What do top football players and top executives have in common? On the face of it, these two worlds seem totally different, but they have far more in common than differences. Just like athletes, leaders in organisations need to have a number of concerns in order to achieve high levels of output and performance.

As part of my recently completed Postgraduate Diploma in People and Talent Management at Nova School of Business & Economics, one of the individual papers I submitted for assessment (in January 2020) was on managing remote teams. This is a topic that has been dear to my heart for a long time; little did I know at the time I wrote about it that it would become of interest to so many people a few months later, unfortunately not for the best of reasons. I share parts of my essay here, in order to give a few more clues to those trying out this way of working for the first time.

Paula Marques explains why universal access to education is fundamental to "create free-thinking humans, really capable of understanding human values such as justice, freedom, democracy, love, honesty, dignity, compassion, courage, friendship, loyalty, respect, generosity, kindness".

Ready to learn more about leadership? Refresh your knowledge and get inspired with some books by our teachers and experts. We leave you with five reading suggestions, so that you can delve deeper into the topic and the challenges that leaders face today and that they will face in the future.

Note: As part of my recently completed Postgraduate Diploma in People and Talent Management at Nova School of Business & Economics, one of the individual papers I submitted for assessment (in January 2020) was on managing remote teams. This is a topic that has been dear to my heart for a long time; little did I know at the time I wrote about it that it would become of interest to so many people a few months later, unfortunately not for the best of reasons. I share parts of my essay here, in order to give a few more clues to those trying out this way of working for the first time.

"Everybody has a story and you should never underestimate what's going on in other people's lives," said Terry Hamill, specialist in Education, Leadership and Human Potential at SingularityU Portugal. Storytelling can be difficult, but it is often an avenue for improving leadership and paving the way for networking in your organisation.

Of all the wonderful things we are taught throughout our lives, why aren't we also taught to think? Is it because it is believed that we will learn to think, naturally, like breathing? Or by imitating others, like pressing the buttons of a shirt? But how do others think so well? Did someone, before, teach them how to think?

What do top athletes, coaches and executives have in common? They all need to manage personal, physical, emotional and cognitive conditions to achieve the best possible performance. Paulo Beckert, coordinator of the FPF Health and Performance Unit and doctor of the Portuguese National A Team since 2014, explains what conditions are necessary to reach this level.