Stay ConnectedWhat 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 13-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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Ep. 144: Jesse is BACK as our first repeat guest to talk about our new book Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas. Whether at the ballpark, on social media, onstage delivering keynotes, or in features for ESPN, Jesse continues to create fans all over the world.
The Bananas have sold out every game since their first season and have a waitlist for tickets in the thousands. They have entertained millions of fans in Savannah and at ballparks all over their country on their Banana Ball Tour. Listen now and take notes on our free BONUS RESOURCE.
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Special thanks to Lauren Hafner and Francisco Nunez for making this episode possible.
Ep. 143: Baseball and football shaped Jim whose experience includes executive roles at Comcast and AT&T. Today his competitive spirit can be seen golfing and skiing in his home state of Colorado!
"As a corporate leader, I'm always thinking about that person who takes the first phone call from our customer. 'How hard are we making that job?' I want to know."
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If these lessons resonated with you, connect with me and my team at maxwellleadership.com/don and together we can next-level your company culture!
Special thanks to Kyle Smedley and Francisco Nunez for making this episode possible.
Ep. 142: Vanderbilt Basketball shaped Drew. Growing up in Tennessee, he disciplined himself as a young boy to take 750-1,000 shots a day on the basketball court because he wanted to be the third person in his family to play basketball at Vanderbilt, where his dad and grandfather played.
"I want to eliminate 'destination disease.' Let's chase winning with everything that we have, but let's not allow that to become the impairment of us becoming all we can be along the journey." - Drew Maddux
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If these lessons resonated with you, connect with me and my team at maxwellleadership.com/don and together we can next-level your company culture!
Special thanks to Kyle Smedley and Samantha Clark for making this episode possible.
Ep. 141: Golf shaped this PGA Golf Executive of the Year. He reminds us of the importance of building strong relationships in every area of an organization. Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes fill-in-the-blank notes and reflection questions.
If these lessons resonated with you, connect with me and my team at maxwellleadership.com/don and together we can next-level your company culture!
Special thanks to Clayton Cole, Ethan Salzberg, and Lauren Hafner for making this episode possible.
Ep. 140: Tennis and gymnastics shaped Angela who has been named to the Forbes Most Powerful Women list an incredible EIGHT times. Today she serves on the Board of Ralph Lauren, AirBnb, and Save the Children International, a charity focused on improving the lives of at-risk children worldwide.
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+If these lessons resonated with you, connect with me and my team at maxwellleadership.com/don and together we can next-level your company culture!
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Ep.139: Princeton Lacrosse shaped this leader who won two national championships under legendary coach Bill Tierney. Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes fill-in-the-blank notes and reflection questions. Click here to download the bonus resource.
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If these lessons resonated with you, connect with me and my team at maxwellleadership.com/don and together we can next-level your company culture!
Special thanks to Nico Finol and Sam Manley for making this episode possible.
Ep. 138 Football and baseball shaped Chairman of Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Ron Simmons developed the practice of holding a 20-minute meeting with each of his team members with "no agenda other than getting to know each other."
"I learned early on that if I wanted to be able to accomplish things, I needed to have my colleagues trust me," Simmons said. "If you can develop a personal bond with someone, then when some conflict arises, you can melt it away a lot better by drawing on your understanding of the person."
+Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes fill-in-the-blank notes and reflection questions. Click here to download the bonus resource.
++If these lessons resonated with you, connect with me and my team at maxwellleadership.com/don and together we can next-level your company culture!
Special thanks to Cade Stransky and Daniel Kehn for making this episode possible.
Ep. 137: Cricket shaped the leader who grew up in Yorkshire, England where "the humans were outnumbered by the sheep." Leave it to the CEO of WD-40 to figure out a way to smooth out the squeaks in his company's culture, but that's exactly what the company's new boss Steve Brass did on day one of becoming the leader of a brand whose name has become synonymous with making things operate better.
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If these lessons resonated with you, connect with me and my team at maxwellleadership.com/don and together we can next-level your company culture!
Special thanks to Kyle Smedley and David Beira for making this episode possible.
Ep. 136: Harvard Football shaped this "business athlete" who bakes his company's purpose into his product while leading his 12,000 employees.
Scott founded Seattle Coffee Company in London before selling it to Starbucks and serving as the President of Starbucks Europe. In 2008, Scott and his wife Ally founded MOD Pizza in Seattle, a fast-casual restaurant chain that offers artisan-style pizzas and salads, and today they have 500 locations across America.
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+If these lessons resonated with you, connect with me and my team at maxwellleadership.com/don and together we can next-level your company culture!
Special thanks to Samantha Clark and Daniel Kehn for making this episode possible.
Ep. 135 REWIND EPISODE: To celebrate John's new book The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication, we are throwing it back to one of our first episodes. John began practicing leadership as a sophomore on the Circleville, Ohio High School basketball team, when was named captain.
"He might be the youngest," his coach said to the team, "but there is nobody here that wants you to succeed as much as John." It's no stretch to say that what was true then remains true of his team at Maxwell Leadership, as well as the countless teams they have coached and inspired worldwide.
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If these lessons resonated with you, connect with me and my team at maxwellleadership.com/don and together we can next-level your company culture!
Special thanks to Francisco Nunez and Lauren Hafner for making this episode possible.
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