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C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast163: Rob Browne, in Memory of the Late CEO of YouthReach InternationalIn memory of Rob Browne, the CEO of YouthReach International who died on May 1st, we're revisiting a fun and powerful conversation from 2021 that exemplifies servant leadership and the impact one person can have across the globe. Rob's unexpected passing, following the loss of his wife to cancer just 13 months ago, leaves a void in many hearts but also a legacy of service that will continue to inspire.From the basketball court at Lipscomb University under legendary coach Don Meyer to the challenging terrain of Siberia as a missionary, Rob's journey was anything but ordinary. As President...
2025-05-0351 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast162: Shawnie Nix, former KCPD officer and C-10 Mentor on backgrounds influencing youthIn this special episode of the C-10 Podcast, recorded at Music Theater Heritage in Kansas City's Crown Center, we welcome Shawnie Nix, whose journey with C-10 exemplifies the power of meaningful mentorship. As a former Kansas City, Missouri police officer, Shawnie brought unique insights when she helped develop the C-10 program as a member of the curriculum committee. Her commitment to youth development grew as she later stepped into roles as both a pinch-hit mentor and eventually a one-on-one mentor.With regular host Matt Fulks away, curriculum committee chair Max Utsler steps in as guest host for...
2025-04-1836 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast160: Singer-Songwriter Matthew West on finding purpose, the journey, and importance of storiesEpisode 160 of the C-10 Podcast features a conversation with contemporary Christian music powerhouse Matthew West, recorded during our C You In The Major Leagues' 10th anniversary celebration in December 2024. In this special episode, Emmy Award-winning Fox 4 anchor Abby Eden teams up with CYITML Executive Director Matt Fulks to co-host an engaging Q&A with Matthew West. Eden, who later served as emcee for the evening's celebration, helps bring out unique perspectives in this meaningful conversation.As a five-time GRAMMY® nominee and recipient of ASCAP's 2023 Golden Note Award, Matthew has established himself as one of Christian music's most p...
2025-03-1450 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast158: Matt Stewart, FOX4 reporter on his career, playing college football and battling cancerEpisode 158 of the C-10 Podcast takes listeners on an exciting new journey with our first-ever (and possibly last) "car chat" featuring Fox4 news reporter Matt Stewart. In this unique and intimate setting, we dive deep into Matt's career, exploring the journey that led him to become a respected figure in the Kansas City media.As we, um, cruise through the conversation, Matt shares invaluable lessons from his days as a college football player at Northwestern University. These experiences helped shape his views on leadership, team building and how every person matters to a team.In...
2024-11-0133 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast150: Steven Screen, co-founder of The Better Fundraising Co.In this episode, we're excited to be joined by someone who's helped shape some of the things we do at C You In The Major Leagues on the fundraising side. Steven Screen is the co-founder and creative director at The Better Fundraising Company, which launched 10 years ago this month in the Seattle area. And he’s been with other agencies that work with nonprofits during a 31-year career.CYITML Executive Director Matt Fulks -- who's hosting this week's C-10 chat -- has leaned on Steven's expertise, as well as that of The Better Fundraising Co., to help wi...
2024-04-2739 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast149: NFL Network's Jeff Chadiha on COACH and much moreYou might know the name Jeff (or Jeffri) Chadiha from his time at Sports Illustrated or ESPN, or what he’s doing now at the NFL Network.But Jeff, who makes his home in the Kansas City area, is a great spark for several nonprofits in the KC community.In fact, he’s been vital to several things we’ve done at C You In The Major Leagues during the past seven or eight years.He was a part of the curriculum committee to help develop what became the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, he has...
2024-04-0539 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast147: Matt Dimmick on the military, working in the White House and COURAGEMatt Dimmick served as the Director for Russia and Eastern Europe on the National Security Council Staff. He previously served as the Russia Director in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Through that he consulted a president on Russian affairs. He also held the positions of Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché in Tbilisi, Georgia, Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor for the Chief of Staff of the Army, and Assistant Army Attaché in Moscow.A veteran of the US Army, Matt served as an infantry officer and foreign area officer for 29 years with overseas assignments in Saudi Ar...
2024-02-2341 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast139: COMPASSION with Reggie Morris, Blue KC Coach with CharacterThis week we're chatting with Reggie Morris, the boy's basketball coach at Raytown South High School, and one of this year's Blue KC Coaches with Character honorees. What is the Blue KC Coaches with Character program? Since 2017, CYITML has partnered with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City and the Kansas City Royals for a program called Coaches with Character. Each year we recognize six coaches who are making Kansas City a better place.This year we are featuring the coaches on this podcast, because, who knows better about leadership, building teams, team chemistry and s...
2023-10-2849 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast127: Dayton Moore and the "Why" for "One Good Thing"Periodically on this podcast since February, we've been introducing you folks who have turned doing "one good thing" into life-changing experiences and moments for people in the Kansas City community (and beyond).The series is part of the new book, titled "One Good Thing," that was co-authored by CYITML Founder/Board President Dayton Moore, CYITML Executive Director and host of the C-10 Podcast Matt Fulks, and Ray Jarrett, the Executive Director of Unite KC. (You can learn more about the book at OneGoodThingBook.com or through one of the links in the show's notes.)So...
2023-08-0417 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEp. 111: Ray Jarrett on race relations through faith and doing One Good ThingPeriodically on this podcast since February, we've been introducing you folks who have turned doing "one good thing" into life-changing experiences and moments for people in the Kansas City community (and beyond).The series is part of the new book, titled "One Good Thing," that was co-authored by CYITML Founder/Board President Dayton Moore, CYITML Executive Director and host of the C-10 Podcast Matt Fulks, and this week's guest, Ray Jarrett, the Executive Director of Unite KC. (You can learn more about the book at OneGoodThingBook.com or through one of the links in the show's notes.)
2023-04-1451 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEp. 110: Taylor Penrod, The Barefoot Mission, and her One Good ThingPeriodically on this podcast since February, we've been introducing you folks who have turned doing "one good thing" into life-changing experiences and moments for people in the Kansas City community (and beyond).The series is part of the new book, titled "One Good Thing," that was co-authored by CYITML Founder/Board President Dayton Moore, Ray Jarrett, the Executive Director of Unite KC, and Matt Fulks, CYITML ED and host of the C-10 Podcast. (You can learn more about the book at OneGoodThingBook.com or through one of the links in the show's notes.)So far...
