Leaders Worth Knowing Podcast

This is Threats, a podcast about the changing sports media landscape and the conditions that threaten to undermine the traditional model. In this series, Leaders’ Editorial Director James Emmett and Synamedia’s Head of Sport Simon Brydon will identify the conditions that threaten to undermine the traditional model. Alongside a handful of prominent industry experts, they also explore ways that lead...

This is Threats, a podcast about the changing sports media landscape and the conditions that threaten to undermine the traditional model. In this series, Leaders’ Editorial Director James Emmett and Synamedia’s Head of Sport Simon Brydon will identify the conditions that threaten to undermine the traditional model, and alongside a handful of prominent industry experts, explore ways that leaders ca...

This is Threats, a podcast about the changing sports media landscape and the conditions that threaten to undermine the traditional model. In this series, Leaders’ Editorial Director James Emmett and Synamedia’s Head of Sport Simon Brydon will identify the conditions that threaten to undermine the traditional model, and alongside a handful of prominent industry experts, explore ways that leaders ca...

Reviewing the action from the new event experience where sport meets entertainment, lifestyle and culture. Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team recap the goings-on and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions. This week, the Leaders Team have been in New York, working with sister company Sports Business Journal, for the big launch of 4SE followi...

For our season finale of Leaders Live, IMG’s EVP of Head of Global Production joins the show to run the rule over the sports broadcast and production sector. Leaders Live, produced in partnership with IMG, is our studio talk show on hot button issues in the industry, featuring conversations with leaders from across sport. This edition features former Sky Sports chief and current EVP, Head of Globa...

The CEO of UK Sport, the Head of Women’s Sport at Sky Sports and the Director of the Women’s Professional Game at the ECB visit IMG studios for the monthly live chat show. Leaders Live, produced in partnership with IMG, is our studio talk show on hot button issues in the industry, featuring conversations with leaders from across sport. As Paris 2024 draws closer, UK Sport CEO Sally Munday offers i...

The EDI Director at the ECB, the Senior Manager of EDI at Liverpool FC, and two EDI consultants with extensive experience in football in the final installment of Leaders’ step-by-step guide to building an EDI strategy.   Leaders in EDI shines a light on the progress being made and the challenges being faced in the equity, diversity and inclusion space across sport and other industries. This season...

Senior Manager of EDI at Liverpool F.C, the EDI Director at the ECB and EDI advisor Chris Paouros are joined by EDI consultant and campaigner Hayley Bennett to discuss measurement in EDI.    Leaders in EDI shines a light on the progress being made and the challenges being faced in the equity, diversity and inclusion space across sport and other industries. This season of the Leaders in EDI podcast...

An EDI consultant and advisor, the EDI Director at the ECB, and the Senior Manager of EDI at Liverpool F.C provide insight into their process for creating an action plan. Leaders in EDI shines a light on the progress being made and the challenges being faced in the equity, diversity and inclusion space across sport and other industries. This second episode of our season on EDI strategy focuses on...

The first episode in a new series in which a Premier league PLEDIS Panel Member, the ECB’s EDI Director and Liverpool FC’s Senior Manager of EDI offer a step-by-step guide on how to build an EDI strategy.  Leaders in EDI shines a light on the progress being made and the challenges being faced in the equity, diversity and inclusion space across sport and other industries.  This first episode of our...

Premiership Rugby’s CEO and Pepsi’s Director of Sports Marketing (North America) and Expedia Group’s Director of Football and Music Partnerships. Leaders Live, produced in partnership with IMG, is our studio talk show on hot button issues in the industry, featuring conversations with leaders from across sport. As a tumultuous Premiership Rugby season rumbles on, the league’s CEO, Simon Massie-Tayl...

Insights from an experienced leader in one of the world’s most recognisable sports franchises. This is the Blueprint, the podcast brought to you by Leaders and Deltatre about straightforward strategic thinking in sport. Over the course of the series, we’ve been hearing from leading industry executives about how they strategise - how do they build in flexibility? Inject creativity? Bring projects a...

