Corporate Competitor Podcast
228 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 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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ViON President Jeff Henry asks: Do you practice harder than your competition?
October 14, 2020 04:26 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBEp. 12: Ohio State baseball shaped this business icon. TECHNOLOGY MONTH continues in Episode 12, and not only will you learn how to wake-up with a winning attitude, but you will also learn how President of ViON, Jeff Henry, has been shaped by his Ohio State University baseball experience. Jeff believes the ability to teach people, and then see their success, is more important than anything he could ever accomplish individually— and THAT is the kind of leader from which I want to learn! Today...
Rob Davies, ViON Executive Vice President of Operations, asks: Can you remain calm and disciplined in stressful times?
October 07, 2020 04:01 - 53 minutes - 73 MBEp. 11: Rowing at Michigan shaped this business icon. We are kicking off TECHNOLOGY MONTH with ViON’s Executive Vice President of Operations, Rob Davies. ViON is a cloud service provider and market leader in the design, delivery, and maintenance of IT infrastructure solutions. Rob brings more than 25 years of experience to his role and over the course of his career, he has established a strong track record of generating growth, creating partnerships with customers, and empowering employees. ...
ViON EVP of Operations Rob Davies asks: Can you remain calm and disciplined in stressful times?
October 07, 2020 04:01 - 53 minutes - 73 MBEp. 11: Rowing at Michigan shaped this business icon. We are kicking off TECHNOLOGY MONTH with ViON’s Executive Vice President of Operations, Rob Davies. ViON is a cloud service provider and market leader in the design, delivery, and maintenance of IT infrastructure solutions. Rob brings more than 25 years of experience to his role and over the course of his career, he has established a strong track record of generating growth, creating partnerships with customers, and empowering employees. ...
Carla Vernon, Amazon Vice President of Consumables, asks: Athletes have a warm-up routine, does your corporate team?
September 30, 2020 04:01 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBEp. 10: Princeton ballet shaped this business icon. As the President of General Mills Natural & Organic, Carla Vernon drove unprecedented growth of a $1.5 billion snack portfolio including Annie’s, Larabar, and Nature Valley. In fact, she restored growth to Nature Valley resulting in the highest level of unit sales in the brand’s history, making it the world’s top-selling granola bar. She has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Women in Retail and Most Influential Women in Corporate America...
Carla Vernon, longtime President of General Mills Natural & Organic, asks: Athletes have a warm-up routine, does your corporate team?
September 30, 2020 04:01 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBEp. 10: Princeton ballet shaped this business icon. As the President of General Mills Natural & Organic, Carla Vernon drove unprecedented growth of a $1.5 billion snack portfolio including Annie’s, Larabar, and Nature Valley. In fact, she restored growth to Nature Valley resulting in the highest level of unit sales in the brand’s history, making it the world’s top-selling granola bar. She has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Women in Retail and Most Influential Women in Corporate America...
Amazon VP of Consumables Carla Vernon asks: Athletes have a warm-up routine, does your corporate team?
September 30, 2020 04:01 - 1 hour - 88.8 MBEp. 10: Princeton ballet shaped this business icon. As Amazon’s Vice President of Consumables-- a $56 billion portfolio including grocery, household products, and beauty-- Carla Vernon is the highest-ranking woman of color at one of the world's largest corporations. Previously as the President of General Mills Natural & Organic, Carla restored growth to Nature Valley resulting in the highest level of unit sales in the brand’s history, making it the world’s top-selling granola bar. I am confi...
Xavier Williams, CEO of American Virtual Cloud Technologies, asks: Does the content you read expand your thinking?
September 23, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBEp. 9: Edinboro basketball shaped this business icon. Xavier Williams, who played college basketball at Edinboro University, has been with AT&T for 30 years. Today he serves as President of the Public Sector and FirstNet and leads with the motto: “Culture trumps strategy.” In this episode, you will get a behind the scenes look into how Xavier took one of the country’s lowest-ranking branches, and turned it into the fourth-best within two and half years, without changing a single team member....
CEO of American Virtual Cloud Technologies Xavier Williams asks: Does the content you read expand your thinking?
September 23, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBEp. 9: Edinboro basketball shaped this business icon. Xavier Williams, who played college basketball at Edinboro University, spent 30 years working for AT&T and rose to become President of the Public Sector and FirstNet. He leads with the motto: “Culture trumps strategy.” In this episode, you will get a behind the scenes look into how Xavier took one of the country’s lowest-ranking AT&T branches, and turned it into the fourth-best within two and half years, without changing a single team mem...
Xavier Williams, President of AT&T Public Sector, asks: Does the content you read expand your thinking?
September 23, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBEp. 9: Edinboro basketball shaped this business icon. Xavier Williams, who played college basketball at Edinboro University, has been with AT&T for 30 years. Today he serves as President of the Public Sector and FirstNet and leads with the motto: “Culture trumps strategy.” In this episode, you will get a behind the scenes look into how Xavier took one of the country’s lowest-ranking branches, and turned it into the fourth-best within two and half years, without changing a single team member....
