Corporate Competitor Podcast
216 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago -What do most Fortune 500 executives have in common? They learned important lessons on the fields and courts of their high school and collegiate sports teams. This is true for both men and women. Ernst & Young found that a whopping 94% of women holding a C-suite position, played sports.
Join 11-time New York Times Best-Selling Author Don Yaeger on his journey to sit with some of the brightest executives in the world as we discuss how sports shaped their professional trajectory in life.
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America’s Life Coach Valorie Burton asks: Are others better having crossed paths with you?
January 12, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 93.8 MBEp. 78: Valorie has been featured on the Today Show, Dr. Oz, and now she is joining four other distinguished writers and motivational speakers as part of John C. Maxwell's League of Extraordinary Leaders. She grew up participating in track and gymnastics until she reached high school, at which point she discovered two life-changing activities: cheerleading and leadership! An only child and daughter of a career military man, Burton took naturally to leadership on the first real “team” she eve...
Former SeaWorld CEO Joel Manby says: In difficult moments seek dialogue, not monologue.
January 05, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 103 MBEp. 77: Albion College baseball shaped this business icon. When Joel Manby took over as CEO of SeaWorld, the company was smack in the middle of national controversy following the 2013 release of the documentary Blackfish. Learn how he led with love and came to an agreement with the Humane Society through dialogue, not monologue, in this episode. You will learn: How guarding future Hall of Famer Magic Johnson taught Joel how to focus on his strengths. The difference between DO goals and BE...
2021 Behind the Scenes with host Don Yaeger and producer Savannah Gallagher
December 29, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 46.2 MBEp. 76: In the spirit of year-end reflection, Don Yaeger uses the last episode of 2021 as a chance to invite podcast producer Savannah Gallagher on the show for a fun behind-the-scenes look recording the first 75 episodes of Corporate Competitor Podcast. Visit http://podcast-subscribe.donyaeger.com/ for a free gift when you subscribe! Their energetic conversation includes: The emotional connection made with longtime Sony Pictures TV Chairman Steve Mosko Previewing a project with Natio...
Personal Development Guru Becky Bursell says: Sign your name at the end of everyday.
December 22, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 82 MBEp. 75: John Maxwell Company’s Executive Vice President offers her success secrets for executives looking for ways to unleash their team’s motivations and make the best use of their time. “People don't lack a hope and a dream, they lack a leader and a plan.” You will learn: How to motivate your team by listening to their dreams and hopes. Motivating yourself (and your team) by replacing perfection with purpose. Devoting more precious time and energy to things you're good at. How ta...
Kingdom Business Leaders’ Steve Dulin says: Make practice hard so the games feel easy.
December 15, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 80.9 MBEp. 74: Texas High School Football shaped Steve Dulin. In his 20 years running Milestone Construction, the company never missed a deadline and never came in over budget… for 20 years. Learn how in this episode! You will learn: (6:30) Why every company needs to find “down-field” blockers. (9:15) How to remain calm under pressure. (13:00) How to lose graciously. (22:00) The importance of “calling” in choosing a line of work. (28:00) The three basic traits of well-run teams. (29:3...
Marketing expert Ryan Alford says: The questions an interviewee asks you reveal more than any answer.
December 08, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 86.5 MBEp. 73: Basketball with Kevin Garnett shaped this marketing maven. As a boy growing up tall in South Carolina, Ryan Alford developed plenty of drive going toe-to-toe with another intense basketball player, young Kevin Garnett, and even played briefly on the same AAU team as the now NBA Hall of Famer. After graduating from Eastside High School, Ryan went to college at Clemson, not to pursue basketball but rather business. From there, he worked as a “Mad Man” in New York before returning to So...
Best-selling author John Bacon says: Be patient with results, not behavior.
December 01, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutes - 112 MBEp. 72: Former hockey coach John Bacon offers lessons he learned turning the nation’s worst high school hockey team into one of its most celebrated. Subscribe here https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-72/ for a free gift and today’s show notes! You will learn: 5:00 Why a star system demotivates the entire team. 11:00 The best way to make your team “special.” 12:00 How to be patient with results, but not behavior. 14:30 Mentors are far more important than pay for...
Movement Mortgage CEO and Super Bowl Champion Casey Crawford says: Make yourself needed
November 24, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 103 MBEp. 71: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers shaped Casey Crawford. Movement Mortgage’s growing team of 4,000 have serviced about one out of every 45 home purchases in the U.S. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Casey used profits from its banking business to fund the opening of two tuition-free Title 1 schools serving the underserved and marginalized communities in which Movement operates. You will learn: What it means to make “love” a core value of your company. Why a paycheck will never be...
