seeing the world through the eyes of the person you’re leading. Diversity in teams results in more information at the team's disposal, but also lower group cohesion. The best and worst groups are diverse - how one manages the resulting conflict is key to getting the benefits of diversity without the costs.We must have stood and talked for an hour on the range. He was giving me tips and advice about what he had done. We had a great conversation there and I apologised to him. The pair's relationship became increasingly bitter and McGinley told the Irish Independent at the time that he and Clarke were barely on speaking terms. While a highly proficient team will no doubt prefer an empowering leader, there are times they’ll look to their leader for strength. It’s important all leaders have the courage and conviction to clarify people’s roles, recalibrate team efforts and simply get things done. As a figurehead, you need to find your own voice but you also need to understand when to sing forte. Multi Millionaires with all the trappings that brings and they still want to be to be paid take part in the worlds biggest golfing tournament.