E114 - Alex Sanderson: Leading by example (Gallagher Leadership Series)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Alex Sanderson is the Director of Rugby for Sale Sharks. Alex started his senior playing career at Sale in 1998 and went on to make 90 appearances for the club, with his leadership qualities earning him the club captaincy.
Alex isn’t a coach that just stands on the side-line, in his own words he “wants to be on the coalface to feel what the players are feeling, to understand what they’re going through”. He has a very hands-on management style wanting to get involved and lead from the front. This episode will explore how he drives his team forward, setting expectations and inspiring excellence.
We are delighted to work with Gallagher, Your Trusted Insurance Broker, to bring you this three part ‘Gallagher Leadership Series’ with leading Directors of Rugby, including Rob Baxter, Alex Sanderson and Steve Borthwick.
Check out Gallagher’s new three-part series #RivalsTogether, bringing you candid player-to-player conversations about what leadership in rugby means to some of the Gallagher Prem's brightest stars.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, you're listening to High Performance, and I give to you every single week. |
| 0:05.4 | This is the podcast that turns the lived experiences of the planet's highest performers into |
| 0:09.8 | your life lessons. |
| 0:11.4 | And this is the second episode of the High Performance Gallagher Leadership Series. |
| 0:15.6 | Gallagher, as I'm sure you know, are the title partners of Premiership Rugby, and they |
| 0:19.4 | approached us on High Performance a few weeks ago, saying they really want to reveal the truth |
| 0:23.8 | about leadership in rugby. |
| 0:25.9 | This leadership can be lonely, leadership can be unforgiving, at times, leadership can |
| 0:31.2 | even be unruording. |
| 0:32.8 | And this conversation is for all of you leaders, and I'm talking to parents, I'm talking |
| 0:36.7 | to pastors, I'm talking to teachers, I'm talking to team leaders, I'm talking to entrepreneurs, |
| 0:41.4 | I'm talking to everyone really, because in your own way, in your own world, you are High |
| 0:46.4 | Performance, you are all leaders, and today we welcome Alex Sanderson, director of rugby |
| 0:53.2 | at Sail Sharks. |
| 0:54.6 | And I want to thank you all for being here for you as part of today's Gallagher Leadership |
| 0:57.4 | Series with this kind of wisdom. |
| 1:00.8 | Enjoy. |
| 1:01.8 | On the field, it's the most abrasive and aggressive and most competitive, angry aunt that's |
| 1:07.4 | ever like crossed the white line. |
| 1:09.1 | So there was coaching sessions where I'd be running the session and being able to agree |
| 1:14.3 | with it. |
| 1:15.3 | To the point where he's showing at me, so I'll just send him off, just a quick, I can't |
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