Jose Mourinho guide to success

Jose Mourinho has revealed some of his motivational techniques from his first spell as Chelsea manager as he embarks on a second stint at Stamford Bridge.
He won the Premier League twice with Chelsea, as well as picking up FA and League Cups between 2004 and 2007.
Mourinho explains how he needed to become a 'confrontational leader' at the club, to inspire players who were not used to success.

Insight: Jose Mourinho said he needed to use 'confrontational' leadership techniques

In extracts from a new book called The Manager. published in The Telegraph, he said: 'There I was a confrontational leader because I felt that was what the team needed at the time.

'The guys desperately needed to make the jump from potential to reality, and I think they needed the kind of leader I was.

'I called it confrontational leadership: confrontation not just inside, but also outside the group. We were not afraid to say we are the best, we were not afraid to say we are going to win, or we are special, we are going to prove that we are – so it was perfect.'

He added: 'I remember saying clearly to Frank Lampard: “You are one of the best players in the world, but nobody knows.”'

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Mourinho was famed for his ability to attract attention to ease the pressure on his side.

His controversial statements and behaviour often made the headlines, which gave his players some breathing room.

Mourinho believes to be a good leader that you must show your staff that they are more important than you are.

He continued: 'A story from the past. I think there are two ways of travelling with the players in a plane: you travel in business class where everybody goes in business class, or if there is not space for everybody then the players go in business class and you go in economy class with your staff.

'If I go in business it’s because they go. If there is no space for everybody else, I go behind them.'

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Mourinho says that he does not want players to obey him just because he tells them to do something, but instead because they trust and believe in him, so want to follow his instructions of their own accord.

The bond between Mourinho and his men is well-renowned, with several managers who succeeded him at Chelsea coming off worse by comparison.

Until the arrival of Guus Hiddink and subsequently Carlo Ancelotti, the players did not form bonds with their managers and continued to pine for Jose.

He would often keep contact with Chelsea stars including Petr Cech, Lampard and Didier Drogba, by text.

Although the latter has left the club, after earning Chelsea the Champions League trophy that Mourinho could not win with Chelsea, the other two remain, along with other players from his first spell in John Terry, Michael Essien, Ashley Cole and John Obi Mikel.

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