✅ Makelky Leadership Academy 🎙️

In this episode, the I reflect on the importance of followership as the foundation for effective leadership. After teaching a leadership class without a set curriculum, the I invited over 40 guest speakers, including military personnel, business leaders, and sports coaches, to share their insights. The episode highlights the critical concept of followership, arguing that great leaders must first b...

Advancing Student Leadership: Insights from Casey Toner In this episode of the Makelky Leadership Academy Podcast, the focus is on student leadership with special guest Casey Toner, state vice president and national officer candidate for FCCLA. Casey talks about the challenges of peer leadership, the importance of authenticity, and shares personal experiences around overcoming adversity and the va...

In this episode we discuss strategies for addressing Red Team behavior from teammates short of removing them from the team.  📍  📍 A recap of red team behavior.   So you have to have standards first before you can say somebody is below the standards. But what we call a player who is behaving in a way that doesn't meet the standards of the team is a red team player.   Examples would be.  Being lat...

Tevyn Harmon joins the show

The Makelky Leadership Academy Podcast hosts a live panel discussion with the Natrona County Suicide Prevention Taskforce & County Coroner Jim Whipps. We discussion mental health resources for teenagers, strategies to approach topics like suicide, and what student leaders can do in order to foster changes in their own schools & communities.

Youth Advocate Bobby Jones is a guest speaker on the Makelky Leadership Academy Podcast (live from 5.1.24) He speaks truth & life into our audience including: Overcoming adversity, being your authentic self, having an identity beyond sports, & other topics that hit home for today's student-athlete leaders! Check out Bobby's Website: https://bobbyjonesspeaks.com Instagram TikTok

The topic for this week is what is the red team?  AKA the cancers, the slackers, the bottom feeders, the renters.  You know this concept, but do you have a name for it in your program?  The reason you have to have a name for this in your program, so you can identify it and remove that type of behavior. That's just the power of language.  If you don't have a name, like the red team, you can't ident...

In Season 2 Episode 4 we learn about the cost of leadership. Being a leader isn't safe, easy, or private. The role of a leader is risky, challenging, and public. Listen to this episode to make sure you are willing to take on the cost of being a leader for your team, school, class, employer, or family.

On episode 3 of this series on leadership for high school student athletes we discuss the following topics: What is positional leadership? How can I lead without a title? What is the number one concern of someone leading without a title? What role can I play for my team & fulfill my role as a leader? *Hint*= you need to be your team's MVE!

The Makelky Leadership Academy was fortunate to host Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera in person on April 11th. Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera shares her world class knowledge and experience on the following topics: US-Mexico border & relations, human trafficking, drug trafficking, Mexican drug cartels, the connection between the fentanyl crisis & the US relationship with opioids & big pharma...

In the second episode of this season, we discuss how you can start leading others. You are a leader: you are going on a journey, now you need to take others with you. How can you start this process? What are two simple steps you can take to start influencing those around you?

On this episode we discuss: What is Leadership? What is Leadership NOT? How can student-athletes become leaders?

Coach Jon Lane joins the Makelky Leadership Academy with his diverse experiences as a DI scholarship football player, high school football & basketball coach, college basketball coach, business owner, husband, & leader. Follow him on Instagram: @coachs_mind_basketball_academy and on TikTok @coach.jon.lane

An anonymous student is a guest on the Makelky Leadership Academy Podcast. We talk about leadership for today's high school student, character, doing the right thing in the era of social media, priorities, and career advice.

We discuss future industries and job skills for high school students to engage with. Advice in part based on the Career Yoda: Dan Yu

Orah Garst, Head Coach of the Campbell County Camels joins the conversation with Makelky Leadership Academy. He shares his WILD story of becoming a college and high school football coach, gives perspective on leadership, and shares his work on college athletics and NIL (name, image, likeness) media. Coach Garst is one of the most interesting people you will ever meet!

Should student athletes take supplements? What does the AI Chatbot say vs Makelky's advice? 

3.13.24 Leadership students get to experiment with a personalized AI chatbot from School AI that gives them ideas on nutrition, fitness, sleep, and other habits that will serve helpful as student-athlete leaders. Students will choose one piece of actionable feedback and DO WORK. The only way to learn from Leadership Class is to LEAVE leadership class! Link to School AI Chatbot we used: https://app...