Episodes

The first episode in a new series in which a Premier league PLEDIS Panel Member, the ECB’s EDI Director and Liverpool FC’s Senior Manager of EDI offer a step-by-step guide on how to build an EDI strategy. Leaders in EDI shines a light on the progress being made and the challenges being faced in the equity, diversity and inclusion space across sport and other industries. This first episode of our series on EDI strategy focuses on inception and planning. What exactly is a strategy, and how does ...

Premiership Rugby’s CEO and Pepsi’s Director of Sports Marketing (North America) and Expedia Group’s Director of Football and Music Partnerships. Leaders Live, produced in partnership with IMG, is our studio talk show on hot button issues in the industry, featuring conversations with leaders from across sport. As a tumultuous Premiership Rugby season rumbles on, the league’s CEO, Simon Massie-Taylor, joins the show to discuss the challenges of running a major domestic league, the future direct...

Insights from an experienced leader in one of the world’s most recognisable sports franchises. This is the Blueprint, the podcast brought to you by Leaders and Deltatre about straightforward strategic thinking in sport. Over the course of the series, we’ve been hearing from leading industry executives about how they strategise - how do they build in flexibility? Inject creativity? Bring projects and partnerships to life? - providing fresh perspective on sport’s most recognisable organisations,...

Reviewing Day 2 of the Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit, brought to you in partnership with Abu Dhabi Sports Council. Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team recap the goings-on and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions. In this episode, David Cushnan and James Emmett are joined by sports marketing veteran Kate Bosomworth, Founding Partner of Platform London and Chair at Onside Law, to discuss the action on Day 2...

Behind the Scenes of Day 1 of the fifth edition of the Leaders Sport Business Summit in Abu Dhabi. Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team review the action and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions. In partnership with the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, the Leaders team invited 750 senior executives to the world-renowned Yas Marina Circuit for the fifth edition of Leaders Sport Business Summit Abu Dhabi. In this episode, Leaders’ Content Directo...

The man leading the largest commercial group in British racing on leading through crises. Welcome to Leaders and how they lead, the podcast series that spotlights different leaders and different leadership styles from across the world of sport. This week’s guest is Nevin Truesdale, who has been with The Jockey Club for almost a decade, having joined as Finance Director in 2013. His time at The Jockey Club follows a near five-year stint as Finance Director at the UK’s leading energy supplier Br...

The Legends Co-President on the multi-leader model, and the Atlanta Hawks’ CMO on the meaning of authentic leadership. Hello and welcome to Leaders and how they lead, the podcast that brings all manner of sporting CEOs into the Leaders studio to ask them how they manage – and to nudge and nurdle them into thinking deeper about what they do on a day-to-day basis. This week’s guest is Mike Tomon, Co-President and COO at premium experiences and sports sales hothouse Legends, which was founded in ...

The CEO of the ATP Tour, CEO and Founder of Noah Media Group and the director of ‘No Woman, No Try’ join the monthly live chat show. In February’s episode, recorded live from IMG Studios, the business of tennis first takes centre stage (court). Massimo Calvelli, CEO of the ATP Tour joins the show in our ‘Big Interview’ to discuss the emergence of a new generation of players, finding a new generation of fans and the new generation of leadership on the men’s professional circuit. And following t...

The President and CEO of the US governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding joins Editor-at-Large James Emmett in the Leaders studio. Welcome back to Leaders and How They Lead, the podcast series that looks at what it means to be a leader in the sports industry. The series explores a range of leaders’ perspectives from a range of different organisations; pressing them on what makes them tick; how they think they manage (upwards and downwards); how they handle failure and conflict; how t...

Leaders bring you a conversation with the Commissioner of one of esports’ biggest leagues and an interview snippet with record-breaking cricketer Sir Alastair Cook. Welcome back to Leaders and How They Lead, the podcast series that looks at what it means to be a leader in the sports industry. The series explores a range of leaders’ perspectives from a range of different organisations; pressing them on what makes them tick; how they think they manage (upwards and downwards); how they handle fai...

Seven League's CEO and SailGP's Chief Content Officer come to IMG studios to offer expert insight into what to expect from the sports industry in 2023. Leaders Live, produced in partnership with IMG, is our studio talk show on hot button issues facing the industry, featuring interviews with leaders from across and beyond sport. January's episode offers the ultimate start-of-year guide on what to expect, what might surprise and what’s vital in the global sports industry over the next 12 months. ...

NFL Head of Europe and UK Brett Gosper, World Cup bid specialists John Zerafa and Nick Varley, and EDI expert Edleen John join the monthly live chat show. Monthly sports business chat show Leaders Live returns for episode 3 from IMG Studios with a big interview with the NFL and a deep dive (from 23:37) on what the FIFA World Cup - and the Olympics for that matter - could be. Gosper, the former CEO of World Rugby, gives his end-of-year reflections on the league’s growing global status and the I...