John C. Maxwell, Leadership Expert, asks: Do you know the top time-waster in leaders’ lives?
September 16, 2020 04:01 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MBEp. 8: Basketball shaped this business icon growing up in Centerville, Ohio. In this episode, you will learn the #1 time-waster in leaders’ lives and how to eliminate it from leadership expert, John C. Maxwell. John is a #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, speaker, and coach. He has sold 26 million books in 50 languages and trained six million leaders. He recently reached the milestone of having trained leaders from every country in the world. John began practicing leadership at a young a...
Turning of the Tide: How One Game Changed the South
September 11, 2020 05:36 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBEp. 7 SPECIAL EDITION: We know how sports shapes executives, but in this special edition, we discuss how sports shaped society. September 12th is the 50th anniversary of a game that, many would argue, completely changed college football. Bear Bryant, who was still coaching an all-white football team at Alabama in 1970, slyly pulled off a game against a fully integrated Southern Cal team in a game many credited with opening the door to the full-scale integration of Southern college footbal...
Special Edition: How One Game Changed the South
September 11, 2020 05:36 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBWe know how sports shapes executives, but in this special edition, we discuss how sports shaped society. September 12th is the 50th anniversary of a game that, many would argue, completely changed college football. Bear Bryant, who was still coaching an all-white football team at Alabama in 1970, slyly pulled off a game against a fully integrated Southern Cal team in a game many credited with opening the door to the full-scale integration of Southern college football. In this bonus epis...
How One Game Changed the South
September 11, 2020 05:36 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBEp. 7 SPECIAL EDITION: We know how sports shapes executives, but in this special edition, we discuss how sports shaped society. September 12th is the 50th anniversary of a game that, many would argue, completely changed college football. Bear Bryant, who was still coaching an all-white football team at Alabama in 1970, slyly pulled off a game against a fully integrated Southern Cal team in a game many credited with opening the door to the full-scale integration of Southern college footbal...
Carl Eschenbach, Sequoia Capital Partner, asks: Do you love to win or hate to lose?
September 09, 2020 04:01 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBEp. 6: Wrestling shaped this business icon growing up in Pennsylvania. As the President and COO of VMware, Carl Eschenbach helped build the company from 200 employees and 30 million dollars in revenue to 20,000 employees and 7 billion dollars in revenue. In 2016, he became a partner at Sequoia Capital – widely regarded as Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firm. Carl is a true Corporate Competitor: He grew up in Pennsylvania and received five Most Valuable Athlete Awards and...
Sequoia Capital Partner Carl Eschenbach asks: Do you love to win or hate to lose?
September 09, 2020 04:01 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MBEp. 6: Wrestling shaped this business icon growing up in Pennsylvania. As the President and COO of VMware, Carl Eschenbach helped build the company from 200 employees and 30 million dollars in revenue to 20,000 employees and 7 billion dollars in revenue. In 2016, he became a partner at Sequoia Capital – widely regarded as Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firm. Carl is a true Corporate Competitor: He grew up in Pennsylvania and received five Most Valuable Athlete Awards and...
Microsoft's Global Cloud Scale Service Manager Oguo Atuanya asks: Do you believe in your own abilities?
September 02, 2020 04:01 - 37 minutes - 51 MBEp. 5: Georgia Tech tennis shaped this business icon. Rugby and Weber State football shaped this business icon. In his senior executive role at Microsoft, Oguo manages Global Cloud Scale Services. Educated in three different continents, Oguo has the ability to interweave his mixed cultural background with his rich career experiences. In our conversation, Oguo shares stories about how his love of football, rugby, and soccer shaped his leadership journey and explains how everyone on your team...
Oguo Atuanya, Microsoft's Global Cloud Scale Service Manager, asks: Do you believe in your own abilities?
September 02, 2020 04:01 - 37 minutes - 51 MBEp. 5: Georgia Tech tennis shaped this business icon. Rugby and Weber State football shaped this business icon. In his senior executive role at Microsoft, Oguo manages Global Cloud Scale Services. Educated in three different continents, Oguo has the ability to interweave his mixed cultural background with his rich career experiences. In our conversation, Oguo shares stories about how his love of football, rugby, and soccer shaped his leadership journey and explains how everyone on your team...
Longtime Medtronic CEO Bill George asks: Are you finishing strong?
August 26, 2020 04:01 - 40 minutes - 91.7 MBEp. 4: Bill was a three-sport athlete in high school and rose to become a member of the Georgia Tech tennis team. His four decades of C-Suite experience include serving as the Executive Vice President of Honeywell, Chairman, and CEO of Medtronic, and TODAY he is a senior fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He has written several best-selling books including one of my favorite leadership books of all time — True North. In this episode, you will see wh...
Bill George, Longtime Medtronic CEO, asks: Are you finishing strong?
