Leadership Change Lessons From EPL Winning Managers 2025 - Change Leadership & Organsational 5D Life-Cycle Model

On April 27, 2025, Liverpool won the English Premier League for the second time. Over the last 33 years, no English manager has won the English Premier League despite having significant home advantages. They understand the English game's nuances, have direct access to homegrown talent, benefit from cultural familiarity, and navigate established relationships with governing bodies and referees. Despite these advantages, and despite club owners repeatedly hiring and funding English managers in the belief they're best positioned to succeed, the Premier League title has remained beyond their reach. This video examines the change leadership capabilities of title-winning managers through the lens of the Change Leadership and Organisational 5D Life-Cycle Model©.

• Key Change Leadership Insights:

Change success hinges on three essential leadership responsibilities: articulating a compelling vision, modelling the new way, and intervening to ensure change is sustained. These proactive actions separate thriving organisations from those caught in reactive cycles of decline. Leaders must move beyond outdated theories and adopt a practical, agile mindset grounded in accountability and urgency.

🔍 Lessons for Change Leaders:

In today’s volatile environment, survival depends on decisive leadership. The Change Leadership and Organisational 5D Life-Cycle Model© provides a real-world blueprint for recognising early warning signs, leading with clarity, and embedding sustainable change. This model reminds us that effective leadership is not about maintaining the status quo, but about courageously embracing and leading transformation.

🎯 Leadership Change Reflection Quote:

“Self-discipline shapes behaviour, and together they form the foundation for success in life. If you can articulate the change vision, model the new way and intervene to ensure sustainable change, you can deliver a winning team.”

• Video Chapters:

00:00 Leadership Change Lessons From English Premier League Winners.

00:04 The Premier League isn’t just England’s top football league; it’s a global stage.

00:25 First, let's analyse the winning Premier League managers.

02:48 Analysis summary. Over the last 33 years, no English manager has won the EPL.

04:48 We need to examine this phenomenon through the lens of effective change leadership.

06:49 Responsibility 1: 'Articulate a compelling change vision.

12:22 Winning managers consistently demonstrate another crucial quality: a growth mindset.

13:45 English managers have struggled with aspects of a fixed mindset.

15:33 Analysis through the lens of the Organisational 5D Lifecycle Model.

20:15 The 33-year absence represents more than just a statistical anomaly.

20:50 Self-discipline shapes behaviour, and together they form the foundation for success in life.

21:07 Organisational change leadership is about effectively and proactively - Volume 4.

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Peter consults, speaks, and writes on the Leadership of Change®.

He works exclusively with boards, CEOs, and senior leadership teams to prepare and align them to effectively and proactively lead their organisations through change and transformation.

For insights on navigating organisational change, feel free to reach out at Peter.gallagher@a2B.consulting or schedule a free consultation

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Peter F. Gallagher is a leadership guru, change management global thought leader, organisational change authority, international corporate conference speaker, 15X author, and C-level change leadership coach.

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