Today we’re talking about leadership with the founding members of a new initiative, The Professional Body of Sports Leadership (PBSL) which has just launched as a network for current, and aspiring, senior executives, high performance specialists and non-executive directors in the sports industry. It aims to drive the development of a new standard in sports industry leadership and governance, safeguard mental health and wellbeing and actively promote inclusion and diversity in all its forms. Alongside this, it will harness the collective knowledge of the sports business, creating an industry dialogue and representative voice.To talk about this, we have three guests. Tom Sears, the founder of the PBSL who many listeners will know from his senior roles in sports bodies internationally and who in 2017 founded the sports executive search specialists Kinsey Sears based in London.Joining Tom are Chris Brindley, Chair of Rugby League World Cup 2021, and Zarah Al-Kudcy, Head of Commercial, Partnership Development, Formula 1. To become a member for PBSL, please click here.If you enjoy the podcasts, sign up to the unofficial partner newsletter where we go deeper in to the themes arising from the conversations, sign up via unofficialpartner.com

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