The Take Home Podcast

In the final episode of season 3, I explore Hill's approach to Team Leadership as detailed in chapter 16 from the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the segment, I highlight connections to our class' definition of leadership, discuss the importance of a strong culture, provide an overview of the model, and conclude with strengths and criticisms of the mod...

In episode 7, I lecture on chapter 6 from the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the segment, I describe the Path-Goal leadership approach, highlight the basics of how Path-Goal theory works, and conclude with strengths and criticisms of the model. In the Living Leadership Interview segment, I discuss leadership philosophy and principles with Brant McAdam...

In episode 6, I lecture on chapter 5 of the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the segment, I provide an overview of Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership Model, discuss details about the connection between a leader's style and the follower's developmental level, and why it's essential that leaders engage in conversations with their team members....

In episode 5, I lecture on chapter 14 of the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the segment, I discuss the Glass Ceiling and Leadership Labyrinth metaphors which are used to describe the intersection of gender and leadership in the sports world. Those interested in learning more are encouraged to read these two research articles: 1) Gendered Leadership Ne...

I was fortunate to speak with Trennis Jones this week. Trennis is the Vice President of Community Impact for Austin FC and firmly believes that the best leaders look to serve first. He spoke at length about the need for people to be honest with themselves and why we should listen to understand rather than to understand. After playing college basketball at Colorado University, he was an agent at Oc...

Brad Bankston is the commissioner for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference ( ODAC ) and was the first ever recipient of first recipient of the Daniel T. Dutcher Meritorious Service Award, presented by the Division III Commissioners Association. He's been the ODAC Commissioner for more than 26 years. During that time he's overseen a growth in the conference, both in terms number of members and numb...

In episode 2, of Season 3, I provide a brief lecture on Kouzes and Posner's "The Leadership Challenge." During the lecture portion, I detail the fundamentals of leadership, describe the characteristics of admired leaders, and highlight the Five Practices (or behaviors) of Exemplary Leaders. In the Living Leadership Interview segment, I discuss leadership philosophy and Transformational Leadership...

In this bonus episode, I'm releasing my conversation with Trinity University alumna, Megan Selmon Kelly. Megan was a key member of the Trinity Women's Basketball team ( @TUWBBall ) which won the NCAA DIII ( @NCAADIII ) National Championship in 2003 and is currently the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She has a long career as a U.S. Diplomat...

In the first episode of season 3, I lecture on chapter 1 of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." General concepts of leadership are discussed, the term is defined, and there's a special focus on the connection between leadership and power. In the Living Leadership Interview segment, I'm lucky to have the chance to discuss leadership philosophy with Paul McGinlay, the Head Coach...

This fall I'm releasing bonus episodes of The Take Home. No new lectures on leadership, instead I'm sharing the amazing podcasts created by the students in my Leadership for Sport Professionals class.  Today's bonus episode features "The Sports Arc" produced and created by Cody Campbell, Karina Trevino, and Clay Raphael. In the podcast, they interview Coach Dan Campbell who had a long career as an...

This fall I'm releasing bonus episodes of The Take Home. No new lectures on leadership, instead I'm sharing the amazing podcasts created by the students in my Leadership for Sport Professionals class.  Today's bonus episode features "Tingletonian's Take on Sport Leadership" produced and created by Jacob Stubbs and Kelly Simmons. In the podcast, they interview a star-studded group of amazing leader...

This fall I'm releasing bonus episodes of The Take Home. No new lectures on leadership, instead I'm sharing the amazing podcasts created by the students in my Leadership for Sport Professionals class.  Today's bonus episode features "Two Leads" produced and created by Wilson Hamilton and Delaney Dougherty. In the podcast, Wilson interviews Chase Bartlett, a former college tennis coach and the foun...

This fall I'm releasing bonus episodes of The Take Home. No new lectures on leadership, instead I'm sharing the amazing podcasts created by the students in my Leadership for Sport Professionals class.    Today's bonus episode features "Leadership with ME" produced and created by MJ Metz and Erin Farrow. In the podcast, MJ interviews Matt Malott, a Player Development Coach in the Detroit Tigers org...