2023-04-0838 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastDr. Artrell Harris - CFS On One Good Thing, Ep. 105Throughout the next several weeks on this podcast, you’re going to be hearing about the new book, "One Good Thing," which was written by CYITML Founder Dayton Moore, Unite KC Executive Director Ray Jarrett, and CYITML ED and host of this podcast Matt Fulks.The book is a collection of first-person profiles of people who are doing "one good thing" in Kansas City to make a generational impact on this community. (Among the show’s notes this week, you will see an Amazon link to order the book, plus a link to order signed copie...
2023-02-2426 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastChris Moeller, Leadership as an Air Force Fighter Pilot, Ep. 104As we do about once a month, we take part of an interview with a guest speaker with our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership students and mentors and turn it into a podcast episode. After all, the guests we bring in to speak to that group are either great leaders in their fields — people who can teach us all about leadership — or people with stories that can inspire us.This week, you get a little bit of both.This past Wednesday, February 15, we moved to a Zoom session so we could speak with Col. Chris Moeller, who’s the...
2023-02-1736 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastDayton Moore on memories of Yordano Ventura, Ep. 100How do you deal with grief? Especially when you're in a leadership role and someone in your company or organization dies unexpectedly, how do you grieve and help the people around you? This is a special episode of the C-10 Podcast. For one, it's the second in 2023 of C You In The Major Leagues Founder and Executive Chairman Dayton Moore joining us every other week. Two, it's episode 100. But, three, we're going to talk about grief and tragedy. See, January 22, 2023 marks the sixth anniversary of Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura's fatal car accident in the Dominican Republic. ...
2023-01-2038 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastAvery Van Zee, Wilderness Trek Guide, Ep. 99Welcome to episode 99 of the C-10 Podcast.This episode is one of our most unique episodes of the previous 98…or one of our most unlikely guests.Here’s why. Typically, we’re talking with people who have been in leadership roles with companies, or have been around great leaders throughout their adult lives. However, this week’s guest will show you that age doesn’t matter. And, as importantly, great leaders can be found in unique places.As you may remember, last summer we took nine of our C-10 juniors and seniors, plus three ment...
2023-01-1322 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastCYITML Founder Dayton Moore, Ep. 98C You In The Major Leagues Founder and Board President Dayton Moore and CYITML Executive Director (and C-10 Podcast host) Matt Fulks were chatting on January 2, 2023 about the new year, and they started talking about the podcast. After all, it’s been awhile since Dayton's been on, and we wanted to have him on shortly after the Royals fired him in September, but the timing hasn't worked.But as Dayton and Matt talked, they came up with a great idea: Dayton will be a guest every other week in 2023. You’ll hear more about that during the epis...
2023-01-0642 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastMatt Fulks, CYITML ED, Ep. 96As we do once a month or so, this C-10 conversation features an interview that took place in front of our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership students and mentors. But this episode, our 96th, is unlike any other we've done.During many of our recent weekly C-10 sessions, we've been using the mentors to show the students that they don't have to have the rest of their lives figured out right now; that many times, if not usually, a person's first career out of high school or college isn't the last one. One of the best examples of that...
2022-12-0941 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastBe The One: Episode 91This is episode 91 of the C-10 Podcast. The only reason we tell you that is because this will be unlike any of the previous 90 episodes in terms of content and length. Our first 90 episodes — and our future episodes — are interviews with leaders and/or people who have been influenced by great leaders.For the past seven or eight days, something has been on the mind of host Matt Fulks, so this week you’re going to hear from only Matt. But we hope that something during this shorter episode will encourage you to think about people...
2022-09-3015 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastPaul Talley, Exec. Dir., Wilderness Trek Christian Camp, Ep. 87This week we're chatting with Paul Talley, the Executive Director of Wilderness Trek in New Mexico, where nine C-10 students and four mentors are going to be spending a week on an immersive leadership hiking/camping trip. About 20 years ago, Talley was the youth minister at the Overland Park Church of Christ. That's where he and C-10 Podcast host Matt Fulks met and became fast friends. That gig in the Kansas City area sandwiched one in Colorado and another in Texas. He left ministry — at least formal church ministry — to become the Senior Business Operations Manage...
2022-07-151h 11
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastJenny Housley, Sr. VP/Chief Marketing Officer at Blue KC, Ep. 81This week’s “C” word is Competitor. In the C You In The Major Leagues vernacular, Competitor means someone who has a desire and ability to compete, has high expectations, is tough minded, and brings out the best in those around him or her. And this week’s guest certainly fits that. Jenny Housley is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Blue KC. She oversees the Medicare, Small Group, Mid-Market and Large Group sales teams, the sales operations team, commercial product development and customer experience. She is responsible for the retention of key customers and strat...
2022-04-0934 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastPhil Mahre, U.S. Skiing Legend, on Confidence, Ep. 80This month’s “C” word, Confidence, and this week's guest go hand in hand. As a gold medalist and former professional athlete in a sport where the difference between winning and losing can be less than one-tenth of a second, confidence has to be there. In the C You In The Major Leagues vernacular, Confidence means someone who accepts constructive criticism, will try something new, has a positive attitude, and views self as a winner. For about a decade in the 1970s and ‘80s, Phil Mahre was one of the best alpine skiers in the world. In...
2022-03-2452 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastPhilip Hutcheson, Lipscomb Univ. AD, on CONFIDENCE in leadership and becoming college basketball's all-time leading scorerIf you were asked who's scored the most points in college basketball history, you'd see this week's guest near the top of that list. For a stretch of time in the late ‘80s, Philip Hutcheson was one of the best players in the NAIA playing on one of the best teams in the NAIA. During his outstanding career he was selected as an NAIA All-American each of his four seasons, and the NAIA player of the Year in 1990. During his career the Bisons won an astonishing 139 games, including a national record 41 wins in 1990. "Hutch" was just as suc...
2022-03-151h 13
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastKen Morrow, 1980 "Miracle on Ice" defenseman, on the term COACH and what he took from the OlympicsThis year’s Winter Olympics may be over, but the lasting impact of something that happened in the Games 42 years ago this week is still fresh in the mind of this week’s guest. In fact, it’s still vivid for many of us.Ken Morrow has heard the stories. Countless people could tell him today what they were doing 42 years ago this week. In fact, he gets letters and cards nearly every day.That’s likely how it is for most anyone born in the United States before the mid-1970s or so.To the...
