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. 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 properties to apply business analytics in their operations.
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Ep. 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 athletics introduces competition in an appropriate and fair way. He teaches:
- How to develop your team members
- What he has learned from Chick-Fil-A CEO, Dan Cathy.
- How you impact the people three feet around you.
- The key to creating confidence and comfort on your team.
- How to build trust.
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Ep. 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 expanded their portfolio of businesses and hired additional layers of leadership and staff, Ballard has found himself drawing more and more on the tools he used to succeed as an athlete.
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Ep. 43: Learn what made PGA Champion Jack Nicklaus an off-course success in Best Seat in the House that I co-wrote with his son Jack "Jackie" Nicklaus II. The book gives readers 18 valuable lessons that Nicklaus II learned from his father while caddying for him and those learned off the green. This interview with the first family of golf will delight golf fans of all ages, encourage fathers, and inspire readers to focus on what's most important in life: family.
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Ep. 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.
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Ep. 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 partnerships across the company's many business verticals. Kate's leadership was recognized in Adweek's list of Most Powerful Women In Sports Business, and she received Sports Business Journal's 40 under 40 Award.
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Ep. 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.
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Ep. 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 lessons for business leaders eager for insights on aligning staff, scaling company culture, raising the bar on expectations, and knowing when — and how — to change course when things are not going to plan…including holding a funeral when moving past failure!
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Ep. 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.
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Ep. 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 gift and show notes visit: https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-37
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