This fall I'm releasing bonus episodes of The Take Home. No new lectures on leadership, instead I'm sharing the amazing podcasts created by the students in my Leadership for Sport Professionals class.  Today's bonus episode features "Leading Together" produced and created by Mariel Clark, Matthew Jacobe, and Austin Sanders. In a creative podcast format, Mariel, Matthew, and Austin reflect on how w...

This fall I'm releasing bonus episodes of The Take Home. No new lectures on leadership, instead I'm sharing the amazing podcasts created by the students in my Leadership for Sport Professionals class.  Today's bonus episode features "Inspire Her" produced and created by Britney Goodwin and Ben Hanley. Britney interviews Coach Cheryl Fillmore, the first female Athletic Director (AD) at West Oso Ind...

This fall I'm releasing bonus episodes of The Take Home. No new lectures on leadership, instead I'm sharing the amazing podcasts created by the students in my Leadership for Sport Professionals class.  Today's bonus episode features "Through the Hills" produced and created by Nathan Braulick, Armaan Islam, and Julia Ackerman. In the show they discuss servant leadership, coaching basketball, and li...

This fall I'm releasing bonus episodes of The Take Home. No new lectures on leadership, instead I'm sharing the amazing podcasts created by the students in my Leadership for Sport Professionals class.  Today's bonus episode features The Leadership Cookbook produced and created by Jack Garrett and Brette Thornton. In the show Jack chats about sports, life, and learns the leadership recipes from Chr...

This fall I'm releasing bonus episodes of The Take Home. No new lectures on leadership, instead I'm sharing the amazing podcasts created by the students in my Leadership for Sport Professionals class.  Today's bonus episode features "The Backboard" produced and created by Brian Yancelson, Blair Ashcraft, and Thurman Hogan III. In the show Thurman discusses sport leadership philosophy with Jenny Ca...

In the final episode of season 2, I explore Hill's approach to Team Leadership as detailed in chapter 16 from the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the segment, I highlight connections to our class' definition of leadership, discuss the importance of a strong culture, provide an overview of the model, and conclude with strengths and criticisms of the mod...

In episode 7, I lecture on chapter 6 from the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the segment, I describe the Path-Goal leadership approach, highlight the basics of how Path-Goal theory works, and conclude with strengths and criticisms of the model.  In the Rapid Fire Interview segment, I discuss leadership philosophy and  principles  with Jay Riola, the ...

In episode 6, I lecture on chapter 5 of the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the segment, I provide an overview of Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership Model, discuss details about the connection between a leader's style and the follower's developmental level, and why it's essential that leaders engage in conversations with their team members. ...

In this bonus episode of The Take Home, I have the good fortune to speak with Dr. Danny J. Anderson (@TU_President19), Trinity University's19th President. During our conversation he describes what attracted him to Trinity (@Trinity_U), why being genuinely curious is important for leaders, and the concept of Above the Line vs. Below the Line leadership. Dr. Anderson also details the lessons he's le...

In episode 5, I lecture on chapter 14 of the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the segment, I discuss the Glass Ceiling and Leadership Labyrinth metaphors which as they are used to describe the intersection of gender and leadership in the sports world. Those interested in learning more are encouraged to read these two research articles: 1) Gendered Leade...

In episode 4, I lecture on chapter 4 of the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the segment, I discuss behavioral approaches to studying leadership, the DISC behavioral profile, and highlight the Blake-Mouton Leadership Grid. In the Rapid Fire Interview segment, I discuss leadership philosophy and leadership with Christina Barrow (@XinaDavidson) the Intern...

In episode 3, I lecture on chapter 3 of the 9th edition of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." During the first segment, I highlight the evolution of skills-based approaches to studying leadership and detail Mumford et al.'s Skills Model of Leadership. In the Rapid Fire Interview segment, I discuss leadership philosophy and the skills great leaders possess with Frank Supovitz (...