What Every Business Leader Can Learn From Jürgen Klopp

The Liverpool Football Club manager has got the right mentality

Jürgen Klopp is the German manager of Liverpool Football Club.

Klopp had become an almost mythical figure in Germany while managing Borussia Dortmund.

He was close to the players and fans and celebrated goals as if he was the player that had scored.

Having pushed Liverpool to extraordinary new heights — a 97 point season tally that was a club record, better than Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea have ever amassed (although they were still 1 point behind eventual winners Manchester City) plus a Champions League Final appearance against Tottenham Hotspur— Klopp has taken the Merseyside team from nearly men to serious contenders. Here is what he has done:

1). He Set A Big Goal From Day One

In his first interview after joining the club in 2015, he said that his biggest goal was

…to change the mentality of the supporters — from doubters to believers.

Most managers would have talked about buying top players and spending money to make more money.

But Klopp knew how important the world famous Liverpool fans could be to the…