Alteryx CEO Mark Anderson asks: Do you know how your teammates define success?
November 17, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 83.1 MBEp. 70: Hockey shaped this Toronto-raised CEO! Mark’s career has taken him from Cisco Systems to Palo Alto Networks and numerous other places before he took the reins at Alteryx, where he has come to view his leadership as something like a curator in chief, one who is responsible for the development journey of each member of his team. This journey begins with understanding their goals, which in turn reflect their ideas of “what success looks like.” Mark appreciates ambition and hunger in o...
Amicus Therapeutics CEO John Crowley teaches how to be purpose-driven
November 10, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 111 MBEp. 69: John Crowley’s life story was made into a major motion picture called Extraordinary Measures, starring Brandon Fraser and Harrison Ford. This podcast offers its own life and business lessons straight from John himself, including the business he created to save his own children’s lives that grew into a global biomedical giant. You will learn: (19:00) How to recruit “passionate entrepreneurs.” (20:00) How to lead empathetically. (43:00) Three steps you need to take to turn big dr...
Pro-football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton says: Don’t sit back and accept your fate.
November 03, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBEp. 68: Minnesota Vikings football shaped this business icon. Fran Tarkenton played professional football for 18 years! He reinvented the position of quarterback by honing the craft of scrambling with the ball rather than allowing himself to be sacked by opposing defenders. Today, the 81-year-old CEO, who has founded more than 20 businesses, hasn’t slowed down one bit. You will learn: The business lesson he learned playing at Georgia. Why he values curiosity above all other leadership qua...
Saxum CEO Renzi Stone says 1,000 small conversations beat one big one every time.
October 27, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 88 MBEp. 67: Oklahoma basketball shaped this leader. Renzi is the Founder and CEO of Saxum and is nationally recognized for his political intelligence and public relations insight. He serves as a member of the governing board of the University of Oklahoma and on the global board of directors for YPO. In this conversation you will learn: [9:30] What leadership is NOT. [16:30] How to train yourself to overcome adversity. [28:00] How to create value for your team. [32:30] How to balance su...
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian: Lessons learned leading through the darkest hour.
October 20, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 64 MBEp. 66: Growing up as the oldest of nine children whose parents ran a dental practice out of their home in New York, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian sought refuge on basketball courts and baseball diamonds, playing “just about every sport there is involving a ball.” But no childhood bathroom squabble or station wagon road trip could prepare him for the challenge of leading a world-class company through years of challenge to become the most profitable competitor in its industry. Listeners ...
President of iHeartMedia Sports Kevin LeGrett on the #1 ability leaders want from YOU!
October 13, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 59 MBEp. 65: Playing and coaching basketball-shaped this business icon. Long before he became a famous NBA coach with the New York Knicks and an analyst at ESPN, Jeff Van Gundy coached high school basketball in Rochester, New York, and Kevin LeGrett was all the wiser and better equipped to lead because of their relationship. Upon graduating from college embarking on a career of his own, Kevin developed a reputation for generating tremendous bottom-line profit growth for the biggest media compan...
Acceleration Partners CEO Robert Glazer says there is no such thing as an overnight success
October 06, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MBEp. 64: Robert “Bob” Glazer is a serial entrepreneur who has worked at think tanks such as Arthur D. Little and incubators such as Cambridge Innovation Center before founding a host of his own companies and charities. His longest-running priority, Acceleration Partners, began in 2007 and works with clients worldwide to develop and scale their affiliate partner programs. He thinks people glamorize entrepreneurship to their detriment. Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/...
Former Denver Bronco Rafe Wilkinson says: Once a decision is made, agreement is optional, commitment is not.
September 29, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBEp. 63: Rafe played linebacker for a Super Bowl Denver Broncos team and considered coaching until his entrepreneurial drive kicked into gear and led him to buy ODS Security Solutions. Over 15 years, he led the company through explosive growth, increasing his workforce from a team of 30 to more than 1,000. In 2016, he became a co-founding partner of CEO Coaching International with twelve-time triathlete Mark Moses. Whether he is coaching a client or a member of his team, Rafe believes in usin...
President and CEO of First Command Mark Steffe Says: Don’t just tell people to get to a better place — help them.
