This summer, 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 today's bonus episode, The Take Home is turned over to Kristina Kish, Cat Patterson, and Emily Vaclavik's production: LeadHer. In the show they interview Erica Perkins Jasper, the Director of Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Erica discusses kindness, why paying attention to personal and professional growth is a key element of strong leadership, and the value of saying YES to opportunities. She also highlights the concept of leading from the bench; a topic which connects nicely to lessons shared by many other guests on The Take Home.

I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think at @TingleJK.

Credits:

• Music used in LeadHer: Elevate by Benjamin Tissot.
• The podcast cover photo was taken by Jacob Tingle near a housing estate in WC1, London, England.

This summer, 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 today's bonus episode, The Take Home is turned over to Chris Nayler-Gress, Jake Simon, and Connor Jones' production: Magnolia on the Mic.

Connor and Chris interview Kendall Jagdeosingh, a professional soccer player with 11 caps for the Trinidad and Tabago National Team. The conversation includes a wonderful example of situational leadership, and Kendall highlights why great leaders are great listeners and that their actions must align with their words. He also discusses leadership as influence, but that the best athlete (highest performer in your organization) isn't always the best leader. He argues that if everyone on the team is acting like a leader, you’ll have a high functioning unit. Lastly, he makes the case that punctuality is a strong indicator of a leader's performance (2 or 3 seconds can cost me a game).

I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think at @TingleJK.

Credits:

• Music used in Magnolia on the Mic: Come 2Gether by Ooyy.
• The podcast cover photo was taken by Jacob Tingle near a housing estate in WC1, London, England.

This summer, 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 today's bonus episode, The Take Home is turned over to Avery Tuggle, Addison Swofford, and Denise Turati's production: Just Us Gals.

Avery and Addison interview Ali Nelson and Maggi Linker of Humanex Ventures. Ali and Maggi discuss why self-awareness is THE key to bring a strong leader. They also detail why great leaders are willing to be vulnerable and how vulnerability is tightly coupled with self-awareness.  Maggi and Ali also describe why leaders should focus on developing a strong organizational culture in order to achieve goals.

I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think at @TingleJK.

Credits:

• Music used in Just Us Gals: Energy by Benjamin Tissot.
• The podcast cover photo was taken by Jacob Tingle near a housing estate in WC1, London, England.

This summer, 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 today's bonus episode, The Take Home is turned over to AJ Clark and Stephen Molina's production: Basketball Junkies. Today, AJ interviews Jay Demings, the Director of Youth and Sport Development for USA Basketball. Jay talks about the gold standard culture of USA Basketball and how it relates to his personal servant leadership philosophy. He shares life lessons learned through a varied career which includes coaching middle school basketball to being an administrator of a powerful National Governing Body.

I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think at @TingleJK.

Music used in Basketball Junkies: Downtime by Ketsa.

The podcast cover photo was taken by Jacob Tingle near housing estate in WC1, London, England.

This bonus episode of The Take Home doesn't include a lecture on leadership and there is no interview with a sports industry leader.

Instead it features eight students from my Leadership for Sport Professionals class sharing their leadership philosophies, as inspired by National Public Radio's "This I Believe" series. I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think at @TingleJK.

In episode 8, the final episode of Season 1, he lectures on Kouzes and Posner's "The Leadership Challenge." He details the fundamentals of leadership, describes the characteristics of admired leaders, and highlights the Five Practices (or behaviors) of Exemplary Leaders. 

In the Rapid Fire Interview segment, Jacob discusses leadership philosophy and the Transformational Leadership with Jamie Thompson, a Trinity alumna, former college golf captain, and currently serves as Trinity's Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Student Involvement. 

Jamie's focuses on high expectations, ensuring team members have the freedoms to experiment and take risks, and building trust. She cares deeply about the Five Leadership Practices and is a great example of what it means for a titled leader to Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, Encourage the Heart.

She describes that great leaders start with a clear understanding of organizational values and that organizations with strong cultures review and reward results based on meeting expectations - specifically achieving goals that are directly tied to mission, vision, and values. 

Let Jacob know your thoughts at @TingleJK.

In episode 7, Jacob lectures on chapter 14 of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." He highlights the Team Leadership approach, describes Hill's Team Leadership Model, and concludes with strengths and criticisms of the model. 

In the Rapid Fire Interview segment, Jacob discusses leadership philosophy and the Team Leadership approach with Jeff Martinez, the Director of Athletics at the University of Redlands. 

Jeff's approach to creating community and a sense of belonging for his team begins during the hiring process. He describes why it's important for leaders to be great role models and how doing so can help integrate new hires into an organization's culture. 

His motto: "Good leaders don't make decisions alone, but they can't be afraid to stand alone" serves as an important reminder that great leaders know their role is to own decisions made by team members. I don't pass the buck; it stops with me.

Let Jacob know your thoughts at @TingleJK.

In episode 6, Jacob lectures on chapter 6 of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." He describes the Path-Goal Leadership perspective, discusses the basics of how the Path-Goal Model works, and concludes with strengths and criticisms of the model. 

In the Rapid Fire Interview segment, Jacob discusses leadership philosophy and the Path-Goal approach with Katie Davison, the Senior Vice President of Digital Strategy & Business Development at Minor League Baseball.

Katie indicates it's her leadership mission is to grow, inspire, and lead others to develop their own road map. Her focus on transformational change and its relationship to genuine curiosity is an important lesson for leaders at all levels. She also shares why life long learner and why it's exciting to learn new things. Her motto: "There are no bounds to what you can learn" should serve as a North Star for us all.  

Let Jacob know your thoughts at @TingleJK.

In episode 5, Jacob lectures on chapter 5 of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." He provides an overview of situational leadership and details how leaders can match their style based on a follower's developmental level. 

In the Rapid Fire Interview segment, Jacob discusses leadership philosophy and the situational approach with Rick Pych the long time CEO/President of and current Advisor to Spurs Sports and Entertainment. 

During the conversation, Rick describes why it's good for leaders to ask questions and he discusses the importance of honest self-reflection and lifelong learning. He also details how the core values of Spurs Sports and Entertainment have led to the organization's sustained success and highlights why "I don't know" might be the best answer a leader can give. 

Let Jacob know your thoughts at @TingleJK.

In episode 4, Jacob lectures on chapter 4 of Peter G. Northouse's "Leadership: Theory and Practice." He provides an overview of the behavioral approach to studying leadership, details specific elements of the well known Blake and Mouton Grid, and concludes with strengths and criticisms of the model.

In the Rapid Fire Interview segment, Jacob discusses leadership philosophy and the behavioral approach that great leaders possess with Portia Hoeg (@CentConfExecDir), the Executive Director of the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference. For those interested in diversity and inclusion, and a daily dose of positivity, Portia is a great follow on Twitter!

During the conversation, Portia emphasizes that great leaders behave in ways that let followers know they are cared for. She offers the President Teddy Roosevelt quote "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care" and the motto "Lift As You Rise" as exemplars of her leadership philosophy.

And in the spirit of being a family-first leader, Portia's young child offers some thoughts too!

Let Jacob know your thoughts at @TingleJK.