Author: Don Yaeger

Keith Hoskins, Navy Federal Credit Union’s executive Vice President Branch Operations, asks: Can You remain Calm when Your Senses hit Overload?

Written on February 17, 2021.

Keith Hoskins Navy Federal Credit Union’s Executive Vice President Branch Operations, Asks: Can You Remain Calm When Your Senses Hit Overload? Corporate Competitor Podcast Episode 32 [chevron-down] Search Episodes Search by name, company or episode number. Generic...

Why Quitting Duke Basketball Strokes The Wrong Key For Top NBA Prospect

Written on February 17, 2021.

College basketball’s most concerning headline this week is far deeper than the one-and-done conversation that typically is generated when the NCAA’s best players spend a little more than one semester as a full-fledged student-athlete. That topic has already been debated ad nauseam, so I won’t address the elephant in that room. Instead, my concern is with the piano in the corner of the room. We all have either owned...

Kyle Carpenter, Medal of Honor Recipient, says: You Are Worth It

Written on February 16, 2021.

Kyle Carpenter Medal of Honor Recipient, says: You Are Worth It Corporate Competitor Podcast Episode 31 [chevron-down] Search Episodes Search by name, company or episode number. Generic...

Besides Brady, These 2 Keys Fueled Tampa Bay To Super Bowl Success

Written on February 11, 2021.

Gallons of ink have already spilled out about 7-time Super Bowl Champion quarterback Tom Brady leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to their first Lombardi Trophy in 18 seasons. National media outlets had already hit send on hundreds of tributes to TB-12 as he and his teammates set sail around the City of Tampa’s riverfront for their celebratory parade. Brady has won more Super Bowl titles than any NFL franchise, but...

Gen. Maryanne Miller, United States Air Force, asks: If duty calls, will you be ready?

Written on February 9, 2021.

Gen. Maryanne Miller United States Air Force, asks: If duty calls, will you be ready? Corporate Competitor Podcast Episode 30 [chevron-down] Search Episodes Search by name, company or episode number. Generic...

Super Bowl LV Prediction: Success Defeats Ego

Written on February 3, 2021.

Whether I had a reporter’s pad in my hand and stadium credentials around my neck, or whether I had a Diet Coke in my hand and cheese fries at a watch party, the annual spectacle known as Super Bowl Week never fails to excite me. The two teams on this week’s championship stage in Tampa have brought with them a slew of remarkable storylines, but there’s one in particular at which I marvel. No, it’s not 43-year-old Tom...

Gen. Bernard Banks, United States Army, asks: Fortune favors the prepared, do you deserve fortune?

Written on February 2, 2021.

Gen. Bernard Banks United States Army, asks: Fortune favors the prepared, do you deserve fortune? Corporate Competitor Podcast Episode 29 [chevron-down] Search Episodes Search by name, company or episode number. Generic...

How Rick Hendrick Built A Motorsports Empire By Valuing People Over Profits

Written on January 28, 2021.

Over the last decade, one of the hottest sayings in business was to “fail fast.” If things aren’t working out — whether it is a shift in strategy or a new hire — the phrase suggests cutting ties and doing it quickly. But for Rick Hendrick — a man known for doing everything fast — the phrase holds no truth. “When you trade people in, you don’t know who you’re going to get. But you’re...

How Tom Brady And A Bartender Saved Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl Voyage

Written on January 27, 2021.

It was week 13 of the NFL season and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had seemingly hit rock bottom. Three losses in a four-week span jettisoned many fans from the bandwagon, leaving six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady alone to drown his post-Belichick sorrows at a bar in Tampa. As the once confident 6-foot-4 veteran raised his glass above his cleft chin and swallowed his woes, another drink was poured without...