September 22, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBEp. 62: Football, basketball, and track shaped Mark Steffe, an Illinois native responsible for guiding First Command Financial Services in its efforts to make lifelong financial security possible for all military families. When an employee isn’t performing up to snuff, Mark wants his supervisors to avoid telling them to sell more, deliver more, get better results, work harder, and the like. Instead, he wants the leaders to “roll up their sleeves, get their hands a little bit dirty and help...
Lokai Founder and CEO Steven Izen Says, “Don’t Cut Corners.”
September 15, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBEp. 61: Cornell track and field shaped this entrepreneur. Lokai’s brand of beaded bracelets has become a phenomenon sold in 5,000 locations in 170 countries. The bracelets each contain a droplet of mud from the Dead Sea and water from Mount Everest to represent the highs and lows of earth and of life. Steven paid his dues going “door-to-door” around New York City, trying to get stores to display his bracelets, and was rejected 95 percent of the time. Eventually, his hard work (and his dis...
Harvard Business Review Editor-in-Chief Adi Ignatius urges his team to “act like it matters.”
September 08, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBEp. 60: Baseball shaped this highly competitive and goal-oriented executive. Adi Ignatius is a leader who comes to play—whether the “play” involves slow-pitch softball or transforming the country’s oldest and most influential academic business journal. His success includes writing for the Wall Street Journal, receiving a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize, writing for the Far Eastern Economic Review, Time Asia, and Time Magazine, where he became Executive Editor and Deputy Managing Editor b...
TD SYNNEX's John O’Shea asks: Would everyone on the team know the goal if asked individually?
September 01, 2021 15:01 - 36 minutes - 83.3 MBEp. 59: University of Florida Crew shaped this technology leader. John O’Shea’s career at Tech Data started in 1994 when he was hired from a temp agency. Flying up the ranks as swiftly as one of those sculls plying the waters of a crystal clear lake—“I was averaging a new job every six or eight months!”—he rose to the position of President of Global Business Units at TD Synnex. He has developed a distinctive leadership style that CEO Rich Hume called strong and informed. You will learn: T...
Three-time Olympic Medalist Elana Meyers Taylor Says You Can’t Spend Life in Your Gold Medal Moment
August 25, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 99.9 MBEp. 58: Bobsled & softball shaped this competitor and mother. When Elana Meyers Taylor finally steps out of the bobsled for the last time, maybe after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, she will be able to look back at a trail-blazing career in which she became the first woman to earn a spot on the U.S. National Team competing alongside men as a four-man bobsled pilot. In this episode you will learn: How to trade “obligations” for “opportunities” Why she thinks respect is the glue that...
Longtime Waffle House President & COO Bert Thornton teaches how to engage your team in conversation
August 18, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 74.2 MBEp. 57: Georgia Tech football shaped this business icon. In 1971 Bert Thornton went to work at Waffle House flipping eggs and four decades later retired as the President and COO. His best leadership advice? Give out your cell phone number, because “when the trainees have access to the COO, communication improves among managers.” Each of the 11 million bowls of Bert’s Chili served annually is named for Thornton, who came up with the recipe when Waffle House moved into Texas in the 1980s.
Healthcare Executive Quint Studer teaches how to multiply your team’s creativity
August 11, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 93.9 MBEp. 56: Baseball shaped this great leader who has served as the president of Baptist Hospital and founded his own businesses serving his two passions: healthcare excellence and strong communities. Many have read his books on leadership and business operations. Studer co-owns the Pensacola Blue Wahoos minor league baseball team with golf great Bubba Watson. The little-known team grabbed headlines in 2020 after the COVID pandemic shut down normal operations when they turned the stadium into ...
Urban Meyer, Jacksonville Jaguars’ Head Coach, Loves a Deep Bench
August 04, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 60.3 MBEp. 55: NFL special edition with guest host John C. Maxwell to discuss the benefits of having a system your whole team buys into. “I used to say the job of a leader is to set the standard and demand all live up to that,” said three-time national championship coach Urban Meyer. “I’ve come to believe the job of a leader is to earn your team’s trust. And then you set a standard while equipping and inspiring them so they can achieve the standard.” Meyer’s system for building a deep bench wi...
Four-Time Olympian Angela Ruggiero says: Everyone is terrified, be confident in your preparation
July 28, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 90.4 MBEp. 54: Harvard Hockey shaped this business icon. Angela took her joy of sport and turned it into a high-profile career. She played longer than any other man or woman in a USA Hockey jersey and was only the fourth woman inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame! After she hung up her skates, she continued her studies at Harvard Business School and served on the International Olympic Committee. She was fascinated by the business of sports which led her to co-found Sports Innovation Lab, a data-...
RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos Recommends the Pain of Discipline over the Pain of Regret
July 21, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 66.2 MBEp. 53: Track and Field shaped this incredible leader. Before joining RE/MAX – one of the largest publicly traded real estate companies in the world with 135,000 agents operating in 110 countries— Adam Contos ran a SWAT team, working for a local Sheriff’s Office. He describes the job as “kicking in doors, blowing things up, and saving people.” In this episode, Adam shares that while his current professional life is completely different, his approach to leading high-performance teams rema...
EY’s Kristy Ingram asks: How would you react if you lost your professional identity?
July 14, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 97.5 MBEp. 51: As an equestrian in her native Australia, Kristy Ingram had to learn how to make the transition from managing horses to managing people when her competitive days ended. Her 15 years of consulting experience includes managing Ernst & Young’s sponsorship of the Rio Olympics and developing their Women’s Athlete Business Network. Today she is EY’s Global Leader of Athlete Programs where she helps talent-hungry managers tap into a leadership pipeline that most overlook… retired athlete...
Former NBA Player Charles Smith asks: Is versatility your blessing or your curse?
July 07, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MBEp. 51: Pittsburgh Basketball and 10 years in the NBA shaped this entrepreneur. Charles Smith played with the Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, and San Antonio Spurs. During that window, he was often asked to assume new roles, sometimes mid-season. The one skill he worked on constantly was shot blocking, and still today he ranks in the NBA’s top one percent of all-time shot blockers. After retiring, he participated in the Executive Entrepreneurs program at Stanford University and has ...
Keller Williams’ KWx CEO Carl Liebert shares two things that must happen before you can lead
June 30, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBEp. 50: Navy Basketball shaped this business icon. Carl Liebert played alongside two of the best players in the program’s history in Vernon Butler and David Robinson. He went on to earn advanced degrees from Harvard, Stanford, and Vanderbilt en route to attaining two decades of C-Suite experience at Home Depot, 24- Hour Fitness, USAA, AutoNation, and now Keller Williams’ parent holding company KWx. In this episode, Carl discusses how leaders can prevent their teams from turning one mistake...
Longtime Sony Pictures TV Chairman Steve Mosko asks: How do you show composure when the world around you is crumbling?
June 21, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MBEp. 49: Delaware Lacrosse is just one of the FUN experiences Steve shares with Don Yaeger. Learn how spiking a football in high school impacted his first meeting with Jerry Seinfield. Really. Then he walks us through when 10 years of his Sony emails were stolen and released to the world by hackers. Finally, he details his experience working with Peyton Manning as host of his newest show, “College Bowl.” Listen to our conversation and then tune into College Bowl Tuesday nights on NBC! ...
Two-time Masters Champion Bubba Watson asks: Can you talk about your failures?
June 16, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 125 MBEp. 48: Bubba Watson is an enthusiastic businessman with ownership stakes in the Blue Wahoos baseball team, a car dealership, and a candy shop in Pensacola, Florida. His heartfelt tears in the winner’s circle, joyously goofy hip hop performance in the boy band Golf Boys, and passionate advocacy for adoption have endeared him to millions. In near lockstep with his considerable success on the golf course and growing portfolio of businesses, Watson has had to confront his battle with anxiety ...
CEO of Torchy’s Tacos GJ Hart offers his 6 strategies for effective leadership
June 09, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 88.6 MBEp. 47: Basketball shaped one of the country’s best restaurant leaders. GJ served as CEO of California Pizza Kitchen and CEO of Texas Roadhouse, where he oversaw growth in revenue from $63 million per year when he arrived to more than $1 billion annually when he moved. Today he is in Austin, Texas, leading the rocket ship that is Torchy’s Tacos, one of the fastest-growing brands in America. A proud graduate of James Madison University, GJ wanted to offer opportunities to students like hims...
Kraft Analytics Group CEO Jessica Gelman asks: What do you do to create your own luck?
June 02, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 98.3 MBEp. 46: Harvard Basketball shaped this business icon. As a student, Jessica had the opportunity to work with the Robert Kraft family, owners of the New England Patriots football franchise and Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, on ways to increase the stadium’s revenue on non-game days. She parlayed the opportunity into a long term relationship with the Kraft family. Today, she is the CEO of Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), which works with all of the major U.S. sports leagues and prope...