Reviewing Day 2 of the Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit, brought to you in partnership with Abu Dhabi Sports Council. Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team recap the goings-on and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions. In this episode, David Cushnan and James Emmett are joined by sports marketing veteran Kate Bosom...

Behind the Scenes of Day 1 of the fifth edition of the Leaders Sport Business Summit in Abu Dhabi. Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team review the action and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions. In partnership with the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, the Leaders team invited 750 senior executives to the world-renowned Yas Marina Circuit for the f...

The man leading the largest commercial group in British racing on leading through crises. Welcome to Leaders and how they lead, the podcast series that spotlights different leaders and different leadership styles from across the world of sport. This week’s guest is Nevin Truesdale, who has been with The Jockey Club for almost a decade, having joined as Finance Director in 2013. His time at The Joc...

The Legends Co-President on the multi-leader model, and the Atlanta Hawks’ CMO on the meaning of authentic leadership.  Hello and welcome to Leaders and how they lead, the podcast that brings all manner of sporting CEOs into the Leaders studio to ask them how they manage – and to nudge and nurdle them into thinking deeper about what they do on a day-to-day basis.  This week’s guest is Mike Tomon,...

The CEO of the ATP Tour, CEO and Founder of Noah Media Group and the director of ‘No Woman, No Try’ join the monthly live chat show. In February’s episode, recorded live from IMG Studios, the business of tennis first takes centre stage (court). Massimo Calvelli, CEO of the ATP Tour joins the show in our ‘Big Interview’ to discuss the emergence of a new generation of players, finding a new generati...

The President and CEO of the US governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding joins Editor-at-Large James Emmett in the Leaders studio. Welcome back to Leaders and How They Lead, the podcast series that looks at what it means to be a leader in the sports industry. The series explores a range of leaders’ perspectives from a range of different organisations; pressing them on what makes them tic...

Leaders bring you a conversation with the Commissioner of one of esports’ biggest leagues and an interview snippet with record-breaking cricketer Sir Alastair Cook. Welcome back to Leaders and How They Lead, the podcast series that looks at what it means to be a leader in the sports industry. The series explores a range of leaders’ perspectives from a range of different organisations; pressing the...

Seven League's CEO and SailGP's Chief Content Officer come to IMG studios to offer expert insight into what to expect from the sports industry in 2023. Leaders Live, produced in partnership with IMG, is our studio talk show on hot button issues facing the industry, featuring interviews with leaders from across and beyond sport. January's episode offers the ultimate start-of-year guide on what to e...

NFL Head of Europe and UK Brett Gosper, World Cup bid specialists John Zerafa and Nick Varley, and EDI expert Edleen John join the monthly live chat show. Monthly sports business chat show Leaders Live returns for episode 3 from IMG Studios with a big interview with the NFL and a deep dive (from 23:37) on what the FIFA World Cup - and the Olympics for that matter - could be. Gosper, the former CEO...

Live at our Black History Month pop-up event, we spoke to two trailblazers in the Black British community. Leaders in EDI is a monthly series covering news, views, comments and debates happening across the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion space. It also shines a spotlight on the progress being made and the challenges being faced in EDI across sport. In this episode, recorded live at our Black His...

Live on the Podcast stage at Leaders Week London, the future of sport (in a strict 7-minute format).  In this live recording of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast, which took place in September at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in front of a live audience, three guests present their vision on the future of sport, under the pressure of a strict 7-minute timer.   On the roster:  LaLiga Global Net...

4SE Material now has its own channel, where this episode has been reuploaded. Please search "4SE Material" wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe for more audio-documentaries like this one. We investigate the significance of the first hip-hop ambassadorship story, and how that has contributed to the rise of the hip-hop genre and the popularity of streetwear. 4SE Material is a podcast series...

We’re first joined at IMG Studios by the CEO of New Zealand Rugby Commercial, and then by the CEO of Queensbury Promotions, Head of BT Sport Boxing and Pay Per View & IMG Media VP Michael Ridout for a Big Interview, and then a deep-dive on the worlds of boxing and MMA. Leaders Live, our monthly, topical broadcast, is back for season two – and now we’re in partnership with IMG, with a brand new...