Gareth Southgate’s leadership style is a sharp contrast to the controlling and intense leadership of previous managers. Moreover, it’s working. We consider four key areas of his leadership style and examine how we can apply these to help us become more successful leaders and managers in the business arena. Compassion balanced with ruthlessness. The commentators that know Gareth Southgate describe him as a “nice guy”. Before the World Cup, this was joined with “he’s too nice”