2022-02-2630 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastReggie Sanders, longtime MLB player and current Royals Leadership Special AssistantReggie Sanders played in the Major Leagues for 17 years, spending time with eight teams along the way, finishing in 2006 and ‘07 with the Royals. Those dates are important, and we’ll get into that during this episode.Sanders had a career year in 1995 with the Cincinnati Reds, when he finished with a .305 batting average with 148 hits, including 33 home runs, and 99 RBIs. He was selected for the All-Star team that year, went to the postseason six times, including the World Series three times: in 2001 with Arizona against the Yankees, in 2002 with San Francisco against Anaheim, and in 2004 with St. Loui...
2021-12-2953 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Students on Leadership #2This week’s episode is a little different than most. But in this season of giving, we think we're giving you a tremendous gift with this episode. Going into this school year we decided that we wanted our students in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program to dive deeper into leadership. To be more intentional about how they think about leadership.With that in mind and feeling that the guests we have on this podcast offer great leadership lessons, throughout this school year we're having the students listen to an episode of the C-10 Podcast, and the...
2021-12-2425 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastCraig Donaldson, Director with Major, Lindsey & AfricaOur “C” word this week is Confidence, which in the C You In The Major Leagues vernacular means someone who accepts constructive criticism, will try something new and has a positive attitude. This week’s guest certainly fits that.You see, this week’s guest is Craig Donaldson, who has held a wide array of leadership roles around the world. I first met him in about 2015 while he was working for DST Systems here in Kansas City. He and his wife Cheryl have been longtime supporters of C You In The Major Leagues, for which we are tremendo...
2021-12-1035 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastIan Adair on leadership and mental health "Five out of five people have mental health." That's a light-hearted way that Ian Adair stresses the importance of discussing mental health. But it's true. And this is a perfect time of the year to talk about mental health. (But then again, when isn't a perfect time?) In particular, as leaders, how do we approach mental health with those around us? This week's guest is perfect to discuss these topics. Ian Adair is a TEDx speaker, and recognized expert in leadership, fundraising, and nonprofit management. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Gracepoint Fou...
2021-11-2358 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastKathy Stepp, Co-Founder, Stepp & Rothwell, Inc., Ep. 70For the first two years of what's now the annual Crown Town Challenge campaign to thank and honor mentors, Stepp & Rothwell has stepped up as one of our sponsors. As such, they've been the presenting sponsor of this podcast. Well, on this episode we're pleased to be joined by the "Stepp" part of Stepp & Rothwell, as co-founder Kathy Stepp joins us.Kathy, who's served on various nonprofit boards in Kansas City, is a financial planner and advisor for individuals and families across the United States. She founded her first financial planning firm in 1992, eventually leading to the...
2021-11-0534 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastCTC Webinar -- Karen Daniel, Mark Donovan and Dayton Moore, Ep. 69As we mention from time to time, this week's episode is a little different. But just as powerful as the others. And this is one week you may want to share with others.In fact, a college president was listening when we recorded this, and asked for the link to this podcast episode so he could share it with his team. Here's why: this week you'll hear most of the webinar we did with three outstanding leaders to wrap up the Crown Town Challenge: civic and business leader Karen Daniel, Chiefs president Mark Donovan, and R...
2021-10-2249 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Students on Leadership #1This week’s episode is a little different than any other since we launched about 17 months ago. We're biased, but we think it’s going to be really cool.Going into this school year we decided that we wanted our students in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program to dive deeper into leadership. To be more intentional about how they think about leadership.With that in mind, and feeling that the guests we have on this podcast offer great leadership lessons, a few weeks ago we told the students about a new project they’re taking on thi...
2021-10-0833 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastChase McAnulty, Founder/CEO of Charlie Hustle T-shirts, and the COURAGE to fail as an entrepreneurOur “C” word for this week is COURAGE. In the “C” You In the Major Leagues vernacular, COURAGE in leadership is someone who wants the opportunity to decide the outcome; someone who’s not afraid to fail; and someone who fears no one.This week's guest definitely fits that.Whether you live in the Kansas City area or not, you’ve undoubtedly seen his company’s work out there somewhere. That t-shirt with the heart and KC in the middle that have been worn on national TV by the likes of Rob Riggle and Paul Rudd? They cam...
2021-09-2447 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastDr. Elbie Loeb on COMMITMENT, Ep. 66Our “C” word for this week is COMMITMENT. In the “C” You In the Major Leagues vernacular, COMMITMENT in leadership is someone who has a strong work ethic, is not easily distracted, prepares accordingly, and prioritizes.This week’s guest certainly embodies that.Dr. Elbie Loeb, who grew up in Junction City, Kan., and then got his degree from Kansas State University, spent much of his career as a doctor here in Kansas City -- an internal medicine specialist, to be exact. In 2009, he began a stint as a doctor for the Kansas City Royals -- until, a...
2021-09-1129 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastStann Tate, Founder of the NLBM Summer Classic, on COMPOSURE in event planningOur “C” word for this week is COMPOSURE. In the “C” You In the Major Leagues vernacular, COMPOSURE in leadership is someone who is calm in the eye of the storm, slows the moment down, is poised and under self control.When you’re leading efforts to put on a big event or launch a new program, you need that COMPOSURE. That leads us to this week's guest.A couple of weeks ago there was an event here in Kansas City called the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Summer Classic. The organizer of the event happens to be a pa...
2021-08-2641 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastJohn Dehan from Call the Game on COACH in leadershipOur “C” word for this week is COACH. In the “C” You In the Major Leagues vernacular, a COACH in leadership is someone who is an independent thinker, understands the big picture, is a good self-evaluator and offers enthusiasm.With the fall high school sports season upon us, we thought this would be a great time to chat with John Dehan about that word COACH. No, John isn't a coach -- at least not in the sense you’re expecting. Since 2004, he’s run an organization called Call the Game, which assigns officials in the Kansas City area....
2021-08-2031 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastGymnastics silver medalist Terin Humphrey on being a COMPETITOROur “C” word for this week is COMPETITOR. In the “C” You In the Major Leagues vernacular, a Competitor is someone who has a desire and ability to compete; has high expectations; is tough-minded and has the ability to overcome obstacles; and brings out the best in teammates.This week’s guest certainly fits that. Although the Olympic Games in Tokyo are over, we wanted to bring you one more guest who’s medaled in the Olympics and definitely fits the word Competitor.Terin Humphrey helped the U.S. gymnastics team win its first gold medal at the...
2021-08-1423 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastShannon Vreeland on CONCENTRATION in winning Olympic GoldOur “C” word this week is CONCENTRATION, which in the “C” You In The Major Leagues vernacular is someone who has an ability to focus, hones instincts, and prepares with a purpose.Without a doubt, this week’s guest certainly fits that.Shannon Vreeland has gone from club swimmer with the Kansas City Blazers to standout at the University of Georgia, to Olympic gold medalist, to an attorney.After swimming for the Blazers under coach Pete Malone, who’s now Veronica Malone, Vreeland continued her career at the University of Georgia, where, as a freshman i...
