10x Your Team with Cam & Otis

This week we are joined by professional adventurer and speaker Eric Sprinkle.  Learn from his immense knowledge and experience from years of adventuring around the world.  How do you get out of that analysis paralysis and start executing?  Hint:  you can definitely learn a lot from an adventurer like Eric.  His risk assessment strategies are just as useful for climbing an active volcano as they ar...

For this week's episode of The Cam & Otis Show we were fortunate enough to be joined by the COO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona, David Simpson. Mentorship is one of the most efficient and effective ways to learn, and David and this great organization work to connect potential mentors with boys and girls across Southern Arizona.  Learn about his leadership style, evaluation...

This week on The Cam & Otis Show we are joined by Matt Schmidt.  Matt is an attorney practicing law in Tucson, AZ; but it his efforts to give back to the community which is so inspiring.  Matt works with The University of Arizona teaching mindfulness and stress management techniques to current law students.  He is also the founder and President of The Engage Foundation, a non-profit that provi...

On this episode of The Cam & Otis Show, we are joined by a great friend and longtime rugby-family member, Angus Peacock.  Angus is the Executive Director for Rugby Colorado and a World Rugby Educator.  On this episode we discuss leadership strategies and techniques.  How do you create empathy in an organization?  And how can you stay empathetic no matter your title or responsibilities?  How do...

This week's episode of The Cam & Otis Show is an absolute must-listen.  Featuring Jeff Haugland and Sam Peterson of the Invictus Project.  Join us as we discuss their inspiring entrepreneurial journey to address the mental health crisis that effects far too many people, especially those in the veteran community.  Their diagnostic based approach to dealing with post traumatic stress disord...

This week on The Cam & Otis Show we are joined by Dr. Joel Cuello for a discussion about creativity and innovation, and how they apply to his work in sustainable agriculture and food systems.  Dr. Cuello is a professor of agriculture and biosystems engineering and the director of the Global Initiatie for Strategic Agriculture in Dry Lands at the University of Arizona.  He has designed and buil...

On this week's episode, Cam & Otis discuss Sigmoid curves and performance.  We all want to strive for continuous improvement, getting better every day; but unfortunately we do not always have tangible rewards for all of our hard work.  How can you keep your team motivated during the learning phase where there are little to no tangible rewards?  Then once you battle your way into the growt...

On this week's episode of The Cam & Otis Show, we are honored to welcome John Krotec as our guest (see bio below).  We explore his transition from the Army to life as an entrepreneur and how his love for country and sense of servitude still drive his pursuits today.  In this captivating conversation we answer and discuss the questions and much more:  What do you do when you are faced with...

Life is incredibly crazy and complicated, and it doesn't magically get simpler when you write a plan.  How can you plan around the craziness and assess your options?  On part two of our planning series, Cam and Otis dive deeper into planning strategies that you can use to assess your options.  Including risk assessment which is an ever important piece of planning.  Don't fall into analys...

In this episode of The Cam & Otis Show, our discussion centers around Ernest Shackleton and his ambitious expedition turned harrowing tale of survival as he and his team attempted to be the first to trek across Antarctica.  This inspiring story is full of leadership lessons that can be applied to team building, coaching, and management.  Would you have what it takes to hand pick a team for thi...

Now that you have established where goals come from, what should you do with these goals?  You need to formulate related goals and refine them into a plan, whether you are planning to loose 10 pounds, start a business, or coach a team to a state championship.  Plans provide a clear framework for a path forward and defines the tasks needed to accomplish goals.  There are countless advantages to pla...

Pete Turner is a former Army combat spy with over 1,000 missions in conflict zones.  His daily tasks required him to leave the safety of the American camps and find the information/secrets that enabled commanders to win.  Ultimately, Pete succeeded because he learned to earn the trust of the most dangerous and evil people in the region.  Now that he’s home, Pete’s work is focused on professional p...

No matter what you want to accomplish in your life it is important to set goals for yourself, but how can you come up with these goals?  Without a clear set of goals you may find yourself or your team becomes stagnant, goals are essential to forward movement in any area of life.  Cam & Otis talk about how to identify your own goals and how to make sure that your goal setting is effective and s...

From 25 years serving in the Army, to coaching high school rugby, to developing business leaders to perform at their highest level;  Otis will pull from years of leadership experience to explain how various types of leadership relate to one another.  This insight into the art of leadership synergizes well with the behavioral science approach that Cam takes on coaching and management.  Somewhere be...

In the inaugural episode of the Cam & Otis Show, we explore the similarities between sports and business.  How can you apply all those years of playing sports to your career?  How can you apply your experience in the business world to sports’ free agency?  Our hosts draw connections from personal experience in business and sports as well as teaching/coaching doctrines from the two subjects. Sh...