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\"\"<\/a>Anyone who\u2019s spent any time with our CEO Kevan Hall<\/a> will undoubtedly know two things about him: one, he\u2019s a Brit; and two, he supports Reading FC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A word to anyone who thinks football involves guys with large shoulder pads charging down a pitch and handling odd shaped balls \u2013 in the UK, soccer is called football. It\u2019s played with feet, so Kevan would claim that this is far more logical. American football is more like rugby (except the Brits scrap the \u2018big as a buffalo\u2019 shoulder pads).<\/p>\n

All of which is a short cultural diversion that takes us to the real point of this blog post, which is that Kevan\u2019s ‘on record’ as noting a pattern: the last management book he wrote, Speed Lead, coincided with Reading\u2019s promotion to the premier league. \u00a0And just as he pushed \u2018send\u2019 on his new book, off to the publisher for review, Reading again earned promotion.<\/p>\n

Pure coincidence? Not according to our illustrious leader, a Reading season ticket holder<\/a>. He is determinedly claiming a case of cause and effect \u2013 a direct correlation.<\/p>\n

Every time Kevan writes a book, he squirrels himself away and we, the Global Integration team, have to really earn our time with him.<\/p>\n

So this is our public plea to Reading FC: please<\/em> stay up this time. Not only will he be a happier man as his team wins, he\u2019ll not have to disappear off and write another book.<\/p>\n

Oh, and congratulations, guys. Well played!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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