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What 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 11-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.

Corporate Competitor Podcast Don Yaeger

    • Business
    • 4.9 • 149 Ratings

What 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 11-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.

    Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph reveals the four words behind every company policy he created

    Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph reveals the four words behind every company policy he created

    Ep. 180: Baseball shaped the founder of the company that grew to more than 250 million subscribers and fundamentally altered how the world experienced media. Lessons include:
    What playing second base taught Marc about the importance of good daily habits. Why Netflix decided to have no vacation policy or travel policy. How to develop managers to be excellent evaluators of talent. Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes Don’s favorite quotes from today’s episode and a reflection question so you can apply Marc’s insights. 
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    Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team towards personal and professional greatness. 
    Special thanks to Nicklas Urban and Samantha Clark for making this episode possible.

    • 46 min
    Good Sports CEO Melissa Harper asks: Can you reduce your mission to a bumper sticker?

    Good Sports CEO Melissa Harper asks: Can you reduce your mission to a bumper sticker?

    Ep. 179: Field Hockey at the University of Pennsylvania shaped this non-profit leader. Good Sports – “a food bank for sporting goods” – just hit their $100 million donation milestone.  
    If you are a leader who wants to learn how to make a larger impact through your clearly defined mission, you have much to learn from Melissa’s experience building Good Sports!
    Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes Don’s favorite quotes from today’s episode and a reflection question so you can apply Melissa’s insights.  
    Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time, Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team toward personal and professional greatness.
    Special thanks to Libby Klemeyer and Francisco Nunez for making this episode possible.

    • 31 min
    H&R Block CEO Jeff Jones Reveals the Best Way to Begin Team Meetings

    H&R Block CEO Jeff Jones Reveals the Best Way to Begin Team Meetings

    Ep. 178: Baseball and basketball shaped Jeff who leads 60,000 global tax professionals. While he doesn’t do his own taxes, Jeff does “file” several practical tips in this episode including:
    The best way to begin team meetings by “checking in” and “checking out” How to frame questions that are “provocative” but also productive rather than aggressive or alienating.  How to rescue an unproductive meeting by figuratively getting everyone on your leadership “out on the balcony” to get some distance on what’s going sideways. The important difference between the “failing fast” and “learning more” mindsets. Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes fill-in-the-blank notes and reflection questions.
    Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time, Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team towards personal and professional greatness. 
    Special thanks to T.J. Percell and Nicklas Urban for making this episode possible.

    • 37 min
    Aflac U.S. President Virgil Miller encourages you to walk your own process

    Aflac U.S. President Virgil Miller encourages you to walk your own process

    Ep. 177: Baseball, football, and fencing in college shaped this leader who has received 30 promotions during his decades-long career—showcasing his determination to equip those around him with a team-first mindset that produced an impact across the company. You will learn:
    The critical business lesson he learned from taking a called third strike during a Little League All-Star. The difference between leading a team and transforming a team. Why risk-taking is essential to swing momentum in your favor. Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes fill-in-the-blank notes and reflection questions.
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    Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team towards personal and professional greatness.
    Special thanks to Francisco Nunez and Samantha Clark for making this episode possible.

    • 46 min
    AOL Founder Steve Case asks: Imaginer or Manager? The one thing entrepreneurs must consider

    AOL Founder Steve Case asks: Imaginer or Manager? The one thing entrepreneurs must consider

    Ep. 176: Steve found himself on the basketball court with Barack Obama growing up in Hawaii! His competitive spirit was on display when he co-founded AOL and lead the second largest merger of all time with the blending of new media AOL and old media Time Warner.
    Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes fill-in-the-blank notes and reflection questions. Click here to download the bonus resource.
    Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team towards personal and professional greatness. 
    Special thanks to Ethan Salzberg and Francisco Nunez for making this episode possible.

    • 25 min
    StretchLab President Verdine Baker gives you 5 ways to foster meaningful relationships at work

    StretchLab President Verdine Baker gives you 5 ways to foster meaningful relationships at work

    Ep. 175: Soccer shaped this leader who joined StretchLab when there were three franchise locations. Today, there are more than 400 studios across North America and 900 licensed locations globally, making them the global leader in assisted stretching. He offers numerous tips including:
    How to use the first minute of every meeting to “humanize” the context and put everyone in a more open and collaborative mindset. Creating daily, weekly, and monthly meeting rhythms that provide timely and relevant contexts for decision-making. Why your organization’s vision, purpose, and values need to come down off the wall and into your personal and team day-to-day conversations. Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes fill-in-the-blank notes and reflection questions. Click here to download the bonus resource.
    Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time, Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team toward personal and professional greatness.
    Special thanks to Libby Klemeyer and Meredith Grimm for making this episode possible.

    • 37 min

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149 Ratings

149 Ratings

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Podcast Without a Peer

It is impossible, in the most literal sense, to listen to this program, and not want to improve. Whether you work as a leader, a soldier, or aspire to either… The lessons both for you and those around you abound in what are regularly riveting interviews. Even if you excused and forgot the hosts ability to ask questions that are meaningful and insightful (just listen to his inter with Deion Sanders, in which he asks questions well off the beaten-path that literally everyone else asks), the list of people he brings on to discuss their vulnerabilities, failures, and successes is simply world class. Listen. Learn. Share. Repeat. As an aside, should not be enough for you to listen to every episode four times… As some people may very well have… I encourage the Host’s “Journey” program. Dive deeper into your goals, why they are your goals, and who you will become as a human. An absolute goldmine.

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A friend recommended the Coach Prime booked and shared this podcast, I’ll have to start listening regularly, I enjoyed the cast and look forward to Prime’s audiobook.

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Brilliant Podcast

The stories shared and advice given by Don and his guests on this podcast are extremely insightful. Each episode I’ve listened to has taught me something new about the world, and as a college student, has helped me better navigate it. Great podcast!

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