SportsPro Podcast DC United's Danita Johnson and the WTA's Micky Lawler on the future of female leadership in sport
Apr 15, 2021
01:06:12
In a session from the most recent event in the SportsPro Insider Series, Women's Tennis Association (WTA) president Micky Lawler and Danita Johnson, president of business operations at Major League Soccer's (MLS) DC United, tell CNN Sport's Amanda Davies about their experience as women leading sports organisations.
They discuss the pathways that have taken them into their respective positions and the need to open up more opportunities, the importance of mentorship and allyship, managing frustrating commercial conversations, female representation in the bigger picture of inclusion, and much more.
Meanwhile, SportsPro deputy editor Sam Carp takes editor at large Eoin Connolly through issue 113 of SportsPro magazine, with a deep focus on federations and sporting destinations.
Music: Surf Inspector by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4447-surf-inspector
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
They discuss the pathways that have taken them into their respective positions and the need to open up more opportunities, the importance of mentorship and allyship, managing frustrating commercial conversations, female representation in the bigger picture of inclusion, and much more.
Meanwhile, SportsPro deputy editor Sam Carp takes editor at large Eoin Connolly through issue 113 of SportsPro magazine, with a deep focus on federations and sporting destinations.
Music: Surf Inspector by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4447-surf-inspector
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/