C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast

Mark Collins, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants, who played in the mid-1990s with the Chiefs, chats about Bill Parcells and Marty Schottenheimer, and reminisces about his team's biggest championship of all -- the Collins' Crushers of the 2019 Crown Town Wiffle Weekend. LINKS: For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com . For more infor...

It's funny how things happen sometimes. In the summer of 2019, our curriculum coordinator and occasional C-10 podcast co-host Max Utsler met a man who'd recently retired from a 34-year career at Hallmark. During the next few days, Max told the man how, since he was now retired, he should become a mentor in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. The man, Chris Colliatie, got home an...

As you talk with people who work for or with Christina Lively, or you just spend a few minutes with her, it's obvious that she's a leader with confidence who cares about the people around her.  Christina has held various positions over the last few years with CommunityAmerica Credit Union, H&R Block and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC). Early in the pandemic, she m...

He's been a guest co-host on other C-10 episodes but today you get to hear another side of our C-10 Curriculum Committee Chair Dr. Max Utsler. Dr. Utsler was instrumental in getting the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program planned and launched before the 2018-19 school year. And, lucky for us, he was about a year from retiring as a long-time journalism professor at the University of Kansas...

This is a special episode. And a fascinating one as we talk with retired 4-star General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a Kansas City native and the current president of Kansas State University, Richard Myers. It's particularly fascinating when hearing General Myers talks about leadership as someone who sat in the Oval Office countless times during a tumultuous time in our c...

If you've run one of the big races in Kansas City, if you're involved with any nonprofits in Kansas City, if you've ever watched the pledge drive on PBS Kansas City, or if you follow influencers in Kansas City, you've likely come across the voice or the name of this week's guest, Jake Jacobson. After working in the sports department at The Kansas City Star, and then in pub...

On this episode we talk with "Survivor" winner, entrepreneur, coach, wife and mom, Danni Boatwright. Danni grew up in the Kansas City area -- Tonganoxie, KS, to be precise -- as a huge fan of the Royals and Chiefs. And, since she probably couldn't play for either team when she "grew up," she wanted to be a sportscaster. That's not exactly how things worked out, but sh...

Every 12th episode or so, we want to take you behind the scenes with "C" You In The Major Leagues' founder and Royals' General Manager Dayton Moore. In this episode, which was taken from a Webinar that we did with donors and other supporters in May, Dayton talks about the foundation, the impact of the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, and leadership through normal times,...

On this week's episode, we talk with Stann Tate, the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Menorah Medical Center. Stann also happens to be one of our second-year mentors in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. Before joining Menorah in April 2014, Stann has been the Marketing Director for the Community Blood Center of Kansas City, the Director of Community Relations...

Dan O'Dell and his wife Maria run one of the most successful residential real estate groups in the Kansas City area, Group O'Dell. Although they've been supporters of "C" You In The Major Leagues, we invited Dan to join us for this episode because he's a great encourager and mentor to other leaders. His daily focus is to encourage those around him. Ironically, we firs...

On this week's episode, we chat with Royals broadcaster -- and Kansas City native -- Steve Physioc about broadcasting for his hometown team, how he got into broadcasting, leadership lessons he's learned from great managers and coaches such as Sparky Anderson and John Wooden, and what's his perfect "Super Soul Sunday." This interview was recorded in February 2020 at The Ott...

This week we sit down during a break at our sixth annual baseball camp at the Jewish Community Center with Gene Watson, the Kansas City Royals' Director of Pro Scouting. Gene takes a swing at our "7 Questions" before talking about what he's learned about leadership from Dayton Moore, how the most pivotal trade for the Royals' 2014 and '15 postseason runs came to be, a...

Kathy Nelson is perhaps the most influential person in the overall landscape of sports in Kansas City. Kathy spent several years in the media with Fox4 and Time Warner Cable/Metro Sports, before joining the Kansas City Sports Commission in August of 2010 as the Director of Win for KC. She became the Sports Commission’s President/CEO in November of 2011. Kathy's involved with countless boards...

This week we talk with Jeff Chadiha from the NFL Network. We talk about the racial issues facing this country, Colin Kaepernick, leadership needed right now and the importance of mentoring during a time like this. Helpful links: "The Conversation" ... The 45-minute documentary Jeff Chadiha did on Colin Kaepernick for the NFL Network: http://a.video.nfl.com/films/vodzilla/54968/NFL360_THE...

Sly James was sworn in as the 56th mayor in Kansas City, Missouri, history in 2011, and he served two terms, leaving in 2019. Sly's life has always led to service of others, an attitude instilled in him by his parents. Sly served in the Marines during the Vietnam War, came back to Kansas City to study law, and then was a successful attorney before becoming mayor.  This episode was recorded on...

In this episode, we're joined by Royals manager Mike Matheny, plus guest co-host, Max Utsler. Matheny, who became the Royals manager last offseason, is a student of people and leadership. So we go in depth on everything from the importance being a mentor and having mentors around you, following a Hall of Fame manager in St. Louis, and important lessons he's been passing along to the Roya...

Actor and comedian Rob Riggle, an old friend and classmate of CYITML Director Matt Fulks, recorded a Zoom session with our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership students and mentors. As one would expect, Rob had us laughing for much of that interview. What might be surprising to those who know about Rob through only TV and movies, he is a deep thinker. The result is an engaging interview about leadershi...

One goal for the C-10 podcast is to highlight and honor mentors and committee members with our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. In this episode, recorded in front of our students and mentors at the KCMO police headquarters, we talk with committee member Shawnie Nix, who's with the KCPD and, specifically, the Police Athletic League. 

There's no better way to start this podcast series than with "C" You In The Major Leagues Founder and Royals General Manager Dayton Moore. In this first "real" episode, Dayton and Matt Fulks sit down outside to discuss Dayton's vision for the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, leadership philosophy, the importance of mentoring...and Dayton takes on the "7 Q...

In this short episode, we give you a quick idea of what's to come in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership podcast.