There is no doubt that Cole learnt a lot from the top managers and coaches he worked under during his playing career.
The three-time Premier League winner said on two of his iconic former bosses: "Jose Mourinho was very disciplined, strong, expectations high. Standards in training. Which has helped me grow as a coach because I really like that.
“Then Carlo Ancelotti who was more, know the person than the player. Get to know the person within this player, that has to give everything for the badge. So the communication skills of his were top. The understanding of people and as I alluded to before, really understanding the signs of people.
“Are they in distress, are they not playing well, how are they feeling? He was very, very good at that so, I definitely learnt from that and tried to develop my people skills a little bit more from that.”