How That Happened

Sherri Coale is a retired Hall of Fame basketball coach, writer, speaker, believer, and master motivator. For the past 25 years, Coale has served as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma where she is the winningest coach in OU history.

She's a true inspiration to women, athletes, coaches, and entrepreneurs across the country and she's here to discuss it all on How That Happened.

In this episode, Sherri sheds light on how she rebuilt and reinvigorated OU's women's basketball program from the ground up, strategies for developing a team culture, and the challenges she faced when recruiting new team members. In addition, Sherri speaks on what it was like to learn from and play against the legendary Geno Auriemma.

Coale shares her candid thoughts on dealing with pressure in a high-stakes career, how to maintain a cohesive, efficient organization despite high player turnover, and the power of mentorship for both the mentor and mentee. She also offers valuable insights on leaving a beloved career to transition into a new leadership position as well as the creative endeavors that are currently keeping her busy.

Connect with Sherri:

Visit her website: https://www.sherricoale.com

Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sherricoale

Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-coale-582770213

Stay tuned for her upcoming book release!

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Bart Milligan is the operator of two Chick-fil-A restaurants in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. He holds a degree in accounting from Georgia State University and spent the early part of his career at Chick-fil-A's corporate office located in Atlanta, Ga.

In this episode, Bart speaks about the growth of the Chick-fil-A brand spanning his 20-year career with the restaurant chain as well as the motivation behind becoming a restaurant operator. Milligan shares the biggest lesson he took away was becoming a faithful steward of the business.

Additionally, he discusses the decisions made by the Cathy family to turn Chick-fil-A into a powerhouse brand, one of the most powerful being their non-negotiable choice to stay closed on Sundays with no exceptions.

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Mike Dillard is the CEO of Century Martial Arts (Century), which was founded in 1976. Since then, Century has grown to be a worldwide leader of martial arts equipment and today conducts business in all 50 states and also 35 countries.

Century conducts its own research and development (D&I), and is responsible for a number of important innovations in the martial arts industry. One of those innovations includes the first freestanding punching bag, Wavemaster, and the first Body Opponent Bag (BOB).

Mike is an avid martial artist and has fought at a championship level facing some of the best fighters from around the world. He holds the honor of training with Hollywood legend Chuck Norris, for whom he has performed stunt work.

Finally, Mike discusses how he was able to prepare for the impact of the pandemic months before lockdowns took place, and how he and his team were able to thrive for over two years of economic uncertainty.

Listen in as Mike shares stories from his days as a young accountant, his journey into martial arts, and what led him to establish the Martial Arts Industry Association.

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Keith Glover is President and CEO of the farmer-owned cooperative Producers Rice Mill in Stuttgart, Arkansas, a position he has held for over 30 years. He is a CPA who earned his accounting degree from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.

Glover previously served as a board member of the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Foundation from 2013 to 2018. His daughter Kristen, was named Miss Arkansas in 2011. Additionally, he served as Director on the board of the Little Rock branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis from 2014 to 2020.

In this episode, Keith gives a look at the journey of rice from farm to table, the evolution of the co-op model since the earliest days of the rice industry, and how Producers Rice Mill uniquely adds value to their cooperative farmer members.

He also shares his company's decision, in collaboration with Scenic Hill Solar, to invest in a 26-megawatt solar plant. The $55 million project is aimed at providing millions of dollars in economic development for Stuttgart.

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Chris Young is the Director of Tennis and the Head Coach of Women's Tennis at Oklahoma State University. He has been at the helm of the OSU tennis program for more than 12 years compiling a record of 204 wins against only 97 losses. Young has been credited with turning OSU tennis into an international program.

Listen in as Chris deep dives into his leadership philosophy, covering his love of taking on challenges, his passion for bringing talented individuals together, and orchestrating wins that set a new precedent for everybody involved.

In addition, he shares his belief that tennis is both an individual and a team sport and emphasizes that coaches need to focus on cultivating a mentality of focus, and a culture of collaboration in their athletes.

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John Hickey is a shareholder at Hall Estill, an Oklahoma-based law firm. He handles a wide variety of litigation matters such as commercial and construction law, bankruptcy, employment, and real estate. He has experience in both federal and state courts, as well as complex and multi-state cases.

With over 30 years of experience, John is Hall Estill's lead shareholder for the Cannabis Law Group. He graduated from the University of Indiana and went on to earn his law degree from the University of Tulsa.

In this episode, John talks about how Oklahoma's lenient cannabis regulations have led to a large number of dispensaries and an exploding population of growers.

