Building Excellence

#99: Forrest Carpenter is the author of the book They’re Your Choices Now. Forrest has been in the business world as a business executive and entrepreneur. Throughout his life he has always served and given back through ministry ventures and the church. In his book he articulates the power of our choices and how they ultimately determine the course of our life. He also shares how the key is to see...

#98: Travis Wyckoff is the founder of Kingdom Coaching, a consulting business where he partners with leaders to help them discover the strengths that propel them, the constraints that trip them up, and their unique style and voice.  He also hosts the Coaching DNA Podcast which is a podcast focused on investigating what makes coaches and leaders great.  Travis coached college baseball for over 11 y...

#97: Bill Blankenship is one of the most successful and respected high school and college football coaches in the country. As a head coach at the University of Tulsa his teams won the Liberty Bowl and a Conference USA Championship.  As a high school coach he has had tremendous success. He is currently the head football coach at Owasso High School where his teams have won 2 6A state championships a...

#96: Terry Cook is a leader, teacher, coach, and change agent. Through his passionate and skilled leadership and coaching, he has helped a wide range of individuals and organizations around the globe, from university students to leaders on Capitol Hill to agencies and leaders in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. He regularly leads symposia that teach the LDC Leadership Model in addition to hel...

#95: Chris Young is the Director of Tennis & the Head Women’s Tennis Coach at Oklahoma State University. In the last 13 years of leading the OSU women’s tennis program he has complied a 224-103 record and built OSU into a national tennis power.  In 2016 Oklahoma State made it to the National Championship finishing as runner up. With numerous appearances to the Sweet 16, 10 straight NCAA tourna...

#94: Lee Domingue is an entrepreneur, international speaker, pastor and author of 4 books: Stay in Your Lane, Pearls Of The King, KB GAMEPLAN Devotional and The Family Meeting Guide. His passion for the local church to be the hope of the world drives him to help pastors and marketplace leaders understand just how vital they are to each other. Through his ministry, Kingdom Builders U.S. and serving...

#93: Chris O’Hare is an Olympic runner & NCAA champion. He competed in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro running the 1500m race, as well as six world championships, and won three European Championship medals. In 2012, while he was running for the University of Tulsa, he was the NCAA champion and set a NCAA indoor mile record time of 3.52.  As you can see Chris is a very accomplished runner,...

#92: Lee Sherman is the former owner of Hahn Appliance and a tremendous entrepreneur. In 2017 Hahn was the 34th largest appliance company in the United States in Oklahoma with 3 stores. He bought Hahn in 1983 with just 6 employees and $600,000 in sales. When he retired and sold in 2017 Hahn had grow to 252 employees with over $67 million in sales. Lee grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas and eventually...

#91: Brian Thornton is the Commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference, also known as the WAC. Brian joined the WAC following one year as associate commissioner for basketball at the American Athletic Conference. He joined the American after two year as assistant director for basketball development at the NCAA National Office.  Before working at the NCAA he was an assistant basketball coach at...

#90: "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." - James Clear I hope everyone had Merry Christmas & has Happy New Years. In this episode we talk about beginning with the end in mind and creating systems that enable you to achieve your goals. 

#89: For 25 years Sherri Coale served as the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma where she is the winningest coach in OU history. She lead her program to three Final Fours, won six Big12 Regular season Championships, and four Big12 Tournament Championships, had nineteen straight NCAA Tournament appearances, and made nine Sweet 16 appearances. She also served as a coach for...

#88: Nick Graham is the founder of Nick Graham Player Development. He is regarded as one of the top player development specialists in the country working with thousands of players, many of whom have gone on to play at the college and professional levels. Nick has worked with NBA stars Chauncey Billups, Trae Young, Jimmer Fredette, and many others. Through a partnership with Spalding, the official...

#87: Sam Littlefield is President & CEO at Littlefield Agency. They specialize in digital marketing for B2B companies—reimagining all things marketing and working with companies like Southwest Airlines, Loves, Rib Crib, BOK, Ditch Witch, & more. After completing his undergraduate degree from the University of San Diego, Sam was hired as an Account Manager at one of the world’s largest digi...

