Corporate Competitor Podcast gives you an all-access pass to some of today's great women executives and how sports shaped their journey.
When Ernst & Young reported that 94% of women in the C-suite played sports, longtime Sports Illustrated Associate Editor Don Yaeger set out to learn how the lessons from their fields and courts apply to the boardroom.
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Dawn Hudson attended Dartmouth College three years after the school began admitting women. She played varsity squash and tennis, developing many of the tools that would eventually land her the top job as President of PepsiCo North America. In 2014, “against the advice of some friends,” she became the NFL’s Chief Marketing Officer. Her arrival came just as the league found itself in the middle of significant controversy over a high-profile video of a player committing domestic violence. Hudson used her influence to help lead a national conversation on domestic violence that helped transform the NFL into a voice of progress. Today she is Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business.
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As Amazon’s Vice President of Consumables-- a $56 billion portfolio including grocery, household products, and beauty-- Carla Vernon is the highest-ranking woman of color at one of the world's largest corporations. Previously as the President of General Mills Natural & Organic, Carla restored growth to Nature Valley resulting in the highest level of unit sales in the brand’s history, making it the world’s top-selling granola bar. You will learn the power of a corporate “warm-up” exercise from one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Women in Corporate America.
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ESPN’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and the founder of espnW, Laura Gentile, is one of the most powerful women in sports. She was a two-time field hockey team captain at Duke University and led the Blue Devils to their first appearance in the NCAA tournament, graduating as Duke’s all-time leading scorer! Laura began her career at ESPN working with legendary ESPN President George Bodenheimer and today produces the annual Women in Sports Summit featuring world-class athletes and executives. In this episode you will learn how to be a great follower.
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As the Global Vice Chair of Public Policy for Ernst & Young, Beth Brooke oversaw operations in 150 countries. Playing basketball taught her to how to turn disappointment into a life-changing discipline: lose, learn, get better. Her approach earned her a place in collegiate hoops history as a member of the first class of women recruits to receive a basketball scholarship to Purdue University. Today she is in the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and has been named to the Forbes “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” list eleven times.
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In the history of the United States Air Force, 225 people have achieved the rank of four-star general, only five of them women. Recently retired General Maryanne Miller may have the most fascinating story of them all. In the fall of 2001, Miller had submitted her retirement paperwork when she watched in horror as terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Without hesitation, then Lieutenant Colonel Miller made a life-altering choice to pull her retirement paperwork. She served 19 more years and rose to become, at the time, the highest-ranking woman in the United States military. In this candid conversation, you will learn how to leverage your weaknesses properly, and we will reveal the biggest mistake people make as they seek to climb the ranks.
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While studying petroleum engineering at Texas A&M, Kim McHugh played on the Aggie volleyball team and advanced to the NCAA tournament! She rose to become the Vice President of Chevron’s Drilling and Completions and today attributes her mental strength to her experience on the court: You can do more than you think you can — it’s your mind that stops you. In this episode, you will learn how to lead with empathy, communicate clearly, and fairly assess feedback from the highest-ranking woman in a very male-dominated industry.
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Although CDW’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales gave up the floor routines and balance beam long ago, her competitive spirit is still alive. In this episode, Jill Billhorn encourages you to stay as close to the customer as possible as you climb the corporate ladder. She likened a leader’s disconnection with the customer to the childhood game of “telephone”— the further away from the source, the less accurate the message. Jill will reveal the question every salesperson should be asking their customers. Plus, you will learn the benefits of a high-pressure practice with a great story from my interview with Olympic Gold Medalist, Gabby Douglas.
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Kikkan Randall was 16 years old in Anchorage, Alaska when she discovered that no American woman had ever won an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing. At that moment, she set her goal: make history. “When you do not make small goals along the way to your big goal, you are only hoping things come together, and that does not serve you well,” Kikkan said, “So my coach and I mapped out the small goals, and by the time we figured out what it was going to take, it was a ten-year plan.” She went on to compete in FIVE Olympics and in 2018, during her last games… Kikkan Randall won gold. In this episode, you will learn about Kikkan’s goal-setting secrets. You’ll also discover how to ensure that internal competition fuels your employees and does not destroy team chemistry.
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