2021-08-0542 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastMarketing Exec Geoff Cottrill on commitment and building a brandOur “C” word for this week is COMMITMENT. This week’s guest, Geoff Cottrill, certainly fits that. Shoot, anyone who is great in the marketing world, does a great job with Commitment. But this week you’ll hear a slightly different take on how that looks in marketing.And that's a good thing. If fact, you may want to make sure you have pencil and paper handy for some notes (you do that every week, right?) because Geoff might be one of the top marketing minds in the world today...and he offers some awesome advice throughout the inte...
2021-07-2349 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastToby Cook: Making a mid-life job change and how Coach fits in PROur “C” word for this week is COACH. In the “C” You In The Major Leagues vernacular, a COACH understands the game, so to speak, is an independent thinker, a good self evaluator, and offers enthusiasm. This week’s guest certainly fits that. Shoot, anyone who does a good job in public relations, helps personify that definition of COACH.If you’re a Kansas Citian, you likely recognize the name Toby Cook. He spent more than 14 years with the Kansas City Royals as the Vice President of Publicity. Before that, he was an anchor for eight years on Fox4 in K...
2021-07-1543 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastRoyals HOFer Mike Sweeney on being a leader of CHARACTERAs you may know, the C-10 name of this podcast comes from the name of our leadership and mentoring program for high school students: C-10 Mentoring & Leadership. And that comes from the “C” part of “C” You In The Major Leagues. In short, at the backbone of what we do are 10 leadership traits that start with the letter “C”: Care, Character, Coach, Commitment, Comprehension, Composure, Concentration, Competitor, Confidence and Courage. When Royals General Manager Dayton Moore and his wife Marianne launched “C” You In The Major Leagues, they did so with the idea that, although the term “C” You In The Major...
2021-07-0926 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastDayton Moore from the CYITML Baseball CampWith the end of the school year a few weeks ago -- meaning nine of our C-10 students graduated -- and being in the middle of the Major League Baseball season, we felt this would be a good time to get "C" You In The Major Leagues' founder and Royals General Manager Dayton Moore with us. Last week, we recorded this conversation while standing in the middle of a large baseball and softball field at the Jewish Community Center on a very windy day while watching three fields packed with about 130 boys and girls learning baseball skills...
2021-06-3020 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastKris Ketz, award-winning TV news anchor, Ep. 57If you’ve listened this month, you know that we’re celebrating Dads here in June and, specifically, we’re talking with folks who were greatly influenced by their fathers.This week’s guest is particularly intriguing because it can be fascinating when a son or daughter decides to follow in his or her father’s footsteps...especially when that's in the media.Jim King was a legendary journalist, working for the Chicago Tribune and then a couple of radio stations before eventually helping to launch WQAD-TV up in the Quad Cities area -- and he had a c...
2021-06-2647 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastVahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star ColumnistAs we mentioned last week, here in June, the month of Father’s Day, we’re talking with folks who were greatly influenced by their fathers. And this week, Father’s Day week, appropriately enough, we're chatting with Kansas City Star columnist Vahe Gregorian, whose father Vartan died in mid-April at the age of 87.But what a life he lived. Vartan was born in Iran to Christian Armenian parents and by the time he came to the States in 1956 to attend Stanford, he spoke seven languages. We’re going to talk more about his life, but we'll add thes...
2021-06-1841 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastJennifer Dehan, President/COO of Velocity Staff, Ep. 55This week’s chat features Jennifer Dehan, the President and COO of Velocity Staff, which is a different kind of staffing agency.Jennifer started her career in staffing in 1993 shortly after graduating from Kansas State University, and about 10 years later had a chance meeting with an Entrepreneurial Technologist that led to the founding of Velocity Staff, Inc.In addition to her work Velocity, Jennifer is a founder, board member and volunteer of Hoops4Hope, a not-for-profit that raises funds and awareness for organizations that support cancer patients in need in our community. She also works wi...
2021-06-0950 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastRob Browne, Pres./CEO, YouthReach International, Ep. 54This week’s chat features an old friend of host Matt Fulks, Rob Browne. Although most of these episodes feature someone with Kansas City ties, we're breaking that this week. Rob is from Atlanta and lives there now, but there's no doubt that you’ll be entertained, enlightened and encouraged after listening to this conversation.Rob played basketball at Lipscomb University under Hall of Fame coach Don Meyer before embarking on a career focused on serving others. Not long after graduating from Lipscomb, Rob became a missionary in Russia, but not just any part of Russia...Siberia to b...
2021-06-0250 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastAndrea Kremer, Award-Winning Sports Journalist, Ep. 53This is a special week as we're joined by two-time Emmy Award winner and Peabody Award winner, Andrea Kremer. To make it even more special, this episode, which was recorded during a session with our C-10 students and mentors, includes questions from a few of our students.In 2017, Kremer was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2018 she received the Pete Rozelle Radio-TV award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.She was ESPN’s first female correspondent and in 2018, she and Hannah Storm became the first ever all-woman NFL broadcast team wh...
2021-05-2648 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastMenorah Medical Center Leaders, #52With this 52nd episode -- so a year of the C-10 Podcast -- we bring you a conversation from one of our C-10 sessions with our high school students and mentors. This one's a little different than all of the others, though. It was a roundtable discussion recorded on April 28 at Menorah Medical Center. Moderated by Stann Tate, a C-10 mentor and the VP of Marketing for Menorah, it featured the following three leaders from Menorah:Angel Monroy, the Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, who helps oversee all nurses at Menorah. Angel has worked in the i...
2021-05-1830 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEvan Lange, President-Midwest Division, The SignatryAs you probably know if you follow us on social media or have gone to C10Mentoring.com, there are two huge goals for the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program for high school students here in the Kansas City area. One is to help develop a servant-leadership heart in them -- or to continue developing that. The second is to help prepare them for the next stage in life.This year with our nine seniors we have been more deliberate about helping to prepare them for that next step. One of the ways we do that is with...
2021-05-1128 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastMarc Pitman, Author and CEO, Concord Leadership GroupWe have a signed book to give away this week! But first...This podcast, as you know, focuses mainly on leadership and mentoring. What better person to have on this week than a leadership coach and someone who, literally, wrote a book about leadership. Marc Pitman is the CEO of the Concord Leadership Group. He has a Masters in Organizational Leadership and certification as a FranklinCovey Coach. His clients have included Maine Public Broadcasting, Georgetown University, Habitat for Humanity, and the Association of the U.S. Army.In essence, he helps leaders lead t...
