Building a Sustainable and Winning Football Club – Interview with Kent Teague, Owner of Leyton Orient Football Club

Rob is interviewing Kent Teague, successful Texan businessman who always wanted to own a football club. His dream and ambition has been realised as the owner of Leyton Orient Football Club and in this episode, he shares his journey and aspirations for the club moving forward. They discuss the skills and qualities that Kent has used so effectively to build a successful career as a businessman and the importance of knowing what you are good at and working within a diverse team to build success. Kent is passionate about Leyton Orient and shares why he splits his time between the UK and America so that he can be a part of the journey of Leyton Orient as a family club who are part of the community. This is a fascinating insight into why owning a club is truly all about being a part of it at a grassroots level, listen in and hear more.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Business In business, I have very specific strengths, and those strengths are particularly strong.  I have the ability to think analytically – taking seemingly unrelated  facts and making them related. I have divergent thinking – you take certain  facts and you come to an unusual conclusion; this is the creative part of the thinking process. Most people have one or the other but don't usually have both.  I have been successful in business because; I was really clear about what I was good at and what I wasn't good at I had a high degree of value for people who were good at something different. I became successful because of a team and how successful those people were at complimenting my skillset. Football I became involved in  a consortium that was being put together to purchase Leyton Orient and was the majority financial backer.  It took many, many, years for me to figure out how I could purchase a club and more years to actually find a club to buy.  Because of the emotional investment, I have made I have had many fantastic experiences and made lots of friends. It's important we build a sustainable club and understand the ambition of fans.  Our desire is that we win and draw a little bit more than we lose, so we build a winning football club.    BEST MOMENTS ‘I had wanted to buy a club for a very long time – I had a high interest and passion about wanting to achieve it' ‘I thought the UK would be a brilliant place to do something because of promotion and relegation' ‘With regard to making money, I would be better served to do almost anything else I could think of' ‘Owning a fourth or fifth division team is probably the worst way to make money'    VALUABLE RESOURCES Leader Manager Coach Podcast Kent Teague Twitter Leyton Orient - website   ABOUT THE HOST Rob Ryles is a UEFA A licensed coach with a League Managers Association qualification and a science and medicine background. He has worked in the football industry in Europe, USA and Africa; at International, Premiership, League, Non-League and grassroots levels with both World Cup and European Championship experience. Rob Ryles prides himself on having a forward-thinking and progressive approach to the game built through his own experience as well as lessons learned from a number of highly successful managers and coaches. The Leader Manager Coach Podcast is where we take a deep dive examining knowledge, philosophies, wisdom and insight to help you lead, manage and coach in football, sport and life.    CONTACT METHOD LMC Rob Ryles Website LMC YouTube  Rob Ryles LinkedIn LEARN MORE HERE Football, coach: https://www.patreon.com/robryles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.