Chick-Fil-A Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility Rodney Bullard shares a leader’s need for grace and forgiveness
May 26, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 85.1 MBEp. 45: Air Force Football shaped this business icon. Before coming to Chick-fil-A, Rodney served as an Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting complex criminal cases. As a White House Fellow, the nation’s most prestigious public-service fellowship, Rodney was placed at NASA working directly for the NASA Administrator. He also previously served at the Pentagon as a Congressional Legislative Liaison in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. In this episode, Rodney describes how ...
Owner of PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans Steven Ballard gives tools to inspire confidence in your team
May 19, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 84.9 MBEp. 44: Tulane football shaped this business icon. Steven went into business with his brothers, Paul and Scott, opening a restaurant and a couple of coffee houses. Under the banner Ballard Brands, the brothers went on to form a company that today owns, operates and manages more than 150 restaurants and food and beverage “concepts” in 28 states and 3 countries, including the acclaimed PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans and Smoothie King franchises. As their company has grown and the brothers have exp...
Alliance Vice President Stephen Jermyn asks: Are you louder with your compliments or your complaints?
May 05, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 53.6 MBEp. 42: Albany basketball alumnus shares how he is paying his coach’s example forward in business through principles like: -Keeping things fun and upbeat at meetings. -Using goal-setting rather than quotas in professional development because “nobody sets a quota on the basketball court." -Practicing “self-care” by clearing out time for himself to just sit with pencil and paper and think so that he can come up with a game plan and turn them into actions. Visit https://donyaeger.com/co...
Google Marketing Executive Kate Johnson asks: Have you predicted your future in big bold letters?
April 28, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 95.9 MBEp. 41: Michigan Rowing shaped this business icon. The mental discipline that earned Kate a seat on the US Olympic Crew Team also earned her a seat at the C-suite table at Visa and Google. As Visa’s Vice President of Global Sponsorship Marketing, she developed and led the relationships between Visa and 40+ partners including International Olympic Committee, FIFA, and the NFL. Today, as Google’s Head of Global Sports and Entertainment Marketing, she is responsible for connecting media partner...
Disney CEO Bob Chapek says: Develop the greatest strength in the world — willpower
April 21, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 97.6 MBEp. 40: Chapek traces his remarkable journey, from humble roots running cross country in America’s industrial heartland to running one of the world’s most iconic companies. Listeners looking to sharpen their presentation and leadership skills will receive a mini-tutorial from the master himself as Bob shows how he has turned “overpreparation” into an art form, including his patented “pencils down” process. Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-40/ for today's ...
Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux CEO and Founder Brandon Landry asks: What is your underdog story?
April 14, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 90.6 MBEp. 39: LSU basketball-shaped this founder and CEO. Walk-On’s was named the “#1 Sports Bar in America.” Then, New Orleans Saints legend Drew Brees expressed an interest in the business and ultimately joined the Walk-On’s team as a co-owner. Today, with more than 100 locations in the works across 15 states, Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux operates with a mission of delivering a memorable game day experience with a taste of Louisiana. In recounting his journey, CEO Brandon Landry offers sharp les...
LegalShield CEO Jeff Bell reveals the key to scaling your business
April 07, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 59.2 MBEp. 38: Jeff Bell served in senior leadership roles at companies such as Ford, Chrysler, Microsoft, and NBC Universal before taking the reins as CEO of legal services provider LegalShield. In this episode, he offers an abundance of practical tips on vulnerability, dealing with pressure, and developing lifelong learning habits essential for leaders seeking to inspire their teams as well as progress in their careers. For a free e-book chapter and today's show notes, visit https://donyaeger.c...
Warrick Dunn, Atlanta Falcons Part Owner and Former NFL Running Back, asks: Will you choose to be bitter or better?
March 31, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes - 56 MBEp. 37: Florida State Football and Bobby Bowden shaped this leader. Two weeks after Warrick’s 18th birthday, his mother, a Baton Rouge police officer, was killed in a robbery at a bank. He became the legal guardian of his five younger siblings, won the National Championship with Bobby Bowden at Florida State, and was drafted 12th overall to Tony Dungy’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In this episode, you will learn about the legacy Warrick created with his charity, Homes for the Holidays. For a free ...
Home Depot Board Director Greg Brenneman reveals the three most underused words in the English language
March 24, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBEp. 36: As the CEO of Continental Airlines — a position he accepted when he was only 33 years old — Continental went from ranking last in all of US Airline's key customer service areas to 18th on Fortune's list of "Best Companies to Work For." He continued this trend as the CEO of Burger King, PwC Consulting, and Quiznos. As a golfer and as a leader, Greg knows how important it is not to let one bad shot, or one bad moment, turn into two. His acclaimed Harvard Business review article "R...