Live at our Black History Month pop-up event, we spoke to two trailblazers in the Black British community. Leaders in EDI is a monthly series covering news, views, comments and debates happening across the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion space. It also shines a spotlight on the progress being made and the challenges being faced in EDI across sport. In this episode, recorded live at our Black History Month event in October (which we deemed ‘Black Futures’), Leaders' Cameron Macdonald was join...

Live on the Podcast stage at Leaders Week London, the future of sport (in a strict 7-minute format). In this live recording of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast, which took place in September at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in front of a live audience, three guests present their vision on the future of sport, under the pressure of a strict 7-minute timer. On the roster: LaLiga Global Network’s Keegan Pierce, presenting the future of how we think of rights holders; Ashwin Limaye, Chief ...

4SE Material now has its own channel, where this episode has been reuploaded. Please search "4SE Material" wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe for more audio-documentaries like this one. We investigate the significance of the first hip-hop ambassadorship story, and how that has contributed to the rise of the hip-hop genre and the popularity of streetwear. 4SE Material is a podcast series in which we explore some of the many stories at the intersection of four key pillars: sport, ente...

We’re first joined at IMG Studios by the CEO of New Zealand Rugby Commercial, and then by the CEO of Queensbury Promotions, Head of BT Sport Boxing and Pay Per View & IMG Media VP Michael Ridout for a Big Interview, and then a deep-dive on the worlds of boxing and MMA. Leaders Live, our monthly, topical broadcast, is back for season two – and now we’re in partnership with IMG, with a brand new home at IMG Studios. Leaders Live is our studio talk show on hot button issues facing the industry, fe...

In conversation with the woman driving Formula E’s media strategy. Welcome to The Blueprint, the podcast brought to you by Leaders and Deltatre for straightforward strategic thinking in sport. Over the course of the series, we’re hearing from the industry’s leading strategists about how they strategise: How do they build in flexibility? Inject creativity? Bring projects and partnerships to life? They’ll provide fresh perspective on sport’s most recognisable organisations, with real life exampl...

Strategic insight from the New York Jets and the Seattle Sounders. Welcome to The Blueprint, the podcast brought to you by Leaders and Deltatre for straightforward strategic thinking in sport. Over the course of the series, we're hearing from the industry’s leading strategists about how they strategise – How do they build in flexibility? Inject creativity? Bring projects and partnerships to life? They’ll provide fresh perspective on sport’s most recognisable organisations, with real life examp...

The IMG Media President, The Sidemen’s Head of Content and the man leading Athlete Partnerships at TikTok join the team to explore the impact of the creator economy within the sports industry. Leaders Live, our monthly, topical broadcast, is back for season two – and now we’re in partnership with IMG, with a brand new home at IMG Studios. Leaders Live is our studio talk show on hot button issues facing the industry, featuring interviews with leaders from across and beyond sport. In this episode...

Leaders’ Editor John Portch joins host Javan Odegah in conversation with Voice’s Sports Editor, and Sky Sports’ Lisali Sitali joins Executive Director Greg Taylor on stage at Leaders Week. Leaders in EDI is a monthly series covering news, views, comments and debates happening across the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion space. We also shine a spotlight on the progress being made and the challenges being faced in EDI across sport. This month, we have a jam-packed episode to mark Black History M...

Talking strategy with the Commercial Director of one of Europe’s most dominant sports media brands. Welcome to The Blueprint, the podcast brought to you by Leaders and Deltatre for straightforward strategic thinking in sport. Over the course of the series, we’ll hear from the industry’s leading strategists about how they strategise – How do they build in flexibility? Inject creativity? Bring projects and partnerships to life? They’ll provide fresh perspective on sport’s most recognisable organ...

We take you behind the scenes of the ‘Glastonbury of Sports Business conferences'. Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team will review the action and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions. In this episode, David Cushnan and James Emmett are joined by Consultant and Co-Founder at Rational Collective Sharon Fuller to review the action from a barnstorming return to Leaders Week London. The trio touch on a number of topics spanning the week and ...

We take you behind the scenes of the ‘Glastonbury of Sports Business conferences'. Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team will review the action and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions. In this episode, David Cushnan and James Emmett are joined by Consultant and Co-Founder at Rational Collective Sharon Fuller to review the action from a barnstorming return to Leaders Week London. The trio touch on a number of topics spanning the week and ...

We take you behind the scenes of the ‘Glastonbury of Sports Business conferences'. Leaders on the Ground takes you behind-the-scenes at our in-person events, where our team will review the action and key takeaways from the on-stage sessions. In this episode, David Cushnan and James Emmett are joined by Consultant and Co-Founder at Rational Collective Sharon Fuller to review the action from a barnstorming return to Leaders Week London. The trio touch on a number of topics spanning the week and ...