In the final of three extracts we’re publishing from his new book, The Making of a Leader, Tom Young looks at how sports leaders can delicately balance the introduction of hand-picked backroom team with the legacy staff who are already in place

In the second of three extracts we’re publishing from his new book, The Making of a Leader, Tom Young looks at how sports leaders assess and create culture while remaining mindful of the history of their organizations.

The concepts of legacy and purpose are important and admirable pursuits, but all of the leaders I interviewed were acutely aware of the need to balance the big picture with a more immediate focus on the unavoidable requirement of elite sport: achieving results.