Jamie Dimon says CEOs should be more like Ted Lasso instead of like ‘autocrats’—and tell their employees how they truly feel

When Ted Lasso took over AFC Richmond, the fictional England soccer team at the center of Apple TV’s hit series, his relentlessly positive attitude and folksy charm made him an unlikely leader. But beneath his optimism was a coach who understood how to bring out the best in people—even when that meant confronting their insecurities, calling out bad behavior, and demanding better.

It’s a leadership style that even JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon admitted he’s learned from.

“I love Ted Lasso,” Dimon recently told The Wall Street Journal. “He comes in and he doesn’t know anything about football, and he’s just gracious. He’s working with people—their insecurities, their bad behavior, their work ethic—and he’s getting them to function as a team.”

The 70-year-old added that Lasso gets at something many corporate leaders struggle with: balancing humility and empathy with an unwavering drive to win.

“Most of these companies have huge capabilities, IP, and great people. But a lot of big companies are political and bureaucratic,” Dimon said. “The people would like to get out of that, most of them—but some of the bad people want to keep it that way, like autocrats, they want to keep........

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