The Primitive Podcast

The score is tied.

Both teams are exhausted.

The clock counts down and the drama on the court advances to a tension-packed crescendo.

When there’s no one to look to and nowhere to turn, there’s no choice but to dig your heels in and lead.

Whether in the game of basketball or the game of business,  fundamental rules of leadership such as: accountability, trust, leading by example, and celebrating the small victories, still apply.

Hear more about multi-dimensional leadership from highly-respected men’s basketball coach at Lubbock Christian University, Coach Todd Duncan, only on The Primitive Podcast.

In honor of Coach Gomez and the LCU Lady Chaps winning their 3rd National Championship, we have a special edition of Coach Gomez's episode. 

When you think about politics, you think a lot of things.

A lot of people. A lot of opinions. A lot of chaos, clashing, and fill-in-the-blank.

But for Tom Sell, partner at Combest, Sell & Associates, there are a lot of surefire lessons about leadership we can learn from government and politics, especially within the context of what is both done, and not done, right.

Hear more from this grassroots advocate, only on The Primitive Podcast.

For a lot of leaders, the path to leadership is like a moving target.

Some days you hit the objective right on the mark.

Most days you don’t.

For the CEO and president of the Children’s Home of Lubbock, Jimmy Moore, this could not be more accurate. Hear more from the exceptional leader with an exceptionally diverse background, only on The Primitive Podcast.

There are some folks whose careers carry them into leadership.

While others, like the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fort Hays State University, Dr. Jill Arensdorf, were drawn to the study of leadership in college.

And have committed to learning more about the nuances and intricacies of leadership and leadership theory ever since.

Listen now as Kade explores a new perspective on leadership, only on The Primitive Podcast.

Rules are great.

If every day looked the same.

But when your day is filled with caring for individuals and making sure their needs are both met and aligned with the company, creating systems and processes can be a hard task to accomplish.

Guest host and Primitive’s Chief of Staff, Annie, sits down with the Chief of Staff of technology and software company CoNetrix, Leticia Saiid, to compare notes while also providing wise warnings along the way.

Coming from a family with nearly a century in the supermarket business, Matt Bumstead had a front row seat into the inner workings of a large company.

But it was, and is, his keen eye for examining humility and its relationship to the Self that shaped him into the leader he is today.

Learn more from Matt Bumstead, the former co-president of United Supermarkets and current dean of Lubbock Christian Univeristy’s School of Business, only on The Primitive Podcast.

There’s no doubt about it. Kendra Burris, Deputy Chancellor of Texas Tech University, bleeds black and red.

But when you spend almost your entire life (not just your career) appreciating a large system like Texas Tech University, you gain a whole new appreciation on leadership and what makes the greats truly great.

Hear about Kendra’s knowledge on motivation, discipline, and daily habits, along with the leaders she surrounds herself with on a daily basis.

Only on The Primitive Podcast.

The lure of comfort is enticing.

But it can almost certainly prevent you from necessary failures and lessons created to extend the reach of your capabilities.

Chief of police for the City of Lubbock, Chief Floyd Mitchell, knows this firsthand. He shares his thoughts on going from a dynamic change in scenery going from Kansas City, Missouri to Lubbock, and the lessons he’s learned along the way.

Listen now only on The Primitive Podcast.

Life comes at us fast.

But everyone has the authority to choose to serve people over themselves.

In this episode, Kade sits down with Russ Horn, the President of CoNetrix, a full-service computer networking, software development, and security and compliance firm.

Russ pulls from his bank of experiences to talk through pivotal memories, unforgettable mentors, and how he learned to invest in his greatest asset, himself.

Find out more only on this episode of The Primitive Podcast.