164 episodes
Corporate Competitor Podcast Don Yaeger
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4.9 • 143 Ratings
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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.
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Walmart Executives taught Top Rancher Bob McClaren: “You’re Never too Big to Seek a Little Advice”
Ep. 161: 44 Farms CEO Bob McClaren spent a decade as the president of business operations for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball before taking over his family’s cattle ranch.
Today he keeps the art of ranching alive with his partnership with Walmart, serving the highest quality beef to his customers for more than five generations as one of the largest Angus breeders in the United States.
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 Lauren Stecker and Samantha Clark for making this episode possible. -
Coach K offers two questions you should ask to elevate team performance
Ep. 160: In his 42 seasons at Duke, Coach Mike Krzyzewski built a dynasty that few programs in the history of the game can match. He is the winningest, five-time national champion and NCAA record 13-time Final Four participant. As the head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Basketball Team, he brought home six gold medals. So you might say that Coach K knows a little something about getting “buy-in” from his team.
“You have to put yourself in a position to have conversations and build relationships with people,” he shared in this episode. “I spent more time near the locker room complex than in my sixth-floor office because I knew that would lead to impromptu discussions.”
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 Lauren Stecker and Samantha Clark for making this episode possible. -
Best-Selling Author Daniel Pink says: We overvalue intensity and undervalue consistency.
Ep.159: “Being a professional is doing what you love to do even on days you don’t love doing it,” Daniel shared. This motto has netted him seven New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages, and have sold millions of copies around the world.
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 David Beira and Lauren Stecker for making this episode possible. -
SMAC Entertainment CEO Constance Schwartz-Morini says: If you aren’t invited to the table, create your own.
Ep. 158: The leader who manages Erin Andrews, Deion Sanders, Michael Strahan, and Tony Gonzalez, joins the show to discuss how confidence and gratitude can co-exist to make you a better leader.
Constance shared that several important early lessons in leadership were learned through her own sporting experiences. A 95-pound softball player in high school who didn’t see a lot of at bats, she says she was proud to be a backup and “bench cheerleader.”
“It doesn't matter how great I play my position if the team loses,” she said. “And that's what we instill in our team.”
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 Meredith Grimm and Lauren Stecker for making this episode possible. -
Former NFL QB Christian Ponder says: In moments of transition, focus on these four things
Ep. 157: Christian co-founded The Post with former Under Armour President Justin LaRose, an organization dedicated to the proposition that athletes offer a unique set of experiences and skills that make them promising candidates for leadership after they’ve hung up their cleats.
In the podcast, Christian shares lessons learned through a lifetime in sports about finding a sense of identity, purpose and community, including why hating to lose can be a better motivator and teacher than loving to win.
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 Lauren Stecker and Nico Finol for making this episode possible. -
Entertainment Mogul Scooter Braun asks: Why not you?
Ep. 156: College basketball shaped this CEO of HYBE America, and founder of SB Projects. Scooter focuses on what sports has taught him about getting the upper-hand on adversity in business and in life including:
How to play a four-quarter game in business, just as in basketball. The difference between a failure and a pit-stop in the journey of success. Learning to love the bad moments in life as much as the good ones 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 Ethan Salzberg and Francisco Nunez for making this episode possible.
Customer Reviews
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, 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.
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Perfect for everyone!
As a college student, I wasn’t sure that this podcast would apply to my life very closely since I have yet to hold a corporate position- but I could not have been more wrong. Corporate Competitor is the easiest way to get yourself motivated for future success, regardless of what you’re interested in! It’s so easy to listen to an episode on my morning commute and instantly kickstarts my whole day. Listening to this podcast has given me wisdom, motivation, a laugh, and valuable advice. There’s really nowhere else that you can find such high-profile guests sharing outstanding information in such a personal setting. I’ve learned so much and will continue to recommend it to my friends! Give yourself a competitive edge and listen to Corporate Competitor!!
Leadership Nuggets for Leaders
I highly recommend you put this podcast on your weekly schedule if you want to grow as a leader. I have been sharing with our Leadership Team at BrightView Landscape, who all compete every day to grow their markets in a highly competitive industry. Also, as a Board President for a non-profit called Victory Ahead that focuses on strengthening the spiritual leadership capacity of coaches, athletes, and young professionals these episodes are gold! Thank you Don Yaeger for all these amazing shows and life lessons!