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Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses upon the impact of leadership development, shared purpose, and kindness. Dr. Rob Clark hosts President Alisa White of Sam Houston State University.  Sharing experiences from her leadership as a university president, provost and dean, Dr. White offers insights on leaders that believed in her, how she developed into a leader, how to pay it forward by developing the leaders around you, building a shared purpose, the value of higher education, and her insights on the current state and future of college athletics within the context of higher education. At the core of her incredible success is kindness. The movement builds… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on the transformative power of higher education. Dr. Clark hosts guest Dr. John King, former U.S. Department of Education  Secretary & current Chancellor of The State University of New York. Education literally changed his life from his challenging youth and became the focus of his professional life.  Chancellor King shares his story and offers insights on the power of belonging, how to effectively impact students, the power of kindness, insights that he received from President Obama, and how college athletics fits into higher education.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on empowering leaders for Institutional Flourishing and how to flourish through chaos. Dr. Clark hosts guest Kevin Goll, Founder and Lead Principal at Yorkshire Drive. His deep experience in executive search, strategic planning, and institutional alignment in concert with upholding human dignity is enlightening. Kevin shares the importance of his mantra of Institutional Flourishing and why leading with Competitive Kindness sustains success. He offers insights on the executive search process and what employers and candidates often get wrong. He even shares what some leaders misunderstand about the movie Moneyball. Great insights on how to thrive. The movement builds… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses upon the culture, environment, and culture of innovation. Dr. Rob Clark hosts President Shane B. Smeed of Utah Tech University. Sharing experiences from his nearly 30 years in higher education, President Smeed offers insights into the environment for innovation, why students and people are always first, uses of technology and AI to grow, building a culture of innovation, community building, learning from failure, and the importance of college athletics at Utah Tech.   His insights demonstrate why Utah Tech is thriving as an institution that values people and innovation.  The movement builds… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses upon the boundaries of Competitive Kindness. Dr. Rob Clark hosts guest Joanne Bowers, nationally renowned women's gymnastics head coach (San Jose State and formerly University of Washington) who has won numerous conference coach of the year and helped her teams advance in the NCAA gymnastics championships. Coach Bowers offers insights into setting boundaries for your kindness, how clarity and honesty build championship cultures, and how to talk to the modern athlete--which has much broader implications that sport.  Her championship insights demonstrate why her teams have thrived under his leadership and she shares how she has grown throughout her leadership journey.  The movement builds… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses upon the power of real connection and Competitive Kindness. Dr. Rob Clark hosts guest Dr. Nate Meikle (Assistant Professor of Management at University of Kansas) who has interviewed hundreds of top leaders in education, corporations, NCAA and NFL leaders, and others in the Meikles and Dimes Podcast. Nate offers the keys to effective communication, conflict negotiation, and insights on how to overcome false social perception on kindness.  His perspective from academic research and from real-life interviews with top leaders provides incredibly rich information sure to be of help to you.  The movement builds… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses upon the championship blueprint and Competitive Kindness. Rob Clark hosts guest Leon Costello (Director of Athletics at Montana State) who has had one of the most successful decade runs in college athletics. Leon offers insights into culture, hiring for fit, building teams, insights on innovation in NIL/Revenue Share, and building relationships.  His championship insights show why his teams have thrived under his leadership while showing ways that he has grown throughout his leadership journey.  The movement builds… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Here is the kickoff for Season 2 of the Competitive Kindness Podcast!  This episode focuses on having the courage to care, which is critical to Competitive Kindness. Rob Clark hosts guest Bryan Blair, the Director of Athletics at Syracuse University.   Bryan is a highly respected athletics administrator that has led successful teams and champions at Toledo prior to becoming the AD at Syracuse. He offers incredible insights on the perspective on how to build vision and belief while helping others have the courage to care and being supported by effective leadership. He shares the importance of family and his inspiring insights demonstrate why he is so highly revered as a national leader in college sports. The movement builds… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The Season 1 Finale episode focuses on the 5 key leadership principles of Competitive Kindness that emerged from the 10 guests of Season 1. The insights of compassion, integrity, humility, genuine authenticity, and vision-driven encouragement are designed to help you become the best version of yourself. Each of the 5 principles are briefly discussed and segments from all of the interviews from season 1 are utilized throughout the episode. A special Fast and Friendly Five section of the guests will make you laugh and leave you inspired by the incredible advice.  The Competitive Kindness movement builds… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses one of the pillars of Competitive Kindness, vision that builds belief. Dr. Clark hosts guest Dr. Kelly Damphousse, President of Texas State University.  Dr. Damphousse is a highly respected President that has led to the move to Research 1 status and PAC-12 Conference membership at Texas State.  Kelly offers incredible insights on the perspective of university presidents, how vision builds belief, how to build buy-in, why adding Gymnastics was so impactful, and how to lead the right way.  He even has a brief shout out to Michael Scott from The Office. The inspiring thoughts he shares  demonstrate why he is so highly revered as a national leader in higher education. The movement continues… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on pursuing excellence with compassion, a pillar of Competitive Kindness. Rob Clark hosts guest Andy Fee (Director of Athletics at UC San Diego). Andy shares his insights on treating the people you lead as the main thing, not as merely instruments in a game. By leading with compassion, Andy offers advice on how people will buy into vision as trust is genuinely built. He also offers perspective on how intercollegiate athletics has outpaced its infrastructure and how this impacts where the future is going for college sports. And even throws in a Eminem reference. The movement continues… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses one of the three foundations of Competitive Kindness, Genuine Authenticity. Dr. Clark hosts guest Dr. Chuck Welch, President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.  Dr. Welch is a national voice  for university presidents and working with over 500 colleges and universities regarding higher education policy in the United States.  Dr. Welch offers incredible insights on the perspective of university presidents, how to be a genuinely authentic leader when the pressure is high, the importance of family and how to lead the right way.  He even has a brief shout out to Bruno Mars. The inspiring thoughts he shares are timeless and demonstrate why he is so highly revered as a national leader in higher education. The movement continues… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on empowering individual worth of our teammates, a pillar of Competitive Kindness. Rob Clark hosts guest Jamie Boggs (VP for Athletics at Grand Canyon University) who was recently named 2025-26 NACDA Athletic Director of the Year and secured membership for GCU in the Mountain West Conference. Jamie shares her insights on building an effective team, the people she surrounds herself with to be an effective leader, driving individual growth while thriving as a team and how to lead the right way.  She also offers perspective on how intercollegiate athletics can be more effective storytellers. And even throws in a Mary J. Blige reference. The movement continues… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses one of the three foundations of Competitive Kindness, the Unshakable Integrity. Dr. Clark hosts guest Jeramiah Dickey (Athletic Director at Boise State University) who is a national voice on the future of college athletics and has led an incredible run for Bronco Athletics. Jeramiah offers his perspective on integrity, being able to change, how to lift others, and how to lead the right way.  The championship insights he shares are timeless and demonstrate why he is so highly revered as a leader in the industry. The movement continues… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses one of the three foundations of Competitive Kindness, the Humble Champion. Dr. Clark hosts guest Jeremy Foley (Athletic Director Emeritus, University of Florida) who is considered one of the most successful athletic directors in modern college athletics history. Jeremy offers insights into culture, ego, combating complacency, and leading with heart.  His championship insights show why his teams thrived under his leadership while showing ways that he has grown throughout his leadership journey.  The movement continues… Support the show