Sports Leadership Podcast

Leadership is not just about leading your team, it also involves managing up the chain of command in your organization. In Episode 24 of The Sports Leadership Podcast, Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships and FieldHouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion College) discuss the importance of leading up, taking ownership of your relationship with your boss, and the pitfalls to avoid.

Continuing a series of interviews with college sports leaders on the role of the modern Athletics Director, Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships, Fieldhouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) chat with Fairfield Athletics Director Paul Schlickmann.

In Episode 22, Kevin DeShazo (Fieldhouse Media & Culture Wins Championships) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) discuss the role of ego in our lives and leadership. While we all have ego, it's how we deal with it that will ultimately lead to success or failure.

Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships and Fieldhouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion College) discuss some of the leadership lessons shown by recent football champions. The Eagles, led by a backup QB were able to thrive despite the loss of an MVP candidate. And Alabama QB Jalen Hurts showed true leadership in how he handled being benched at halftime of the CFP Championship Game.

As Thanksgiving approaches, Kevin Deshazo (Culture Wins Championships and Fieldhouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) discusses the enormous power of gratitude for leaders.

Kevin DeShazo (Fieldhouse Media & Culture Wins Championships) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) discuss a number of topics including the ongoing college basketball scandal, leading through transition and Kevin’s upcoming book “Leadership Interrupted”.

Continuing our series on the modern AD, Kevin DeShazo (Fieldhouse Media and Culture Wins Championships) and Mark A. Hodgkin (NeuLion) talk with Temple AD, Dr. Patrick Kraft.

In Episode 17 of The Sports Leadership Podcast, Kevin DeShazo and Mark Hodgkin continue their series on the role of the modern athletics director with a conversation with Seminole State College AD Kurt Esser. Kurt just finished his first year as AD after 15 years at Nevada and New Mexico, to fulfill a lifelong goal of being an athletics director. We talk about the challenges of being a first-time athletics director and some of his guiding principles.

In Episode 16, Kevin DeShazo and Mark Hodgkin continue a series of conversations with college sports leaders over the role of the Athletics Director now and in the future. This week's guest is Arkansas Sr. Associate AD Chris Freet.

In Episode 15, Kevin DeShazo and Mark Hodgkin debut their first interview in a series of conversations with college sports leaders over the role of the Athletics Director now and in the future. This week's guest is Washington Associate AD Carter Henderson.

You don't need a big title to be a leader. No matter where you are in an organization, there are things you can do to build your influence and be a leader. Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships, FieldHouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) discuss ways to grow as a leader no matter what your title is.

Kevin DeShazo (Fieldhouse Media & Culture Wins Championships) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) tackle the sometimes thorny issues of year-end reviews and evaluations. Take time to assess where your culture is and how you are doing as a leader.

Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships and FieldHouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) discuss their unique professional journeys and share advice with recent graduates looking to break into the sports industry.

Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) dig into the elements of a meaningful life based on the five components outlined by The Minimalists in "Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life". Those are Relationships, Health, Contribution, Growth and Passion.

Communicating is one of the biggest pieces of building and maintaining influence. In Episode 10, Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships, FieldHouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) examine the five voices people have and how to communicate in the most productive and effective way.

There may be no such thing as a true "Work/Life Balance", but understanding your different modes of work and leisure can help you be better both at home and the office. Kevin DeShazo (Fieldhouse Media & Culture Wins Championships) and Mark A. Hodgkin (NeuLion) discuss on the latest edition of the Sports Leadership Podcast.

Self preservation is a natural inclination, but also a wall between simple transactions and meaningful relationships. In a follow up to episode 7, Kevin DeShazo (FieldHouse Leadership) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion College Sports) discuss how self preservation can ultimately destroy your influence.

Your influence among those around you can make or break a career, but are you thinking enough about what goes into that? What about your blind spots. Kevin DeShazo and Mark Hodgkin dive into the elements of influence in this episode of the Sports Leadership Podcast.

Kevin DeShazo (Fieldhouse Media and Fieldhouse Leadership) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) discuss the current social media landscape and particularly how it relates to college sports. They also go into how building an individual presence on social media can help your career and your employer.

Kevin DeShazo and Mark Hodgkin tackle change in the workplace. How do you adjust to a new leader in your organization? What if YOU are the new leader? There are practical and easy steps to take in either position, but you need to be intentional.