Leaders Worth Knowing Podcast

Reviewing Day 2 of the Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit, brought to you in partnership with Abu Dhabi Sports Council. Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team recap the goings-on and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions.In this episode, David Cushnan and James Emmett are joined by sports marketing veteran Kate Bosomworth, Founding Partner of Platform London and Chair at Onside Law, to discuss the action on Day 2 the fifth Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi. The trio explore a variety of topics across the on-stage sessions, with interviews from the following guests:- Roy Hodgson CBE, retired football manager, England national team (32:54-48:58)- Nasser A. Al-Khori, Executive Director – Generation Amazing, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (56:40-1:07:15)*Note: This was recorded on site, so there may be some slight distortion in the audio, but this should not take away from your listening experience.*

Behind the Scenes of Day 1 of the fifth edition of the Leaders Sport Business Summit in Abu Dhabi.Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team review the action and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions. In partnership with the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, the Leaders team invited 750 senior executives to the world-renowned Yas Marina Circuit for the fifth edition of Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi.In this episode, Leaders’ Content Director David Cushnan and Editorial Director James Emmett review the proceedings from Day 1, with insight from the following guests:- Michele Ciccarese, Commercial & Marketing Director, Lega Serie A (08:51-17:13)- Juliet Slot, Chief Commercial Officer, Arsenal F.C (22:38-32:07)- Richard Bell, Managing Partner, UK Financial Advisor, Deloitte (34:58-40:59)- Tony Bellew, Boxing Analyst & Pundit, DAZN Group (49:03-57:27)*Note: This was recorded on site, so there may be some slight distortion in the audio, but this should not take away from your listening experience.*

The man leading the largest commercial group in British racing on leading through crises.Welcome to Leaders and how they lead, the podcast series that spotlights different leaders and different leadership styles from across the world of sport.This week’s guest is Nevin Truesdale, who has been with The Jockey Club for almost a decade, having joined as Finance Director in 2013. His time at The Jockey Club follows a near five-year stint as Finance Director at the UK’s leading energy supplier British Gas. He also serves as a NED at Sport United Against Dementia.The Jockey Club is one of the UK’s leading sports and hospitality businesses, operating 15 racecourses including Aintree (home of the Grand National) and Cheltenham, where the organisation is responsible for the annual four-day Cheltenham Festival. Truesdale became CEO in August 2020, following a challenging period for the organisation with the appointment and then swift departure of Truesdale's predecessor Delia Bushell, and in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Upon taking the role, Truesdale made extensive changes to leadership and completed an overhaul of the business structure, culture and strategy”.The fifth edition of Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi returns on 1st and 2nd March. To find out more and register your interest, please visit https://leadersinsport.com/sport-business/leaders-events/the-sport-business-summit-abu-dhabi/

The Legends Co-President on the multi-leader model, and the Atlanta Hawks’ CMO on the meaning of authentic leadership. Hello and welcome to Leaders and how they lead, the podcast that brings all manner of sporting CEOs into the Leaders studio to ask them how they manage – and to nudge and nurdle them into thinking deeper about what they do on a day-to-day basis. This week’s guest is Mike Tomon, Co-President and COO at premium experiences and sports sales hothouse Legends, which was founded in 2008 through a ground-breaking partnership between the New York Yankees and the Dallas Cowboys. Tomon joined the company in 2014, having previously played a key commercial role in AEG’s Global Partnerships team.  Tomon leads global operations for Legends, including domestic and international revenue generation and growth across the company’s 360-degree service solution platform, which spans planning, sales, partnerships, merchandise, hospitality, and technology solutions for some of the biggest brands in sports and entertainment.   Beginning at 28:03, the episode also includes insights on leadership from EVP and CMO of Atlanta Hawks, Melissa Proctor.  The fifth edition of Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi returns on 1st and 2nd March. To find out more and register your interest, please visit https://leadersinsport.com/sport-business/leaders-events/the-sport-business-summit-abu-dhabi/

