The Athletics of Business

Ed Molitor

podcast@theathleticsofbusiness.com

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Booking Overview

This leadership-and-performance podcast uses lessons from elite sports—coaching, mindset, teamwork, and competitive habits—to help business leaders improve execution and culture. It’s a strong booking fit for guests who can connect athlete/coaching frameworks to practical leadership behaviors and organizational results.

Metrics

Episodes: 223

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 610 followers

Contact Information

podcast@theathleticsofbusiness.com

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Host

Ed Molitor - Ed Molitor frames business leadership through sport and life “athletics,” drawing on his experiences as a college athlete and a coach. The show’s core values include work ethic, positivity, enthusi...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Public-facing expertise that credibly links sport/performance to leadership and business outcomes—commonly: authors/speakers/coaches, documentary/creative leaders with nonfiction storytelling, and executives who demonstrate leadership through endurance/athletic frameworks. Strong emphasis on practical leadership lessons (team culture, captaincy/servant leadership, delegation, resilience, communication).
Required Achievements:  
Published books (often leadership/sports leadership), Recognized creative projects (awards or major streaming/production credits), Leadership roles in established organizations or consultancies, Notable endurance/athletic accomplishments

Recent Guest Discussions

Phil Wall - Leadership Lessons From Directing A Large Creative Production; Delegation And Trust; Humility/admitting What’s Unknown; How Narratives And Storytelling Shape Audiences And Culture.

Gavin Mlinar - Endurance Athletics As A Lens For Leadership; Saying “yes” Before Knowing Outcomes; Resilience Through Failure; Feedback Loops And Performance; Serving Others And Relationship-driven Opportunity.

Dr. Jerry Lynch - Servant Leadership And Influence Via Relationships; Self-awareness As Leadership Foundation; Leadership Behaviors (kindness/accountability/gratitude); Applying Elite Performance And Inner-game Strategies To Sports And Business.

John O' Sullivan - Exceptional Athlete Captaincy; Leadership As Behaviors And Relationships (not Status); Building Trust/culture; Hard Conversations With Courage And Respect; Teaching Leadership From Within.

Recent Topics

Leadership, Coaching, Performance, Teamwork, Sports

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Athletics of Business
:

Soccer Meets America: Leadership, Culture, and the Stories That Shape Us with Phil Wall

June 24, 2026

What happens when a sport's history is bigger, deeper, and more culturally revealing than the story most people have been told? Soccer has always been part of the American sports landscape. Union soldiers played it during the Civil War. Crowds of 46,000 showed up for soccer in New York in the 1920s. Pelé brought nearly 200 journalists with him when he played for the New York Cosmos. But the real story is not just about soccer. It is about how culture is built, how momentum grows, how narrativ...

Yes Your Way to Success: What Endurance Teaches Us About Leadership with Gavin Mlinar

June 17, 2026

Most people spend their lives trying to avoid failure. Gavin Mlinar has built his life around walking straight into it. From leaving home to pursue freestyle skiing as a teenager, to returning after multiple knee injuries to earn a starting role on the football field, to walking away from a successful executive career without a clear plan for what came next, Gavin has repeatedly chosen uncertainty over comfort. And more often than not, those decisions began with a simple phrase: "Yes, I'll fi...

Captain: The Athlete's Guide to Being an Exceptional Team Leader with John O'Sullivan and Dr. Jerry Lynch

June 10, 2026

What if the best captain on your team is not the loudest, most talented, or most popular player? For John O'Sullivan and Dr. Jerry Lynch, true captaincy is not about status. It is about skill, choice, relationships, and the daily behaviors that help a team become more connected, accountable, and resilient. In this episode of The Athletics of Business, Ed Molitor is joined by  John and Jerry to discuss their new book, Captain: The Athlete's Guide to Being an Exceptional Leader. Together, they ...

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