Daunté Crawford: The structures behind winning teams

Daunté Crawford: The structures behind winning teams

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Daunté Crawford

April 4, 2026

My first TGG column outlined the shift we are seeing from unicorn Sporting Directors to distributed leadership teams.

Today I want to take this one step further: what are the structural features that allow good people to make good decisions on a consistent basis?

I think there are six structural dimensions that determine whether a club functions coherently and makes the most of its staff:

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