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. 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 "Right Away and All At Once: How We Saved Continental" led to his book teaching his five steps to transform your business and enrich your life.
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Ep. 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 used the lessons from sport to combat negative thoughts on her road to recovery. Today Kikkan serves on the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and is part of the EY Women Athletes Business Network.
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Ep. 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 chess, the players are known, the rules are fixed, and the endpoint is clear. The winners and losers are easily identified. In infinite games, like a business, the players come and go, the rules are changeable, and there is no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers in an infinite game; there is only ahead and behind.
Ep. 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 race driver to drive again using only his head's motion. Through Sean's story you will learn how to activate the company culture document that hangs in your office so that it becomes more powerful than just wall art.
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Ep. 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 largest credit union— Navy Federal!
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Ep. 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 response he gives when someone thanks him for his service. King Academy football shaped this American hero.
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Ep. 30: Ohio State Softball shaped this military leader. In the history of the United States Air Force, 225 people have achieved the rank of four-star general, only five of them women. Recently retired General Maryanne Miller may have the most fascinating story of them all.
Growing up in Hilliard, Ohio, Miller spent many nights as a young girl playing baseball in the backyard. "Every family has that one thing that gathers them," she said, "Sports became that for all six of us in the house." Her fun family tradition led to a softball scholarship at Ohio State University, an experience that taught her valuable lessons in grit and perseverance.
In this candid conversation with one of America's great leaders, you will learn how to leverage your weaknesses properly, and we will reveal the biggest mistake people make as they seek to climb the ranks.
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Ep. 29: West Point athletics shaped this business icon. Retired Brigadier General, Bernard Banks, knew as a child that he wanted to go to West Point because of his desire to develop himself as a leader. He was so successful in that journey that years later, West Point asked him to chair their leadership department. He has led multiple military units ranging in size from 10 to 3,000 people. In the early 2000s, He was brought in to improve an Apache Helicopter unit ranking in the bottom third globally. In just two years, under Bernie's leadership, the same group was designated number ONE! Today he is an Associate Dean at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management teaching leadership in the MBA program!
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Ep. 28: Purdue basketball shaped this business icon. Beth oversaw public policy for EY's operations in 150 countries. She has been named eleven times to Forbes "World's Most Powerful Women" list and, in 2015, was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Recently retired, she now devotes herself to numerous boards, including The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the International Women's Forum.
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Ep. 27: NASCAR Hall of Famer, Rick Hendrick, grew up on his family's farm and turned his passion for the automobile into several successful business ventures. This episode explores the ultimate formula for keeping your team revved up. Hendrick believes open, honest, and frequent communication is the make or break skill separating those who get to victory lane and those who don't.
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