Leadership is not just about leading your team, it also involves managing up the chain of command in your organization. In Episode 24 of The Sports Leadership Podcast, Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships and FieldHouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion College) discuss the importance of leading up, taking ownership of your relationship with your boss, and the pitfalls to avoid.

Continuing a series of interviews with college sports leaders on the role of the modern Athletics Director, Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships, Fieldhouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) chat with Fairfield Athletics Director Paul Schlickmann.

In Episode 22, Kevin DeShazo (Fieldhouse Media & Culture Wins Championships) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) discuss the role of ego in our lives and leadership. While we all have ego, it's how we deal with it that will ultimately lead to success or failure.

Kevin DeShazo (Culture Wins Championships and Fieldhouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion College) discuss some of the leadership lessons shown by recent football champions. The Eagles, led by a backup QB were able to thrive despite the loss of an MVP candidate. And Alabama QB Jalen Hurts showed true leadership in how he handled being benched at halftime of the CFP Championship Game.

As Thanksgiving approaches, Kevin Deshazo (Culture Wins Championships and Fieldhouse Media) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) discusses the enormous power of gratitude for leaders.

Kevin DeShazo (Fieldhouse Media & Culture Wins Championships) and Mark Hodgkin (NeuLion) discuss a number of topics including the ongoing college basketball scandal, leading through transition and Kevin’s upcoming book “Leadership Interrupted”.

Continuing our series on the modern AD, Kevin DeShazo (Fieldhouse Media and Culture Wins Championships) and Mark A. Hodgkin (NeuLion) talk with Temple AD, Dr. Patrick Kraft.

In Episode 17 of The Sports Leadership Podcast, Kevin DeShazo and Mark Hodgkin continue their series on the role of the modern athletics director with a conversation with Seminole State College AD Kurt Esser. Kurt just finished his first year as AD after 15 years at Nevada and New Mexico, to fulfill a lifelong goal of being an athletics director. We talk about the challenges of being a first-time athletics director and some of his guiding principles.

In Episode 16, Kevin DeShazo and Mark Hodgkin continue a series of conversations with college sports leaders over the role of the Athletics Director now and in the future. This week's guest is Arkansas Sr. Associate AD Chris Freet.

In Episode 15, Kevin DeShazo and Mark Hodgkin debut their first interview in a series of conversations with college sports leaders over the role of the Athletics Director now and in the future. This week's guest is Washington Associate AD Carter Henderson.