Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly was known as much for his tactical acumen as he was for being a brilliant man-manager during his playing days. In a group consisting of stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh among others, Ganguly ensured that there was never any bad blood and everyone played like one big unit. And Ganguly feels that sometimes as a leader one has to adjust to others as well and not just do what he believes in.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you have exceptional players in the team, you will have to at times (to be a good leader) just follow the way they want to follow because sometimes they can be better than you. A leader, as I\u2019ve always said, is not just \u2018my way or the highway\u2019. It is about adjusting to the greats you have in the dressing room,\u201d he said in a video published by Cricinfo.<\/p>\n
Ganguly also said that putting too much pressure on players isn\u2019t the way forward as that unsettles them and the performance gets affected. \u201cI am a firm believer that yes, you put pressure. Pressure is a must, and it\u2019s going to happen in all professional life. But don\u2019t put so much pressure that you crack. You have to allow them freedom to express themselves,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
The former India captain feels that giving the players space and freedom is the only way that a leader can earn the trust of the players and that helps in building a team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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