August 26, 2020 04:01 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBEp. 4: Bill was a three-sport athlete in high school and rose to become a member of the Georgia Tech tennis team. His four decades of C-Suite experience include serving as the Executive Vice President of Honeywell, Chairman, and CEO of Medtronic, and TODAY he is a senior fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He has written several best-selling books including one of my favorite leadership books of all time — True North. In this episode, you will see wh...
Kim McHugh, Highest Ranking Woman in Drilling Industry, asks: Are you fully engaged on the sideline?
August 19, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutes - 75.1 MBEp. 3: Texas A&M volleyball shaped this business icon. While studying petroleum engineering at Texas A&M, Kim McHugh played on the Aggie volleyball team and advanced to the NCAA tournament! She rose to become the Vice President of Chevron's Drilling and Completions and today attributes her mental strength to her experience on the court: You can do more than you think you can— it's your mind that stops you. In this episode, you will learn how to lead with empathy, communicate clearly, and fai...
Highest Ranking Woman in Drilling Industry Kim McHugh asks: Are you fully engaged on the sideline?
August 19, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutes - 75.1 MBEp. 3: Texas A&M volleyball shaped this business icon. While studying petroleum engineering at Texas A&M, Kim McHugh played on the Aggie volleyball team and advanced to the NCAA tournament! She rose to become the Vice President of Chevron's Drilling and Completions and today attributes her mental strength to her experience on the court: You can do more than you think you can— it's your mind that stops you. In this episode, you will learn how to lead with empathy, communicate clearly, and fai...
Louis Carr, Black Entertainment Television Media President, asks: Can You Overcome Two Pandemics?
August 11, 2020 20:53 - 46 minutes - 85 MBEp. 2: Drake track and field shaped this business icon. Louis Carr's story encourages us to set impactful goals, work harder than everybody else, and refine our mental skills. You will learn the power of competing against yourself as Don Yaeger interviews the man responsible for more advertising dollars targeting African-American consumers than any other professional or company in history. Louis Carr has led an incredible 21 straight years of advertising revenue growth. His athletic accolade...
Black Entertainment Television Media President Louis Carr asks: Can You Overcome Two Pandemics?
August 11, 2020 20:53 - 46 minutes - 85 MBEp. 2: Drake track and field shaped this business icon. Louis Carr's story encourages us to set impactful goals, work harder than everybody else, and refine our mental skills. You will learn the power of competing against yourself as Don Yaeger interviews the man responsible for more advertising dollars targeting African-American consumers than any other professional or company in history. Louis Carr has led an incredible 21 straight years of advertising revenue growth. His athletic accolade...
Linblad Expeditions CEO Dolf Berle asks: Do you practice courage?
August 05, 2020 04:01 - 31 minutes - 43 MBEp. 1: Harvard track and field shaped this business icon. In 2021, Dolf accepted the role of CEO of Lindblad Expeditions. His team partners with National Geographic to take customers on adventure cruises around the world. Dolf was a member of the Harvard track and field team in the early 1980s. Now, he sits on the board for USA Track and Field, and continues to find athletic success. Dolf is the #2 ranked Decathlete in the world for his age group and participated in two seasons of American N...
Longtime Topgolf CEO Dolf Berle asks: Do you practice courage?
August 05, 2020 04:01 - 31 minutes - 43 MBEp. 1: Harvard track and field shaped this business icon. In this heartfelt conversation, you will learn how to overcome self-doubt, shorten the life-cycle of failure, and be a brave leader through incredible stories of Dolf’s track and field experience at Harvard and beyond. Athletically, applying these leadership lessons led him to the Pole Vaulting World Championships and the set of American Ninja Warrior. Corporately, his pole vaulting motto “choose to be brave before you start” shaped ...
Dolf Berle, Topgolf CEO, asks: Do you practice courage?
August 05, 2020 04:01 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBEp. 1: Harvard track and field shaped this business icon. In this heartfelt conversation, you will learn how to overcome self-doubt, shorten the life-cycle of failure, and be a brave leader through incredible stories of Dolf’s track and field experience at Harvard and beyond. Athletically, applying these leadership lessons led him to the Pole Vaulting World Championships and the set of American Ninja Warrior. Corporately, his pole vaulting motto “choose to be brave before you start” shaped ...
Topgolf CEO Dolf Berle asks: Do you practice courage?
August 05, 2020 04:01 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBEp. 1: Harvard track and field shaped this business icon. In this heartfelt conversation, you will learn how to overcome self-doubt, shorten the life-cycle of failure, and be a brave leader through incredible stories of Dolf’s track and field experience at Harvard and beyond. Athletically, applying these leadership lessons led him to the Pole Vaulting World Championships and the set of American Ninja Warrior. Corporately, his pole vaulting motto “choose to be brave before you start” shaped ...
Corporate Competitor Podcast Trailer
July 10, 2020 17:22 - 6 minutes - 14.3 MBWhat do most Fortune 500 executives have in common? They learned their leadership 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 New York Times Best-Selling Author Don Yaeger on his journey to sit with the brightest executives in the world as we discuss how sports shaped their professional trajectory in life. Our first ...