The President of Toulouse

Staying in the south of France, let’s check in on the Tigers of Stade Toulousain Yanael Delphech is the club’s president.

o The essential virtue of a good club president/manager

Selflessness

o The main trait of my character as a leader

Empathy, listening

o The quality I prefer in a coach

Organization / planning

o The quality I prefer in a player

The drive to work hard in pursuit of excellence

o My main flaw as a leader

Holding a grudge

o My greatest strength in team management

Ability to share and motivate around a common project

o My favorite moment in a sports season

Opening day at home

o My ultimate dream for the club

Becoming a major European club

o What would be my greatest failure as a president/manager?

Losing the trust of the club’s members

o The ritual or tradition of the club that I love the most

The individual at the service of the collective, no jersey presentation (Stade Toulousain)

o My favorite quote on team management or sports

“I never lose. Either I win, or I learn” N. Mandela

o The coach I would have loved to draw inspiration from

Bruce Bochy

o My greatest pride as a leader

Securing the financing for the field lighting

o What I hate the most about managing a club

Managing the textiles

o The biggest mistake a leader can make, in my opinion

Not sharing your project with the members

o The natural talent I would like to have as a leader

Naturally creating trust and buy-in

o My ideal vision of the club in 10 years

A club on a human scale with a 2nd field and spectator facilities up to the standards of the best European clubs

o My mindset at the start of a new season

Excitement and confidence

o The mistake that inspires the most indulgence in me from a player or coach

Lack of patience

o My motto as a president/manager

Here if you hit, you win (C. Nougaro)