Corporate Competitor Podcast

Ep. 50: Navy Basketball shaped this business icon. Carl Liebert played alongside two of the best players in the program’s history in Vernon Butler and David Robinson. He went on to earn advanced degrees from Harvard, Stanford, and Vanderbilt en route to attaining two decades of C-Suite experience at Home Depot, 24- Hour Fitness, USAA, AutoNation, and now Keller Williams’ parent holding company KWx. In this episode, Carl discusses how leaders can prevent their teams from turning one mistake into two and explains why he gives his team “permission to fail.” Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-50/ for a gift and today’s show notes!

Ep. 49: Delaware Lacrosse is just one of the FUN experiences Steve shares with Don Yaeger. Learn how spiking a football in high school impacted his first meeting with Jerry Seinfield. Really. Then he walks us through when 10 years of his Sony emails were stolen and released to the world by hackers. Finally, he details his experience working with Peyton Manning as host of his newest show, “College Bowl.” Listen to our conversation and then tune into College Bowl Tuesday nights on NBC!  Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-49/ for a free gift and today’s show notes!

Ep. 48: Bubba Watson is an enthusiastic businessman with ownership stakes in the Blue Wahoos baseball team, a car dealership, and a candy shop in Pensacola, Florida. His heartfelt tears in the winner’s circle, joyously goofy hip hop performance in the boy band Golf Boys, and passionate advocacy for adoption have endeared him to millions. In near lockstep with his considerable success on the golf course and growing portfolio of businesses, Watson has had to confront his battle with anxiety head-on. Since most of this struggle was private, few know Watson’s hard-won techniques for facing up to and then facing down his problems. In this episode, you will learn three methods that helped Watson cope and how he refocused his priorities.  Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-48/ for a free gift and today’s show notes!

Ep. 47: Basketball shaped one of the country’s best restaurant leaders. GJ served as CEO of California Pizza Kitchen and CEO of Texas Roadhouse, where he oversaw growth in revenue from $63 million per year when he arrived to more than $1 billion annually when he moved. Today he is in Austin, Texas, leading the rocket ship that is Torchy’s Tacos, one of the fastest-growing brands in America. A proud graduate of James Madison University, GJ wanted to offer opportunities to students like himself and, in 2012, made a substantial donation of his time and resources that led the university to place his name atop the Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management. In this episode, GJ shares why he hires for attitude over ability and offers listeners six proven lessons for leadership. Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-47/ for a free gift and today’s show notes!

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. Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-46/ for a free gift and today’s show notes!

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. Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-45/ for a free gift and today’s show notes!

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.    Visit  https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-44/  for a free gift and today’s show notes!

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. Visit Episode https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-43/ for a free gift and today’s show notes!

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. Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-42/ for a free gift and today’s show notes!

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. Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-41/ for a free gift and today’s show notes!