2021-04-2746 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastLori Top, Principal with Burns & McDonnell, C-10 MentorOne of our initial goals with this podcast was to highlight the outstanding mentors in our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. We also use this podcast to highlight the guest speakers we have for our students and mentors during the weekly sessions.Well, in this week’s episode, we’re combining both of those, if you will. On Wednesday, March 31st, we did relatively short interviews with three of our mentors in front of our students on the main stage at the Musical Theater Heritage location at Crown Center in downtown Kansas City.This week, you’re goi...
2021-04-1623 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEd Bethea, HOF college golf coachOur goal each week with this podcast is to bring you guests who have great stories and have been successful leaders or mentors in various fields. Although we’ve had some well-known guests, there are so many outstanding leaders out there who have stories and principles that you and I can apply to our everyday lives. That’s the case this week.We’re joined by longtime college golf coach Ed Bethea, who actually joined us for our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership session and spoke to our students for a few minutes this week. Ed was t...
2021-04-0925 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastGeorge Norton, Retired Army OfficerIf you’re a long-time listener of this podcast you know that one of our initial goals was to highlight some of the outstanding mentors in our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. We also use this podcast to highlight the guest speakers we have for our students and mentors during the weekly sessions. Well, in this week’s episode, we’re combining both of those. On Wednesday, March 31st, we did relatively short interviews with three of our mentors in front of our students on the main stage at the Musical Theater Heritage location at Crown Center in downtow...
2021-04-0220 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastJ.R. Buckner, Pres./CEO - First Federal Bank of Kansas CityWe wrote this last week, but if you want to know what it looks like to be a leader in business and in the community, you don’t have to look any further than our guest this week. J.R. Buckner has been the President and CEO of First Federal Bank of Kansas City since April 2014.After receiving his degree in accounting and management from Park University, Buckner went into banking through a management trainee program in 1994 at a community bank in Lee's Summit, Mo.Community is at the heart of his...
2021-03-2627 min
C-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastCarolyn Watley, CBIZ Exec. & Community LeaderIf you want to know what it looks like to be a leader in business and in the community, you don’t have to look any further than our guest this week. Carolyn Watley has been with CBiz since 1977, during which time she has gone from office manager to President, and is now the Vice President of Community Engagement. Oh, and speaking of community engagement, she’s the Chair for the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, she’s served on various committees and boards in the community from St. Luke’s South Hospital...
2021-03-1923 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastJim Carr, President/CEO of the NAIA: Ep. 44It's perhaps the toughest basketball tournament in the country: the national tournament for the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), which starts on March 18 in historic Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.We're joined this week by the President and CEO of the NAIA, Jim Carr. We talk hoops, leadership, the relationship between the NAIA and the NCAA, and Jim takes a swing at our "Pregame Batting Practice" questions. Jim Carr joined the NAIA in July 1998 as Managing Director and General Counsel and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer, while retaining the title of General Co...
2021-03-1126 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastChad Gerlt, Exec. Director of Musical Theater Heritage, Ep. 43If you’re a long-time Kansas City resident -- “long time” as in you were here in the 1980s and even ‘90s -- you likely remember a movie theater inside Crown Center. It wasn’t huge inside...in fact, the theaters could be called cozy. But in 2007, after the movie theater closed and Crown Center renovated the space, they approached Musical Theater Heritage, which had been producing shows since 2003 on a loading dock, about moving its shows there.That was a great move for all, as nearly 50,000 people see shows at MTH each year in that renovated 244-seat thea...
2021-03-0526 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEp. 42: Bill Hancock, Exec. Director of the College Football PlayoffIf you’re into college sports at all, you’ve likely heard the name Bill Hancock. He was the long-time director of the NCAA Final Four, the first executive director of the Bowl Championship Series and the first executive director of the College Football Playoff. Shoot, you may have even seen him TV helping to present the championship trophy to the game’s winning coach. Or, if you’ve ever had to deal with the unimaginable grief of losing a child, you may have read his incredible book, "Riding with the Blue Moth," which he wrote a few years...
2021-02-2526 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEp. 41: Randy Flagler, "Chicago Fire" actor and Kansas City nativeSomething must've been in the water at Shawnee Mission South High School in the late 1980s because in a two-year span, 1987-88, it produced Michael Brandt, a successful writer/executive producer of movies and a hit TV series -- not just a single show, but a series of shows -- and two Hollywood actors: Rob Riggle, who was on this podcast last spring, and this week's guest. He can be seen pretty much every Wednesday night as “Capp” on the hit NBC show, Chicago Fire. He’s also been in movies including, Men of Honor with Robert DeNiro...
2021-02-2029 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEp. 40: Bill Kurtis, legendary journalistThere's a good chance, regardless of your age, you know Bill Kurtis. If you're a little older, you may remember him from WIBW-TV in Topeka, or as the anchor of the CBS Morning News, or as the host of various shows on PBS and A&E. If you're a little younger, you may just know his voice from the movie “Anchorman,” or from hearing him each weekend on NPR’s awesome show, “Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me.” (You may have even seen his video for our Crown Town Challenge last fall, talking about his mentor as a young man in Kansa...
2021-02-1228 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEp. 39: Matthew West, Award-Winning Christian MusicianStories are a powerful tool in leadership and mentoring. One of the best storytellers today is this week's guest: Contemporary Christian singer and songwriter, Matthew West. West has had 10 No. 1 songs on Billboard's Christian Airplay chart, including "More," "Hello, My Name Is," "The Motions," and his latest hit, "Truth Be Told." He is also a fantastic writer, and if you follow him on social media or seen him in concert, you know he’s pretty funny as well. In this episode, Matthew talks about the power of stories and being a part of someone else's stor...
2021-02-0528 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastRay Jarrett, Exec. Dir. of Unite KCThere is a relatively new movement in Kansas City that you may not be familiar with. It’s called Unite KC. In essence it’s the idea that through faith and our churches in Kansas City, along with a diverse group of folks from every sector across the board, we can bring about racial harmony and justice to this community. In full disclosure, one of the people who helped start Unite KC is the founder of “C” You In The Major Leagues, Royals General Manager Dayton Moore.This week's guest is the Executive Director of Unite KC, Ray Jarr...
