The SportsGrad Podcast

The successful people in the sports industry all have one thing in common.They've made countless decisions throughout their careers, but none is more important than this.So, we're here to tell you what you should be thinking about in order to save yourself time and, of course, get to that dream job as soon as possible!*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends !Do you ever wonder how an international competition goes about increasing fan engagement? Introducing ‘SQUADS’, an initiative by the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup to bring international communities within Australia together before the big tournament.Today, we are joined by Will Taylor, expert community builder and key holder of some MASSIVE social accounts.Will talks about the benefits of getting experience overseas and how he landed the sweet gig of following the ATP tour all around the world! We’re talking three years of snapping social media content of the likes of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer - yes please!For a look inside global experience on the socials, tune into episode #179 with Will!We cover:The building excitement for the T20 Cricket World CupWhat goes into fan engagement of an International competitionThe ‘SQUADS’ initiative, and how you can get involvedHow to handle missing out on opportunities The critical skills involved in social media work & fan engagementThe motivations behind Will’s career*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!What would you think of your LinkedIn profile if you were low-key stalking yourself? Would you be impressed? Would you hit yourself up?Nailing your LinkedIn profile is an easy fix to get closer to landing that dream job in sport.Today on the pod, we talk about the overlooked 'skills' section. That bit at the bottom where people can endorse you, which provides 'people proof' to the things you want to be known for. How good!To learn what you should be including and what's best left out, tune in to episode #178*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Do you dream of working at a home Olympic & Paralympic Games? Pfft, Of course you do!Lucky for you Natalie Cook (5x Olympian and Sydney 2000 Gold Medalist… just quietly) lived this dream, and she’s just been tasked with preparing Brisbane to host the BIGGEST show on earth!!Now a motivational speaker and on the board of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic & Paralympic Games local organising committee (LOC), Nat shares how the key to success starts with remembering people’s names, building resilience and having a dream.For a look inside the initial plans of the LOC, and how you can prepare like Nat Cook to realise your dreams, tune into our most exciting podcast yet!We cover:How to plan to host an Olympic & Paralympic Games 10 years outWhat makes Natalie Cook great3 critical moments that shaped her todayThe unique power of sport and OlympiansThe importance of learning people’s namesWhy resilience is the most vital part of any jobThe importance of building you and having a dream*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Networking can be scary and breaking into new networks is never easy, especially within the sports industry.Starting early is important, and it will save yourself a lot of time in the future.We’ve got a bitesize guide on who you should be interacting with in order to best get yourself out there and create a foundation to propel your future career and create a network you can rely on.*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Calling all commerce grads, did you know you have options outside of the big 4? Meet Oliver, despite a full workload consulting at Deloitte, he took on a weekend job at the MCG. Why? He needed an edge to make the jump to sport. Following a banking job at Macquarie, Oliver’s 5 year vision that he set himself at Uni finally came to fruition. He joined the Gemba Group in 2021 working in sports strategy. Inside this episode we go into all the details of what Oliver did to prepare himself and make the jump. So if you’ve found yourself stuck in the rat race and are starting to see the light, Oliver is the perfect example of how to transition to a fulfilling career in sport. We cover:How casual work in the MCC exposed him to a vast network of peopleHow his experience at Deloitte and Macquarie prepared him for working in the sporting industryWhat it’s like working in a sports marketing agencyWhat exactly being a strategy consultant meansThe importance of volunteeringHow to get into strategy work and advice for those wanting to to enter the fieldWhat to expect from the upcoming SportsGrad x Gemba Webinar on NFTs & crypto*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Have you ever felt you lost out on an interview because you didn't have enough experience? We're here to give you tips on how to beat the rest next time. Step one: Leverage your potential.Hit them with how GOOD you're going to be in the future.*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guys… We may have just found the model sport science grad!! Now well and truly a professional, Jacob Tober is a learning machine. At uni he was top of his class, at 22 he became a @coreadvantage business partner. And now he’s created his own app called ‘Metric VBT’ to make Velocity Based Training accessible and easy to use!For anyone serious about a career in sport science, you HAVE to listen to Jacob. We find out why soft skills aren’t soft, what it’s like wearing multiple hats across science, technology and business, creating content for social media, and how arrogance almost stood in the way of his entire career.We cover:What makes Jacob a learning machineHow he stuffed up his first interviewTimeline to becoming a business partner at 22Creating content to grow a followingHow to accept and give feedbackSoft skills essential for sport scienceVelocity Based TrainingCreating and launching an app*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Sarah Styles’ first remit in sport was to make her role redundant. You read that right. To get Australian Cricket to the point where they no longer needed ‘female’ specific positions, and equality was engrained in the sport. As Head of Female Engagement at Cricket Australia, she created generational change for gender equality, leading to results such as 87,000 people packing out the MCG for the Women’s T20 World Cup Final.Now, she’s thriving with the Victorian Government as the Director for the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation!In this episode, learn how Sarah grew her career from investment banking to sport, and made a MASSIVE difference in the process. We cover:Career growth, vision and principlesTransitioning skills from Investment Banking to SportChanging the trajectory of cricket for femalesStakeholder management 101Impact of her role in governmentGovernment grants for females in sportWhat Sarah is most proud ofP.s. - This episode was first released in June 2021If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Ever wondered… How does one become the CEO of a national sport? Well friends, today we have the PERFECT person to answer all the burning questions for you future executives!David Pryles is 4 months into the role of CEO at Hockey Australia, the ideal time to dive into the nature of CEO job interviews, what you should study to become a CEO, David’s ‘first 90 day’ plan, how to transfer experience from other industries (in his case, investment banking), and of course Hockey’s plans for the 2022 Comm Games and future Olympics!There’s so much to learn from David, after leading Softball Australia 3.5 years and through the last Olympics, he’s taken on a new challenge to lead Hockey through an exciting period!We cover:What he was asked to present in his interviewUni degrees, learning and skills that are essential to being a CEOHow he manages his time and plans 6/12 months aheadDavid’s plan of action for the first 90 days in the jobHow he transferred his skills in investment banking to sportDealing with the spotlight of the mediaHockey Australia’s plans for the 2022 Comm Games and future OlympicsP.s. - If you want to find out more about jobs coming up with Hockey Australia, jump into the SportsGrad Community 💛If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.