Leaders Worth Knowing Podcast

The new 'approachable' McLaren F1 | The correction coming in sports finance | The future of sports sponsorship | The Last Dance. Episode 85 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features a discussion with McLaren MD of Sales & Marketing Mark Waller (conversation begins at 20:28) from his home in Connecticut, USA. Waller joined McLaren in May last year, joining forces with his old friend Zak Br...

How the Jets put their NFL Draft content plan together | The enforced pause as a launchpad for radical ideas | The two-track thinking across European football. Episode 84 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast is brought to you by Onside Law. As a gesture of help, the specialist law firm is offering a number of free sports law clinics for those grappling with issues arising from Covid-19. Request a...

The difference between leadership and management | A new dawn for the DRL | Giving autonomy vs taking control in a work from home environment. Episode 83 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast is brought to you by Onside Law. As a gesture of help, the specialist law firm is offering a number of free sports law clinics for those grappling with issues arising from Covid-19. Request a free session her...

How sponsor brands are reacting to the crisis | The deals that have been done | The business of de-organising a global activation. Episode 82 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Onside Law. As a gesture of help, the specialist law firm is offering a number of free sports law clinics for those grappling with issues arising from Covid-19. Request a free sessio...

The financial imperatives for finishing league seasons | The slow return to activity in China | How to plan for a comeback. Episode 81 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Onside Law, specialist lawyers providing solutions to the sports industry from offices in London, Geneva, and Sydney. Onside Law are conscious of the pressures many in our industry are faci...

Asif Kapadia’s Diego Maradona viewed through sportsbiz goggles | The BBC’s Italia 90 semifinal coverage under the microscope | Where esports is plugging the gap left by the lack of live sport. Episode 80 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast - brought to you in partnership with Onside Law - features a conversation with Neville Upton, founder and president of esports events and production company G...

The creative options for bringing live sport back | Athletes in isolation | An ecosystem built on quicksand. Episode 79 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast - brought to you in partnership with Onside Law - features conversations with Wasserman EVP Circe Wallace (discussion starts at 11:44) and Trinity Sports Management Director Andrew McQuaid (discussion starts at 28:48). West Coast-based Wallac...

The athlete sacrifice conundrum | The mechanisms protecting sports teams and leagues | When and where the goodwill will run out. Episode 78 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast - brought to you in partnership with Onside Law - features conversations with Triple S Sports and Entertainment MD Paul Stretford (discussion begins at 20:09) and Onside Law Partner Jamie Singer (discussion begins at 4:55)...

Building and selling a hundred million dollar company | The emotional impact of years of striving towards an exit | The responsibility and solace of sports ownership | Cost cuts and rescue packages across sport. Episode 77 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast - brought to you in partnership with Onside Law - sees David Cushnan and James Emmett chat to Sydney Kings owner Paul Smith (conversation s...

Getting through Coronavirus | The great calendar reshuffle | The surge in live streaming | The opportunity in esports. Episode 76 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees former BBC Sports News Correspondent Richard Conway (conversation starts at 7:41) and The Esports Observer CEO Chris Hana (26:06) talk via crystal clear internet connection to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another episode...

Sports rescue packages | Gamifying archive content | How to run an organisation remotely. Episode 75 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees former Jockey Club CEO and current board member of the EFL and the Roundhouse Simon Bazalgette (conversation starts at 10:06) and FIFA Chief Commercial Officer Simon Thomas (conversation starts at 28:48) chat down their line to James Emmett and David Cushn...

The greenshoots of recovery in China | Tips and insight from China's quarantined workforce | The situation in Australia | The Australian Open's bushfire relief work. Episode 74 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees Red Lantern's Head of Content Victor Lin (conversation starts at 10:25) and the Australian Open's Head of Digital Strategy Finn Bradshaw (conversation starts at 34:04) chat down th...