2021-01-2927 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastRon Slepitza, President, Avila UniversityOne of the most exciting aspects of our C-10 program is how our graduating seniors will be able to receive a C-10 Leaders scholarship. On top of that, though, we have partner schools in the region that are willing to go above and beyond that to help the students realize their dreams even more. One of those schools is Avila University here in Kansas City. We are pleased and honored to be joined this week by Avila's president, Dr. Ronald Sleptiza.After growing up in the Washington, D.C. area, Dr. Slepitza has worked at t...
2021-01-2233 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastCarl Jemison, family friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.As you may know, when we have a guest speaker for our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program students, we oftentimes like to use part of that conversation for this podcast. And that’s what we’re doing this week. With the holiday this month celebrating Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., our students heard recently from a Kansas City area resident who knew Dr. King. His name is Carl Jemison. He grew up in a single-parent household in Birmingham, Alabama, during the Civil Rights era. Carl’s uncle was with the national office of the NAACP, so Carl was aro...
2021-01-1423 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastBrian Diddle, Owner, Precision PrintingThis week we're chatting with Brian Diddle, a long-time CYITML supporter and the owner of Precision Printing. Shortly after graduating from MidAmerica Nazarene in 1980, Brian went to work for a local bank for two years. About two years later, though, a friend started talking to Brian about opening a printing firm. And the rest, as they say, is history. In this episode we talk to Brian about why he started Precision, how much technology has changed the printing business, the importance of Precision's culture in keeping employees, how the company survived the pandemic in 2020, and much more. ...
2021-01-0830 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Conversation: Matt Tidwell, Ep. 34This week, as we close out 2020 and charge into 2021, we're chatting with someone who has a special place in our hearts (learn why during the episode), Dr. Matt Tidwell, who is the assistant dean at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. Dr. Tidwell also serves on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Business Communicators – one of the world’s largest communications associations with more than 9,000 members on five continents.Prior to his academic career, Dr. Tidwell worked in marketing communications as a vice president at two...
2020-12-3137 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Conversation: Eli Medina, Ep. 33On this week's episode we chat with one of our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program mentors, Eli Medina. Eli grew up in the Kansas City area before attending Truman State on a volleyball scholarship. She went on to earn her MBA at Rockhurst. It was during this time that Eli became a licensed realtor. She now is part of the Medina Team for ReeceNichols, working for her dad George Medina.In this episode, Eli takes a swing at our "7 Questions," discusses leadership and the housing market in Kansas City, and talks about her experiences as a m...
2020-12-2429 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEp. 32: Larry Holley, Hall of Fame college basketball coachThe two names became synonymous with each other: Larry Holley and William Jewell College. After all, Holley was the school’s basketball coach for 40 years, compiling 916 career wins, which made him the ninth-winningest coach in college basketball history at any level when he retired in 2019. He is the winningest coach in the state of Missouri. He earned 15 Coach of the Year awards, including the NAIA national coach of the year in 1996, and the 2018 Kansas City Sports Commission coach of the year. Last year he was selected as the "Blue KC Coach with Character" honoree for the month of...
2020-12-1836 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEp. 31: Bryan Busby, Kansas City MeteorologistWe’ve mentioned before how a year ago, when we first started talking about this podcast, the idea was to release a new episode every two weeks. One week would be a conversation with one of our mentors, like we had last week with long-time L.A. sportscaster Todd Donoho. The other episode each month would feature the conversation with that month’s guest speaker for the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. Obviously COVID changed a lot of things with the C-10 program and this podcast, including the release of a new episode each week.But, this...
2020-12-1042 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Conversation: Todd Donoho, Ep. 30One of our original goals with this podcast was to introduce you to the mentors and committee members that are so important to the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. So, this week, you'll hear from one of those mentors, Todd Donoho. Todd was a television sports anchor in markets including Cincinnati and Los Angeles before joining the Mizzou Tiger Sports Network as a pregame and postgame host. In this conversation, Todd takes a swing at our "7 Questions" before sharing memories from his career, and talking about some of the great leaders he's been around, including legendary co...
2020-12-0339 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Dubill, Myers and Moore, Ep. 29As you may remember or have have seen -- or you might’ve been on the original call -- in October we ended the month-long Crown Town Challenge campaign with a celebration webinar on leadership featuring Christa Dubill, the Chief Communications Officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Retired General Richard Myers, who is a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and current President of Kansas State University, and “C” You In The Major Leagues Founder and Royals General Manager Dayton Moore. The NFL Network’s Jeff Chadiha, who has been a guest on this pod...
2020-11-2649 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEp. 28: Steve Minnis, President of Benedictine CollegeThis is a special episode for a couple of different reasons. One, our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program Committee Chair Max Utsler is co-hosting and two, because our guest is Steve Minnis, the president of one of our C-10 Leaders Scholarship partner schools. Minnis became the president of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, in October 2004. Before that, he had a long legal career in the Johnson County prosecutor’s office and with Sprint. This week we talk about Steve's leadership background, how he and Benedictine have been navigating the pandemic, how Covid might positively affect colleges and...
2020-11-2038 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastMark Garrett, Ep. 27Mark Garrett has been the Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer for Blue KC since July 2019. Before that, he had distinguished careers in leadership with Smithfield-Farmland Foods, Kansas City Public Schools, Hallmark Cards, and he’s on the board for the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.This week we talk about Mark's leadership background, a time when he struck out and when he hit a home run as a leader, what you can do right now if you're looking for a job, how Covid might affect companies in the long term, and have him tackle our "7 Questions."
2020-11-1339 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastAl Wallace, Ep. 26Al Wallace shouldn’t be new to anyone who’s lived in Kansas City during the past 35 years. After all, you invited him into your home countless times. He retired from WDAF-TV (Fox 4) in December 2018, but since then he’s written a book, "One for the Coyotes," he’s taught classes in the journalism department at the University of Kansas, he’s led tours at historic Allen Fieldhouse, he’s co-hosted an episode or two of this podcast and he’s been a terrific mentor in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program.This week we talk about some of Al's memori...
2020-11-0741 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastDiane O'Byrne, Founder/Managing Partner Competitive ResourcesThis week's episode features Diane O'Byrne, one of our C-10 Curriculum Committee members and the founder and Managing Partner of Competitive Resources, a Kansas City based sales coaching company. Although her background is in media and advertising, Diane’s client list is varied from international companies such as Black and Veatch to a local automotive dealer. The sales skillset she coaches can be applied across any industry.In addition to sales coaching, Diane has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas for over twenty years in the William Allen White School of Journalism, teaching sa...
