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24th September 2015
03:41pm BST

'A leader is a dealer in hope.'He takes bitesize elements from great leaders and uses that to shape his coaching approach. "I'm a magpie in my approach - I take ideas from various sources." https://twitter.com/BordGaisEnergy/status/647016066212831232 Gavin says he prefers to empower his players and does not trade on fear factor elements.
Gavin is not the only manager that has looked to the man who took France to the brink of world domination.
In August, West Brom coach Tony Pulis said, "I’m interested in great leaders and people who have risen from the ashes and come from nothing.
"Napoleon is a great example of someone who was born on a small island — he wasn’t even French — and then he takes over and runs one of the greatest armies that has ever fought through Europe. He was a little Corsican. How did he get there?"
Wonder what Napoleon, or Gavin for that matter, would make of Tony's cap-wearing proclivities.

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