The sports industry faultlines exposed by COVID-19 | Brand purpose in times of crisis | Jean-Claude Biver on passion, emotion, and status. Episode 73 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees James Emmett and David Cushnan talk to Kate Bosomworth about the COVID-19 crisis and its ramifications on sport before introducing a recording of Kate's session with Hublot Chairman Jean-Claude Biver from th...

Mentorship and role models | Imposter syndrome and professional confidence | The importance of reflection. Episode 72 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features conversations from in and around the Leaders Meet: Diversity events on women in sport from 6th March with Liz Nicholl (conversation starts at 5:31), CEO of the International Netball Federation, and Becca Valle (conversation starts at 2...

Under the hood of the NFL. Episode 71 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features a conversation with SportsBusiness Journal NFL reporter Ben Fischer. On the agenda: - The NFL's business and political wins in 2019; - The CBA negotiations, what they mean and how they're going; - What to expect in the year ahead; - The XFL and its chances of success.

Under the hood of the boxing business | Manchester City's FFP penalty | Fun With Balls and squash. Boxing business heavyweights Lou DiBella, Joe Markowski, and Stephen Espinoza were joined by FuboTV Chief Strategy Officer for a spiky panel on the state of the boxing industry at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in New York in May (conversation starts at 13:56). Harvard law graduate DiBella spent 1...

Changing a culture at British Cycling | The Premier League's new £2bn, six-year Scandinavian deal | A new buzz around Wimbledon's sustainability plans. British Cycling CEO Julie Harrington is the guest on episode 69 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast (interview starts at 8:28). Harrington joined British Cycling in May 2017, replacing Ian Drake at the helm of one of British sport's most successf...

David Cushnan and James Emmett are in Abu Dhabi to wrap up two days of the Leaders Sport Business Summit in the capital of the UAE, including interviews with Sheffield United owner HRH Prince Abdullah bin Musaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Abu Dhabi Cricket CEO Matthew Boucher, and discussion around the developing sporting investment strategies across the MENA region, innovation in golf, cricket and...

Listen in on a conversation between Facebook and DAZN. Facebook's Director of Global Live Sports Partnerships and Programming Peter Hutton sat down for a conversation with DAZN Executive Chairman John Skipper in front of a main stage audience at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in London in October (conversation begins at 4.28). Unscripted, unfiltered, and unmoderated, the session provided a uniq...

James Emmett and David Cushnan are joined by SBJ Publisher and Executive Editor Abe Madkour to reflect on a busy Leaders Sport Business Summit, with discussion around John Skipper and DAZN, Peter Hutton and Facebook, sports content trends, the NFL, the latest stadium technology and other highlights. Also includes an interview with W Series driver Sarah Moore.

Everything you need to know about where to go, what to see, who to hear from, and what to do after that at day one of the Leaders Sport Business Summit, 2019, at Twickenham - 9/10/19.

Everything you need to know about where to go, what to see, who to hear from, and what to do after that at day one of the Leaders Sport Business Summit, 2019, at Twickenham - 8/10/19.

Wimbledon Head of Communications, Content, and Digital Alex Willis in conversation with her mentor, IBM Global Markets CMO Caroline Taylor. Episode 63 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features the first instalment in a new mini-series of podcasts: Me & my mentor - a series of conversations that get to the heart of mentor-mentee relationships across the sports industry. A recurring theme i...

***Special Offer Alert*** We're offering 19% off passes to Leaders Week to any woman who wants to attend the summit this year, as part of our commitment to championing a more inclusive sports industry. We also want to recognise male executives who share this commitment, and will extend the discount to any man who books on with a woman. Just visit  https://leadersinsport.com/leaders-week-london/buy...

As Luck would have it: How Carabao intends to become the number one energy drinks brand in the UK | The UK launch of the Athletic and its role as a paid-content market test | Big moves for Delia Bushell, Joanna Adams, and Jaymee Messler. Episode 61 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees James Emmett and David Cushnan discuss the UK launch of the Athletic, its role as a litmus test for non-live...