#86: David Mason is the Founder of Elev8Hoops. He has helped train NBA players like Joel Embiid, Jason Tatum, Tyler Herro, & many others. David started his basketball career at Jenks Public Schools. In his senior year, he assisted his 6A nationally ranked (#1 in the State) team to a 27-1 record and finished as a state runner-up. He then went on to play college basketball at Oral Roberts Univer...

#85: Brad Lomenick is a leadership consultant, speaker, and the founder of BLINC Consulting. He is also the author of The Catalyst Leader: Eight Essentials for Becoming a Change Maker, as well as his most recent leadership book, H3 Leadership: Be Humble, Stay Hungry, Always Hustle. He writes about leadership, the next generation, creativity, innovation, social media, teamwork, and personal growth....

#84: Eric Maddox is a public speaker, author, and former special operations soldier. He was member of a Delta Force Special Operations team that was part of the Joint Special Operations Command responsible for tracking down the most wanted men in Iraq. During his six month tour with this Delta Force team, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected intelligence which directly led to the c...

#83: Chris Hart is the Founder of the Brave Group Coaching. He works with business executives, athletes, coaches, teams, and organizations with the focus of helping them move forward both personally and professionally.  Chris is an entrepreneur and was on staff at Guts Church for 15 years. He is the Chaplin for the Oral Roberts University Athletic Department and also worked with World Compassion b...

#82: Todd Gongwer is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and former 3 time national champion college basketball coach. He is the author of the best-selling book, “Lead … for God’s Sake!” His expertise in the area of leadership and team dynamics comes from more than 25 years of a wide range of experiences spanning the world of business and athletics. He’s held senior positions in companies ranging fro...

#81: Lars Gwartney is a Financial Advisor with Northwestern Mutual.  Through his work at Northwestern Mutual he helps his clients improve their quality of life and relationships by helping them articulate what their goals and dreams are and then helping to develop a plan to protect and achieve them. As you will see in his story, it is one of persistence, belief, and clarity. All three of those qua...

#80: Coach Rick Byrd is the former Belmont University men’s basketball head coach. During his time coaching he won over 805 games as a head coach, which ranks 12th all time in NCAA Division 1 basketball.  In 2021 he was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and has been the recipient of the prestigious John R Wooden Legends of Coaching Award, as well as many other highly re...

#79: Jeremie Kubicek is a powerful communicator, serial entrepreneur and content builder. He creates content used by some of the largest companies around the globe found in the books he has authored: The 100X Leader, 5 Voices, 5 Gears and the National Bestseller, Making Your Leadership Come Alive. His new book, The Peace Index , just released. Jeremie is the Co-Founder of GiANT, a company that cer...

#78: Brian Wagers is a partner with Elevate Commercial Investment Group. Elevate has acquired over 6,000 units and has over $400,000,000 in assets under management.  Before Elevate Brain started Wagers Capital. He grew his portfolio to 500 units before moving on to syndication where has now been involved in over $150,000,000 worth of apartment transactions & over 2,000 units through his experi...

#77: Alan Stein, Jr. is a keynote speaker, author, and coach. He teaches proven strategies to improve organizational performance in sports and business. Alan’s programs empower effective leadership, increase team cohesion, and develop winning mindsets and habits. As an internationally renowned basketball performance coach, he spent 15+ years working with the highest-performing players on the plane...

#76: Alex Demczak is a top keynote speaker and bestselling author. He frequently delivers keynotes and conducts training programs based on The Power of Positive Leadership and The Power of a Positive Team with the goal of helping leaders transform their teams and change the world. Alex is the author, along with Jon Gordon, of his newest bestselling book “The Sale”, which is the number one strategy...

#75: Jill Donovan is the founder of Rustic Cuff. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland; was raised in Pensacola, Florida; and graduated from Oral Roberts University, in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she met her husband, Terry.  She went on to get her law degree from the University of Tulsa and was a practicing attorney and adjunct law professor at TU law school when Rustic Cuff was born. She taught herself...