• Corporate Competitor Podcast

  • Written by: Don Yaeger
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Corporate Competitor Podcast

Written by: Don Yaeger
  • Summary

  • 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.
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Episodes
  • Cisco Executive Rachel Barger says: Always keep an open door
    Mar 20 2024

    Ep. 173: Field hockey at the University of Delaware and Team USA shaped Rachel’s competitive spirit and teamwork skills that help her lead a dynamic team across 17 countries. You will learn:

    • Four questions she asks employees to foster positive learning conversations with her team.
    • The best way to identify a “diamond in the rough” who may be hiding in your business.
    • How to implement and maintain an open door policy in a hybrid work environment. “Make it super clear you want them to reach out to you … then actually get back to them,” said Barger.

    Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes fill-in-the-blank notes and reflection questions. Click here to download the bonus resource.

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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 Ethan Salzberg and Francisco Nunez for making this episode possible.

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    39 mins
  • Former P&G CEO Bob McDonald says: Leadership is the most valuable – and scarce – resource in the world.
    Mar 13 2024

    Ep. 172: Football and baseball shaped Bob whose 33 years working for P&G culminated in his role as Chairman, President, and CEO. Under his leadership, P&G added nearly one billion people to its global customer base, and its stock price increased by 60 percent in his four years as CEO.

    Following his career at P&G, Bob was selected by President Obama to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. While at the helm of the VA, Bob was able to help transform the agency into one that truly delivered better care for our Military veterans.

    Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes fill-in-the-blank notes and reflection questions. Lessons include:

    • The small but impactful ways to be intentional about setting high standards of behavior from the top of the organization.
    • How to choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong.
    • Deploying what McDonald calls ‘The 5 E’s” to optimize your organizational capability.

    Links mentioned in this episode:

    • Elizabeth Dole Foundation
    • Every Cure
    • West Point Association of Graduates

    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 T.J. Percell and Brian Schnorr for making this episode possible.

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    48 mins
  • Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders on How to Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field
    Mar 6 2024

    Ep. 171: To celebrate our new book that hits shelves March 12th, Coach Prime and I discuss the mindset that keeps him highly motivated – and highly motivating – after an impressive career.

    This Pro Football Hall of Famer played 14 seasons in the NFL and nine seasons in Major League Baseball. His 1992 World Series appearance makes him the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. Now he is developing young men into leaders as the football coach at University of Colorado.

    In this episode and BONUS LEADERSHIP RESOURCE, lessons include:

    • 5:00 How to “make confidence your natural odor”
    • 8:30 The doubters Deion faced at an early age
    • 10:30 Emphasizing "team" in a system where individuals are drafted and compensated
    • 12:30 The unexpected place where Deion played his best football
    • 17:00 How he turned time on the Aflac set into a mentoring moment with Nick Saban
    • 19:00 Why time is your most valuable "coin"
    • 23:00 Distinguishing between great skill and great leadership
    • 30:00 Coaching someone to excel in their existing strengths

    Special thanks to Samantha Clark and Francisco Nunez for making this episode possible.

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    44 mins

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