HR lessons from the World Cup

Well, it’s all over for another four years and the World Cup lived up to Gary Lineker’s famous quote: “Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.”

Okay, it might not have been over in 90 minutes but you get the point.

So if the ultimate truth of the game has remained the same, has there been anything the world of HR can take from the greatest show on earth?