On this week's episode, Sean chats with Cameron Schwab, Founder and CEO of designCEO. Sean and Cameron discuss his 25 years within AFL clubs as CEO and what he has learned about leadership, trust and culture that he applies at his new business designCEO.
On this podcast you'll learn about:
- How the rise in the professionalism in the AFL itself has changed the role of a CEO
- The importance to have authenticity in your leadership
- What three questions Cameron asks himself to measure his effectiveness as a CEO
- The exclusive CEO series that Cameron is running at designCEO that Sean attended last week
- Cameron's CEO mantra “Never forget how hard it is”
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- Thanks again to Cameron Schwab from designCEO for being our guest on this weeks show
- Connect with Cameron on Twitter @CamSchwab, LinkedIn and Instagram
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Highlights from Cameron Schwab podcast
2.42 Back story on Sean and Cam’s first meeting
5.23 Cam talks about his recruiting role for Melbourne Football Club
8.14 How his football CEO career started with the Richmond Tigers
11.40 Leveraging his leadership as a young CEO
18.25 Strategically building the organization’s capability
20.47 The 3 Main Questions he asks himself as a leader
21.23 First question: What does a role expect of me?
22.34 Second question: What do I expect of the role?
25.30 Third question: What do I expect of myself?
27.54 The difference between business and sports at Cam’s point of view
28.25 His main influencers in the 25 years he worked as a CEO
31.35 His take on the Eagle’s social media team sign off after their Super Bowl win
38.21 His four-phase digital strategy for football clubs
41.09 His advice to students/people who want to get into sports
49.00 Why “trust” in people involved in the organization matters
49.56 What led him to create designCEO
51.42 Sports Geek Closing Five
60.05 Sean’s own take on the Cam’s 3 Main Questions
60.10 Sean helps athlete groups or coaching groups training them on social media best practice
60.11 Catch Sean in Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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Thanks for the review on iTunes
High Quality Podcast!
★★★★★ in Apple Podcasts by FrothOverSport from Australia on October 30, 2017
I have been listening to Sports Geek for the past 18 months and while not involved in Sports Digital myself, I am heavily interested in the area. Sean's enjoyment and knowledge of sport and digital comes through in the podcast, which is highly motivating for me personally.
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