2020-10-3137 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastDarwin Pennye, Exec. Director of the Urban Youth AcademyWe have been looking forward to interviewing this week’s guest for a few months. In fact, as you may recall from an episode in June, we told his “brother from another mother” that we needed to get him on the C-10 Podcast. So it’s a huge honor to introduce you to this week’s guest, the Executive Director of the Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy Darwin Pennye. The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Pennye, and he spent five seasons in the minor leagues before getting into coaching and then becoming the Athletic Director in Texas. He came to Kan...
2020-10-2346 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastDayton Moore from the Crown Town Challenge WebinarWe have a unique episode for you this week. As you may have seen -- or you might’ve been on the original call -- this week we began closing down the Crown Town Challenge campaign with a celebration webinar on leadership with three tremendous leaders. One of those was Dayton Moore. After the first hour of the webinar with the three leaders, Dayton Moore and Matt Fulks spent the last 30 minutes answering viewer questions. Since it was an interesting conversation and we're pretty much at the "Dayton's Dozen" episode, this seemed like a good week to share this co...
2020-10-1735 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastMatt Marasco, Royals' Director of Leadership DevelopmentAfter recording the initial episode of the C-10 Podcast with CYITML founder Dayton Moore, he said, "Marasco is someone you need to get on this podcast." As you'll hear in this episode, Dayton was right. Marasco, the Royals' Director of Leadership Development, shares a lot of wisdom about the overall subject of leadership and the differences in leadership styles between players such as Alex Gordon and Whit Merrifield...and how that can apply to anyone in a leadership position.LINKS:For more information about this month's presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com....
2020-10-0948 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastRon Fredman: Ep. 21The beauty of this podcast focusing on leadership and mentoring is that when a company sponsors the podcast, it’s not a shameless plug to interview one of that company’s leaders. As we kick off October, this month's presenting sponsor is Stepp & Rothwell, Inc., and we're chatting with the company's Director of Client Relations, Ron Fredman. Ron joined Stepp & Rothwell earlier this year, after a varied career in leadership and fundraising. He’s been a fundraiser for the Kansas City Ballet and the Kansas City Symphony, he’s worked in management consulting and public relations, and he even h...
2020-10-0128 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastEd Enyeart: Ep. 20Today’s guest is somewhat of a unicorn in today’s business world -- someone who has been with the same company for more than 25 years...basically since college. We’re excited to be joined by one of our Crown Town Challenge committee members and someone who’s active with various nonprofits around Kansas City, the Senior Vice President of Finance at Cerner, Ed Enyeart. After opening with "7 Questions," we talk with Ed about his leadership journey, how much Cerner has changed in 25 years, how many companies might be changing because of Covid-19, and about the importance of mentor...
2020-09-2443 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Mark Collins, Ep. 19Mark Collins, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants, who played in the mid-1990s with the Chiefs, chats about Bill Parcells and Marty Schottenheimer, and reminisces about his team's biggest championship of all -- the Collins' Crushers of the 2019 Crown Town Wiffle Weekend. LINKS:For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, visit our website.For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.If you'd like to make...
2020-09-1947 min
Conversations With DwyerRobbie Fulks - Singer/songwriterAlt. Country singer songwriter Robbie Fulks CWMD to talk about living outside of pop culture, music labels and how he used to confuse fans by opening shows with "Emerson Lake and Palmer's, "Welcome Back My Friends." He also goes into the fascinating dynamics of recording. http://www.robbiefulks.com/Opening Song, "Turn Your Head, " by Ken Vandermark from the album Utility Hitter. 21st Mobile ASCAP.Hosted and Produced by Matt DwyerConsulting Producer: Dustin Marshall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-09-1648 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastChris Colliatie, Episode 18It's funny how things happen sometimes. In the summer of 2019, our curriculum coordinator and occasional C-10 podcast co-host Max Utsler met a man who'd recently retired from a 34-year career at Hallmark. During the next few days, Max told the man how, since he was now retired, he should become a mentor in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. The man, Chris Colliatie, got home and immediately filled out the application. He has since become invaluable to "C" You In The Major Leagues as a mentor and a committee member, helping with this spring's (cancelled) "C" You At The Tee...
2020-09-0334 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10: Christina Lively, Ep. 17As you talk with people who work for or with Christina Lively, or you just spend a few minutes with her, it's obvious that she's a leader with confidence who cares about the people around her. Christina has held various positions over the last few years with CommunityAmerica Credit Union, H&R Block and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC). Early in the pandemic, she made the difficult decision to leave Blue KC to become the VP of Global Supplier Marketing for C2FO. LINKS:For more information about the C...
2020-08-2843 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10: Max Utsler, Ep. 16He's been a guest co-host on other C-10 episodes but today you get to hear another side of our C-10 Curriculum Committee Chair Dr. Max Utsler.Dr. Utsler was instrumental in getting the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program planned and launched before the 2018-19 school year. And, lucky for us, he was about a year from retiring as a long-time journalism professor at the University of Kansas.Earlier this summer, Utsler received broadcast journalism education’s highest honor, the Edward L. Bliss Award. Before retiring, he was also recognized at KU as the top mentor among hi...
2020-08-2143 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastRetired General Richard Myers, Ep. 15This is a special episode. And a fascinating one as we talk with retired 4-star General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a Kansas City native and the current president of Kansas State University, Richard Myers. It's particularly fascinating when hearing General Myers talks about leadership as someone who sat in the Oval Office countless times during a tumultuous time in our country’s history. Joining host Matt Fulks this week is returning co-host Max Utsler, along with “C” You In The Major Leagues founder and Royals General Manager Dayton Moore, C-10 mentor and career...
2020-08-1444 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Jake Jacobson, Ep. 14If you've run one of the big races in Kansas City, if you're involved with any nonprofits in Kansas City, if you've ever watched the pledge drive on PBS Kansas City, or if you follow influencers in Kansas City, you've likely come across the voice or the name of this week's guest, Jake Jacobson.After working in the sports department at The Kansas City Star, and then in public relations for Garmin and Children's Mercy Hospital, Jake is now the VP of Growth & Partnerships for Native Digital.Jake and host Matt Fulks have known each...
2020-08-0747 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Danni Boatwright, Ep 13On this episode we talk with "Survivor" winner, entrepreneur, coach, wife and mom, Danni Boatwright.Danni grew up in the Kansas City area -- Tonganoxie, KS, to be precise -- as a huge fan of the Royals and Chiefs. And, since she probably couldn't play for either team when she "grew up," she wanted to be a sportscaster. That's not exactly how things worked out, but she has been a show host, and she did travel the world as a model, but she made a name for herself as the winner of "Survivor" in Guatemala...