The CEO of the ATP Tour, CEO and Founder of Noah Media Group and the director of ‘No Woman, No Try’ join the monthly live chat show.In February’s episode, recorded live from IMG Studios, the business of tennis first takes centre stage (court). Massimo Calvelli, CEO of the ATP Tour joins the show in our ‘Big Interview’ to discuss the emergence of a new generation of players, finding a new generation of fans and the new generation of leadership on the men’s professional circuit.And following the launch of Netflix’s new tennis series ‘Break Point, the panel segment (from 35:11) goes behind-the-scenes on the wave of sports documentaries and originals currently finding their way to a screen near you; examining the pros and cons, challenges of access, creative process and hard economics of storytelling. The panel consists of our hosts David Cushnan and Cameron Macdonald, and experts ‘No Woman, No Try’ director Victoria Rush and John McKenna, CEO and Co-Founder of Noah Media Group, the production company behind the likes of '14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible'; 'Arsene Wenger: Invincible'; and 'Finding Jack Charlton'. To watch the broadcast in video, you can visit https://www.linkedin.com/posts/leaders-executive-sport-ltd-_leaders-live-the-big-interview-with-massimo-activity-7029463746674622465-cTu0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopOn 1st and 2nd March, we are partnering with Abu Dhabi Sports Council to bring you The Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi. To find out more and register your interest, please visit https://leadersinsport.com/sport-business/leaders-events/the-sport-business-summit-abu-dhabi-2/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA_P6dBhD1ARIsAAGI7HCCGlj9q3PpsJp0X-G1UXjQClMECIBUGKu50cyCYuuOA9IuDFwFkagaAv6HEALw_wcB

The President and CEO of the US governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding joins Editor-at-Large James Emmett in the Leaders studio.Welcome back to Leaders and How They Lead, the podcast series that looks at what it means to be a leader in the sports industry.The series explores a range of leaders’ perspectives from a range of different organisations; pressing them on what makes them tick; how they think they manage (upwards and downwards); how they handle failure and conflict; how they communicate strategic vision; how they develop people; and how they lead to win – whatever ‘win’ means.This episode features Sophie Goldschmidt. Goldschmidt began her sporting journey as an aspiring tennis player while attending college in the US; following an injury, she began a role as a Sports Marketing Manager at sportwear giant Adidas in 1999, managing their tennis ambassadorship programme. In the decade following her four years at Adidas, she served as VP of Sponsorship & Marketing at the WTA, MD of EMEA at the NBA, and began a role as Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer at England Rugby. In the years since leaving her role at England Rugby, her senior leadership roles have included stints as Group Managing Director at CSM Sport & Entertainment and CEO of World Surf League, before moving to her current role as President and CEO at US Ski & Snowboard in October 2021.The fifth edition of Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi returns on 1st and 2nd March. To find out more and register your interest, please visit https://leadersinsport.com/sport-business/leaders-events/the-sport-business-summit-abu-dhabi/

Leaders bring you a conversation with the Commissioner of one of esports’ biggest leagues and an interview snippet with record-breaking cricketer Sir Alastair Cook.Welcome back to Leaders and How They Lead, the podcast series that looks at what it means to be a leader in the sports industry.The series explores a range of leaders’ perspectives from a range of different organisations; pressing them on what makes them tick; how they think they manage (upwards and downwards); how they handle failure and conflict; how they communicate strategic vision; how they develop people; and how they lead to win – whatever ‘win’ means.The first guest of the season is Alexander Inglot. Inglot began his career as a corporate commercial lawyer in City of London prior to moving to Mexico to work in Marketing and Communications for Atlante FC. He later returned to the United Kingdom to work as a Senior Consultant at JTA (with clients including Manchester United and AETLC), then later as Director of Communications at Sportradar AG. Following a period of balancing a role as a European Player Representative at the ATP Tour with his current role as Commissioner of the ESL Pro League, he chose to depart from the former in 2021.Beginning at 28:22, the episode also includes insights on leadership from British cricket legend Alastair Cook. In a snippet from an interview recorded at our fourth Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi, Cook discusses his leadership style, the importance of resilience and how to guide a team through crises and challenges. The fifth edition of Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi returns on 1st and 2nd March. Please visit https://leadersinsport.com/sport-business/leaders-events/the-sport-business-summit-abu-dhabi/ to find out more and register your interest.

