Students Take Over: Beyond the Scoreboard with Carmen, Brody, and Cam

This spring 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.


In this first bonus episode of Season 5, I'm sharing "Beyond the
Scoreboard" which was created and produced by Carmen Kennett,
Brody Grieb, and Cam Smith. Here are their liner notes:


In the premier of the first season of Beyond The Scoreboard, we
were lucky enough to
spend 25 minutes speaking with Drew Bledsoe, the first overall
draft pick of the 1993
NFL draft and 2002 Super Bowl champion. Drew's leadership both on
and off the field
has left a lasting impact on many people worldwide. Alongside his
wife Maura, Drew is
also an entrepreneur as he now spends most of his time managing
his company,
Doubleback winery.


Drew spends time telling us a bit about what it was like to be a
young man charged with
the task of leading an NFL team and the difficulties he faced
when forced to sign with
other teams. Pay attention as he continuously relates his
experience as a leader in the
NFL to his experience as a leader in the business world.
We introduce Drew to chapter 12 and chapter 13 of Peter G.
Northouse’s Leadership,
which discusses the ideas of inclusive leadership and the
importance of followership.
Listen as Drew tells us a couple of personal experiences that
relate exactly to those
topics, and the importance that those experiences were throughout
the remainder of his
career. He spends time talking about the importance of diversity
amongst a team, the
value in proving your worthiness through work ethic, and how the
best thing an aspiring
leader can do is find influential mentors.


You can reach Drew at @DrewBledsoe via X, and @drewbledsoe via
Instagram.
Doubleback winery can be found at https://www.doubleback.com/


Music used in this episode of Beyond the Scoreboard comes from
Free Music Archive!
It is titled “Breaking Bad” by Jahzzar. Find it at this link:
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Crime_Scene/Breaking_Bad_1051/