With so many new businesses being established, dispensaries need to account for the lower prices that come with increased supply. He believes that it will take time for the market to normalize and for long-term focused entrepreneurs to gain a solid foothold on the market.

Finally, John offers his predictions on what the future holds for federal law with regards to the legalization of cannabis.

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Jeff Wilkie is a Principal at HoganTaylor and leads the Firm's Human Capital Strategies (HCS) services—a role he's held for seven years.

This week we revisit highlights from previous episodes centered around particularly relevant issues, including remote and hybrid work, managing remote teams, and The Great Resignation.

We begin with two clips featuring Jennifer Wilson of ConvergenceCoaching, who has been working remotely since 1995. Following the clips, Jeff gives his take on maximizing one's leadership potential and moving the needle forward in the business when the team is not always in the same physical space.

The next clip features George McGehrin, Founder and President of The McGehrin Group, an executive search and personal branding firm based in New York. He speaks on the potential for work-from-anywhere opportunities for C-suite professionals, and how office spaces in general will change moving forward.

The last clip features Tiffany Hatcher, the President of CrossFirst Bank Tulsa, who discusses The Great Resignation and considerations around talent acquisition in the new normal.

Jeff closes out the conversation by offering his thoughts on strengthening professional workplace relationships and ensuring success in a remote or hybrid work environment.

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Errin Stanger is Director of Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Arkansans by inspiring innovation and expanding opportunities.

The Hub's state-of-the-art facilities have provided tools and training to entrepreneurs, students and other makers, preparing them to join and grow Arkansas's economic ecosystem.

In today's conversation, Errin discusses the ins-and-outs of Arkansas' first makerspace and why there is no other venue like it. She speaks in particular about the infusion of art around the building alongside technology, as she believes in being "intentional about those creative collisions that can happen between individuals."

Stanger also touches on the nonprofit's after-school classes, which are conducted to help Arkansas' youth explore art and technology with the aim of giving them an edge in the job market of the near future.

Finally, Errin reflects on her experience of leading the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub from the very beginning in 2014 and shares how she feels about being one of three women paving the way in Arkansas through this initiative. She says that the secret to maintaining her creative, forward-thinking mindset is to make sure to stay focused on the bigger picture instead of getting caught up in the minutiae of it all—"the weeds", as she refers to it.

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Nathaniel Harding is a Managing Partner at Cortado Ventures, which launched in May of 2020 and is an Oklahoma-based venture fund focusing on early-stage technology B2B companies.

In today's conversation, Nathaniel discusses the spark that led to Cortado's founding, his long-term goals, and lessons he learned after almost two years in business. Currently, Cortado has looked into over 900 companies and has partnered with 21 of them.

Harding speaks to how Cortado was established during an opportune time when states such as Texas, Florida, and even Oklahoma are seeing an influx of new residents who have moved out of the coastal states in search of opportunity.

Cortado has ridden this wave with the aim of creating even greater momentum in Oklahoma's job market as more and more people have flocked to the state for its low-cost yet high standard of living, as well as its friendly business environment.

A third-generation oil man, one of Nathaniel's personal goals is to provide opportunity to family-owned businesses in similar verticals, such as manufacturing and construction.

"Having a robust and diversified economy is going to make any business environment and the businesses within it more successful. We have a lot of capabilities and institutional knowledge in Oklahoma, and we have this pioneering spirit" says Harding.

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Howard Tiersky is a serial entrepreneur and author of the Wall Street bestseller Winning Digital Customers: The Antidote to Irrelevance. Since 2007, he has served as CEO of the management consulting firm FROM, The Digital Transformation Agency.

In this episode, Howard dissects that all-too-common buzzword, "digital transformation", explaining it via the evolution of nearly every aspect of our lives since 2010, from commerce, banking, and transportation, all the way to dating, fitness, and career.

"It's hard to find any domain in our lives that hasn't been significantly shifted because of these smartphones in our pockets and other digital touchpoints." says Howard. Therefore, businesses who don't adapt fast enough to these ever-shifting domains will be left behind.

Listen in as Howard dives into the antidote to irrelevance describing it as the right way to go about digital transformation within your business by identifying your customers' pain points in order to craft the appropriate modern solutions for them.

He goes on to speak about best practices for linking digital strategy to customer experience. At the same time, he provides the caveat that companies should be careful not to prioritize all things digital at the expense of every other facet of doing business with human beings.

Finally, Howard goes into the principles he writes about in his previous book, Impactful Online Meetings.

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