Seven League's CEO and SailGP's Chief Content Officer come to IMG studios to offer expert insight into what to expect from the sports industry in 2023.Leaders Live, produced in partnership with IMG, is our studio talk show on hot button issues facing the industry, featuring interviews with leaders from across and beyond sport. January's episode offers the ultimate start-of-year guide on what to expect, what might surprise and what’s vital in the global sports industry over the next 12 months.Joining the show this episode are two of the industry’s leading thinkersLeaders Live, produced in partnership with IMG, is our studio talk show on hot button issues facing the industry, featuring interviews with leaders from across and beyond sport. In this episode, we offer you the ultimate start-of-year guide on what to expect, what might surprise and what’s vital in the global sports industry over the next 12 months. To view the broadcast in video, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:7019316504055701504/Joining Wiltshire is Melissa Lawton. Throughout her 20-year career in Content and Production, Lawton has worked as Head of Live Content (Red Bull TV) at Red Bull Media House and Head of Production at Meta, and now holds the title of Chief Content Officer at SailGP.On 1st and 2nd March, we are partnering with Abu Dhabi Sports Council to bring you The Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi. To find out more and register your interest, please visit https://leadersinsport.com/sport-business/leaders-events/the-sport-business-summit-abu-dhabi-2/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA_P6dBhD1ARIsAAGI7HCCGlj9q3PpsJp0X-G1UXjQClMECIBUGKu50cyCYuuOA9IuDFwFkagaAv6HEALw_wcB

NFL Head of Europe and UK Brett Gosper, World Cup bid specialists John Zerafa and Nick Varley, and EDI expert Edleen John join the monthly live chat show.Monthly sports business chat show Leaders Live returns for episode 3 from IMG Studios with a big interview with the NFL and a deep dive (from 23:37) on what the FIFA World Cup - and the Olympics for that matter - could be.Gosper, the former CEO of World Rugby, gives his end-of-year reflections on the league’s growing global status and the International Series, including that remarkable debut in Germany, as well as giving a peak behind the curtain into the NFL's owners meetings.Meanwhile, as the final rounds of possibly the most controversial World Cup ever staged play out in Qatar, the tournament - and other major international sports events - goes under the microscope. With new FIFA stipulations around human rights coming into play for future hosts, the World Cup is only likely to get more political, and as it enters an expanded, multi-country host era, with the USA, Canada and Mexico poised to host in 2026 and a variety of multi-nation bids in the works for 2030, our studio guests look at how it could and should be positioned as a milestone social and commercial moment for players, brands, fans and governments alike.

Live at our Black History Month pop-up event, we spoke to two trailblazers in the Black British community.Leaders in EDI is a monthly series covering news, views, comments and debates happening across the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion space. It also shines a spotlight on the progress being made and the challenges being faced in EDI across sport.In this episode, recorded live at our Black History Month event in October (which we deemed ‘Black Futures’), Leaders' Cameron Macdonald was joined by Liseli Sitali, Sky Sports’ Head of Marketing (and Founder and Host of the In Her Corner podcast) and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Team GB Captain and Sprinter. Throughout the panel, starting from 17:35, the trio discuss the ins and outs of empowerment in the place of work for the Black British community. From the importance of mentors to finding the right way to integrate allyship, the discussion aimed to look at the journeys of the two panellists through their professional lives in order to impart key takeaways for listeners to implement in their own.The Leaders in EDI podcast is part of the Leaders Meet: Diversity Series, delivered in partnership with Meta, which provides a platform for executives within sport to come together to drive diversity across the industry, accelerate the pace of change and inspire the next generation of executives, through thought-leadership events and digital forums. To find out more about the Leaders Meet: Diversity series, please visit https://info.leadersinsport.com/l/856843/2021-04-21/hfhrj.Note: This is a live podcast recording, so there may be some very slight audio distortion in the panel segment, but this should not take away from your listening experience.