Olympic gold medalist Kikkan Randall asks: Do you let internal competition destroy your team dynamic?
March 17, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBEp. 35: Discover how to ensure that internal competition fuels your employees and does not destroy team chemistry. Kikkan was 16 years old in Anchorage, Alaska when she was told that no American woman had ever won an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing. It was that moment that she set her goal: Make history. She went on to compete in FIVE Olympics and in 2018 in the last race of her last games… Kikkan Randall won gold. Three months later she was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. She us...
Simon Sinek, Team Building Expert, asks: How do we win a game that has no end?
March 10, 2021 13:30 - 42 minutes - 98.7 MBEp. 34: He is best known for popularizing the concept of knowing your WHY, which he described in his first TED Talk. That talk went on to become the second most watched TED Talk of all time! Years later, his interview on millennials in the workplace broke the internet with over 80 million views in its first week. This led to Simon being YouTube’s fifth most searched term that year. In his newest book, The Infinite Game, Simon contrasts sports and business: In finite games, like football or c...
Arrow Electronics COO Sean Kerins says: The further you go, the less you know
March 03, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBEp. 33: Syracuse Basketball and Coach Jim Boeheim shaped Sean Kerins. Today as Arrow's Chief Operating Officer, he leads a team of 20,000 employees across more than 300 locations worldwide. He is committed to lifelong learning. "The further you go, the less you know," Sean explained, "The more willing you are to reach out and learn from others, the better off you will be." In this episode, Sean explains how that curious culture inspired Arrow to modify a Corvette, empowering a quadriplegi...
Arrow Electronics CEO Sean Kerins says: The further you go, the less you know
March 03, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBEp. 33: Syracuse Basketball and Coach Jim Boeheim shaped Sean Kerins. Today as Arrow's CEO, he leads a team of 20,000 employees across more than 300 locations worldwide. He is committed to lifelong learning. "The further you go, the less you know," Sean explained, "The more willing you are to reach out and learn from others, the better off you will be." In this episode, Sean explains how that curious culture inspired Arrow to modify a Corvette, empowering a quadriplegic former IndyCar rac...
U.S. Navy Blue Angel Pilot Keith Hoskins asks: Can you remain calm when your senses hit overload?
February 24, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 84.2 MBEp. 32: Missouri Western State Football shaped this business icon. Captain Keith Hoskins grew up with a dream to be a Blue Angel pilot— and that dream came true! His 27 years in the Navy included serving as Commanding Officer for Naval Air Station Pensacola, where he provided leadership oversight for more than 25,000 military and civilian personnel. The lessons he learned on the football field are ones he applies today as the Executive Vice President of Branch Operations for the world’s larg...
Keith Hoskins, U.S. Navy Blue Angel Pilot, asks: Can you remain calm when your senses hit overload?
February 24, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBEp. 32: Missouri Western State Football shaped this business icon. Captain Keith Hoskins grew up with a dream to be a Blue Angel pilot— and that dream came true! His 27 years in the Navy included serving as Commanding Officer for Naval Air Station Pensacola, where he provided leadership oversight for more than 25,000 military and civilian personnel. The lessons he learned on the football field are ones he applies today as the Executive Vice President of Branch Operations for the world’s larg...
Kyle Carpenter, Medal of Honor Recipient, says: You Are Worth It
February 17, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBEp. 31: Kyle was posted on a rooftop in Afghanistan when an enemy grenade landed between him and a fellow Marine. Without hesitation, Kyle jumped on the grenade, saving his best friend but sacrificing himself. After flatlining three times, undergoing 41 surgeries, and spending three years at Walter Reed Medical Center, Kyle ran the Marine Corps Marathon. He is the youngest living recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. The book we wrote together is titled You Are Worth It, the respons...
Medal of Honor Recipient Kyle Carpenter says: You Are Worth It
February 17, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBEp. 31: Kyle was posted on a rooftop in Afghanistan when an enemy grenade landed between him and a fellow Marine. Without hesitation, Kyle jumped on the grenade, saving his best friend but sacrificing himself. After flatlining three times, undergoing 41 surgeries, and spending three years at Walter Reed Medical Center, Kyle ran the Marine Corps Marathon. He is the youngest living recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. The book we wrote together is titled You Are Worth It, the respons...