2020-07-3039 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Dayton Moore, Ep 12Every 12th episode or so, we want to take you behind the scenes with "C" You In The Major Leagues' founder and Royals' General Manager Dayton Moore. In this episode, which was taken from a Webinar that we did with donors and other supporters in May, Dayton talks about the foundation, the impact of the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, and leadership through normal times, as well as a pandemic. Links: You can make a donation here to the foundation and get information on an upcoming exclusive webinar with Dayton Moore.You can...
2020-07-2331 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Stann Tate, Ep 11On this week's episode, we talk with Stann Tate, the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Menorah Medical Center. Stann also happens to be one of our second-year mentors in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. Before joining Menorah in April 2014, Stann has been the Marketing Director for the Community Blood Center of Kansas City, the Director of Community Relations for AMC Entertainment, the Director of Public Relations for the Kansas Speedway, and the Assistant Director of Championships at the NCAA. (And, during this episode, he explains what each of those jobs has in common.)
2020-07-1628 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Dan O'Dell, Ep 10Dan O'Dell and his wife Maria run one of the most successful residential real estate groups in the Kansas City area, Group O'Dell. Although they've been supporters of "C" You In The Major Leagues, we invited Dan to join us for this episode because he's a great encourager and mentor to other leaders. His daily focus is to encourage those around him. Ironically, we first met Dan O'Dell when he invited CYITML founder Dayton Moore to speak at a leadership breakfast that they host each year. Some notes: -- You can find more about...
2020-07-1038 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Steve Physioc, Ep. 9On this week's episode, we chat with Royals broadcaster -- and Kansas City native -- Steve Physioc about broadcasting for his hometown team, how he got into broadcasting, leadership lessons he's learned from great managers and coaches such as Sparky Anderson and John Wooden, and what's his perfect "Super Soul Sunday."This interview was recorded in February 2020 at The Otten on Main in front of our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership students and mentors. To learn more about Steve Physioc, please visit https://www.stevephysioc.com/.To learn more about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, o...
2020-07-0252 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Gene Watson, Ep 8This week we sit down during a break at our sixth annual baseball camp at the Jewish Community Center with Gene Watson, the Kansas City Royals' Director of Pro Scouting. Gene takes a swing at our "7 Questions" before talking about what he's learned about leadership from Dayton Moore, how the most pivotal trade for the Royals' 2014 and '15 postseason runs came to be, and the importance of mentoring.Some notes:-- We mention the book, "More Than A Season." You can order signed and unsigned hardcover copies directly through the foundation here: https://cyouinthemajorleagues.org/shop-online/.
2020-06-2531 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Kathy Nelson, Ep 7Kathy Nelson is perhaps the most influential person in the overall landscape of sports in Kansas City. Kathy spent several years in the media with Fox4 and Time Warner Cable/Metro Sports, before joining the Kansas City Sports Commission in August of 2010 as the Director of Win for KC. She became the Sports Commission’s President/CEO in November of 2011. Kathy's involved with countless boards throughout the city and has won numerous awards locally and nationally, from Emmys to the Dancing with the Kansas City Stars grand champion. The list goes on and on.Besides he...
2020-06-1851 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Jeff Chadiha, Episode 6This week we talk with Jeff Chadiha from the NFL Network. We talk about the racial issues facing this country, Colin Kaepernick, leadership needed right now and the importance of mentoring during a time like this.Helpful links:"The Conversation" ... The 45-minute documentary Jeff Chadiha did on Colin Kaepernick for the NFL Network: http://a.video.nfl.com/films/vodzilla/54968/NFL360_THECONVERSATION_FORWEB-20170224_17015316_5000k.mp4More about C-10 Mentoring & Leadership...https://cyouinthemajorleagues.org/mentoring/To donate to C-10 and/or CYITML...https://cyouinthemajorleagues.org/donate/To send us your...
2020-06-1140 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Sly JamesSly James was sworn in as the 56th mayor in Kansas City, Missouri, history in 2011, and he served two terms, leaving in 2019. Sly's life has always led to service of others, an attitude instilled in him by his parents. Sly served in the Marines during the Vietnam War, came back to Kansas City to study law, and then was a successful attorney before becoming mayor. This episode was recorded on Zoom in early May for this podcast and our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership students. Even though it was well before the recent protests over racial injustice in the U...
2020-06-0537 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Mike MathenyIn this episode, we're joined by Royals manager Mike Matheny, plus guest co-host, Max Utsler. Matheny, who became the Royals manager last offseason, is a student of people and leadership. So we go in depth on everything from the importance being a mentor and having mentors around you, following a Hall of Fame manager in St. Louis, and important lessons he's been passing along to the Royals players during the pandemic.For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, please visit C10Mentoring.com. If you or your company would like to s...
2020-05-2846 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Rob RiggleActor and comedian Rob Riggle, an old friend and classmate of CYITML Director Matt Fulks, recorded a Zoom session with our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership students and mentors. As one would expect, Rob had us laughing for much of that interview. What might be surprising to those who know about Rob through only TV and movies, he is a deep thinker. The result is an engaging interview about leadership and mentoring, including some lessons that Rob learned in the Marines and serving on the "bucket brigade" at the twin towers after 9/11.For more information about Rob Riggle, visit...
2020-05-2125 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Shawnie NixOne goal for the C-10 podcast is to highlight and honor mentors and committee members with our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. In this episode, recorded in front of our students and mentors at the KCMO police headquarters, we talk with committee member Shawnie Nix, who's with the KCPD and, specifically, the Police Athletic League.
2020-05-2124 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: Dayton MooreThere's no better way to start this podcast series than with "C" You In The Major Leagues Founder and Royals General Manager Dayton Moore. In this first "real" episode, Dayton and Matt Fulks sit down outside to discuss Dayton's vision for the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, leadership philosophy, the importance of mentoring...and Dayton takes on the "7 Question" segment.
2020-05-1440 minC-10 Mentoring & Leadership PodcastC-10 Podcast: An IntroductionIn this short episode, we give you a quick idea of what's to come in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership podcast.
2020-05-0803 minConversations With DwyerDonna Jay Fulks - Voiceover ActorDonna Jay Fulks is one of the most successful voiceover actresses workin today. She joins CWMD to talk about the misconceptions about the field, how agism and sexism can play even when audiences will only hear your voice, challenging yourself and the work ethic of Chicagoans. Donna is a charming and funny and her insights into the business are engaging and insightful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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