The pandemic may have put a serious crimp in Kevin LeGrett’s preferred method of communicating with his team at iHeartMedia Sports—live, often and in person—but it didn’t stop the company’s president from keeping his team’s chemistry tight. All he had to do to adjust was remember the examples he drew from the basketball coach who influenced his life the most: Jeff Van Gundy.
Long before he became a famous NBA coach with the New York Knicks and an analyst at ESPN, Jeff Van Gundy coached high school basketball in Rochester, New York, and Kevin was all the wiser and better equipped to lead because of their relationship.
Upon graduating from college embarking on a career of his own, Kevin developed a reputation for generating tremendous bottom-line profit growth for the biggest media companies in the world, including CBS Radio, Citadel Broadcasting, and currently iHeartMedia.
In this podcast, Kevin connects listeners to the great chain of learning and leading he’s enjoyed through the years, including Why leaders should “talk to themselves… but not listen to themselves.”
You will learn:
- 8:00 How to seek out advice properly.
- 10:00 How to find your team’s “extra dimension.”
- 15:00 What happens when you focus on progress rather than perfection.
- 18:00 Why leaders should “talk to themselves … but not listen to themselves.”
- 21:30 The impact coaching basketball had on Kevin.
- 25:15 How to relate to others like Coach K.
- 25:45 The three “sets” necessary to achieve Greatness.
- 29:00 How to develop your “cabinet” of people when you need advice.
- 35:00 What Kevin learns from founder of MTV.
Resources:
- Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn.
- More on Nick Saban’s critical eye.
- Listen to IHeartRadio Sports.
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