Corporate Competitor Podcast

Don Yaeger

Booking Overview

This is an interview-focused business and leadership show featuring CEOs, presidents, founders, and other senior executives whose professional development was shaped by competitive sports. Agencies could credibly pitch prominent business leaders with meaningful sports backgrounds and compelling lessons on leadership, culture, resilience, or performance; booking difficulty is high because recent guests hold top executive positions.

Metrics

Episodes: 275

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 5.7k subscribers

Instagram: 8.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

donw@donyaeger.com

savannah@greatnessinc.com

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Host

Don Yaeger - Thirteen-time New York Times bestselling author, veteran interviewer, publisher, speaker, and leadership-focused business commentator.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

CEOs, presidents, founders, and other senior executives with substantial organizational leadership experience, ideally combined with a notable background in high school or collegiate sports and a compelling leadership lesson.

Required Achievements:

Leading a prominent company or major business division, Building or scaling an organization, Achieving recognized success in business, investing, or operations, Developing distinctive leadership or organizational culture practices

Recent Guest Discussions

Simon Sinek - Business Storytelling, Organizational Origin Stories, Leadership Communication, And The Limits Of Artificial Intelligence In Storytelling.

John Waggoner - Humility In Leadership, Leading By Example, Organizational Culture, And Why Seniority Should Not Place Work Beneath A Leader.

Dan McMillan - Turning Disappointment Into Development, Empowering Teams, Customer Empathy, And Lessons From Basketball.

Bud Denker - Building Trust, Communication, Effort, Resilience After Setbacks, And Using Personal Stories To Lead Teams.

Mike Dorrell - Listening In Business, Candid Feedback, Leadership Development, And Lessons From Rugby, Cricket, And Team Competition.

Recent Topics

Business, Leadership, Executive Development, Corporate Culture, Sports Leadership

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Corporate Competitor Podcast

How to Make Storytelling Your Secret Weapon with Simon Sinek

September 16, 2026

Ep. 272: The Business of Storytelling hit shelves this week and Simon Sinek is here to celebrate! Join us for this special edition episode to learn: Why you should treat every story like a jigsaw puzzle Why AI can write a great story, but can't make you a better storyteller The Disneyland detail that reveals the real power of a company's origin story Why "I've heard this story..." might be the most underrated four words in storytelling Do you want to write a book? In my new role as ...

Victory Cruise Lines CEO John Waggoner on Why Leaders Should Still Wash the Windows

September 02, 2026

Ep. 271: The captain was given a choice: grab a rag to help the team wash the windows or hand over the boat. He tapped his epaulettes signaling his rank, "I'm the captain." John fired him. Why? Because the problem was never the windows. It was the belief that his title made certain jobs beneath him. Today, John Waggoner, Founder and Chairman of Victory Cruise Lines, still tells that story during employee orientation. His message is simple: if the owner will sweep the dock, carry the trash, or...

The Standard President and CEO Dan McMillan on how to turn disappointment into development

August 19, 2026

Ep. 270: Linfield basketball alum Dan McMillan shares how empowering your team to GIVE can create a ripple effect. A grieving customer once received a box of gourmet pears from his insurance company because a claims employee sensed he needed something extra. It turned out pears were his late wife's favorite fruit. Dan, now President and CEO of The Standard, shared the story with his executive team — and today, it's included in strategic materials shared with 30,000 salespeople around the worl...

Publicly listed emails

donw@donyaeger.com

savannah@greatnessinc.com

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