Paul McGinley – Leading a Multinational Team of Individuals
Subject
Organisational Behaviour
Authors / Editors
Duke, L; Peterson R
Biographies
Publication Year
2018
Abstract
In January 2013, Irish Tour Professional Golfer, Paul McGinley was named as Captain of Team Europe for the 2014 Ryder Cup in Gleneagles, Scotland. Across his career, McGinley had both played himself in the Ryder Cup as well as acted as Vice Captain in two successful tournaments for the Team Europe. Being the Captain, however, was a different game. This case traces McGinley’s team strategy and demonstrates his leadership as he moulded 12 players from different European countries together into an effective team, in only a few days. He faced numerous challenges including diverse European nationalities, golf being an individual rather than a team sport, that he would only know who was on his team a few weeks before the Ryder Cup, and then that the players would only be ‘together’ to train four days before the actual tournament began. As well as these, Team Europe were the favourites and would be playing in Europe. McGinley knew that wasn’t an easy position to play from, particularly when the US were fielding a very strong team that year. Expectations were running high. Even during the competition, there were upheavals that McGinley had to deal with.
Topic List
Coaching, Diversity in the workplace, Human resource management, Team management
Industry
Sport
LBS Case Number
CS-16-002
Location
International
Publication Notes
Available on ECCH
No
