Episodes

Building and selling a hundred million dollar company | The emotional impact of years of striving towards an exit | The responsibility and solace of sports ownership | Cost cuts and rescue packages across sport. Episode 77 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast - brought to you in partnership with Onside Law - sees David Cushnan and James Emmett chat to Sydney Kings owner Paul Smith (conversation starts at 8:29). Paul founded and grew Repucom into one of the most trusted sports media measurement ...

Building and selling a hundred million dollar company | The emotional impact of years of striving towards an exit | The responsibility and solace of sports ownership | Cost cuts and rescue packages across sport. Episode 77 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast - brought to you in partnership with Onside Law - sees David Cushnan and James Emmett chat to Sydney Kings owner Paul Smith (conversation starts at 8:29). Paul founded and grew Repucom into one of the most trusted sports media measurement ...

Getting through Coronavirus | The great calendar reshuffle | The surge in live streaming | The opportunity in esports. Episode 76 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees former BBC Sports News Correspondent Richard Conway (conversation starts at 7:41) and The Esports Observer CEO Chris Hana (26:06) talk via crystal clear internet connection to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another episode of At home with Leaders. On the conversational agenda: - How Richard coped with Coronavirus; - T...

Getting through Coronavirus | The great calendar reshuffle | The surge in live streaming | The opportunity in esports. Episode 76 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees former BBC Sports News Correspondent Richard Conway (conversation starts at 7:41) and The Esports Observer CEO Chris Hana (26:06) talk via crystal clear internet connection to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another episode of At home with Leaders. On the conversational agenda: - How Richard coped with Coronavirus; - T...

Getting through Coronavirus | The great calendar reshuffle | The surge in live streaming | The opportunity in esports. Episode 76 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees former BBC Sports News Correspondent Richard Conway (conversation starts at 7:41) and The Esports Observer CEO Chris Hana (26:06) talk via crystal clear internet connection to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another episode of At home with Leaders. On the conversational agenda: - How Richard coped with Coronavirus; - T...

Sports rescue packages | Gamifying archive content | How to run an organisation remotely. Episode 75 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees former Jockey Club CEO and current board member of the EFL and the Roundhouse Simon Bazalgette (conversation starts at 10:06) and FIFA Chief Commercial Officer Simon Thomas (conversation starts at 28:48) chat down their line to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another episode of At home with Leaders. On the conversational agenda: - The £50 million re...

Sports rescue packages | Gamifying archive content | How to run an organisation remotely. Episode 75 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees former Jockey Club CEO and current board member of the EFL and the Roundhouse Simon Bazalgette (conversation starts at 10:06) and FIFA Chief Commercial Officer Simon Thomas (conversation starts at 28:48) chat down their line to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another episode of At home with Leaders. On the conversational agenda: - The £50 million re...

Sports rescue packages | Gamifying archive content | How to run an organisation remotely. Episode 75 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees former Jockey Club CEO and current board member of the EFL and the Roundhouse Simon Bazalgette (conversation starts at 10:06) and FIFA Chief Commercial Officer Simon Thomas (conversation starts at 28:48) chat down their line to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another episode of At home with Leaders. On the conversational agenda: - The £50 million re...

The greenshoots of recovery in China | Tips and insight from China's quarantined workforce | The situation in Australia | The Australian Open's bushfire relief work. Episode 74 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees Red Lantern's Head of Content Victor Lin (conversation starts at 10:25) and the Australian Open's Head of Digital Strategy Finn Bradshaw (conversation starts at 34:04) chat down the line to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another edition of At Home with Leaders. Based in Chen...

The greenshoots of recovery in China | Tips and insight from China's quarantined workforce | The situation in Australia | The Australian Open's bushfire relief work. Episode 74 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees Red Lantern's Head of Content Victor Lin (conversation starts at 10:25) and the Australian Open's Head of Digital Strategy Finn Bradshaw (conversation starts at 34:04) chat down the line to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another edition of At Home with Leaders. Based in Chen...

The greenshoots of recovery in China | Tips and insight from China's quarantined workforce | The situation in Australia | The Australian Open's bushfire relief work. Episode 74 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees Red Lantern's Head of Content Victor Lin (conversation starts at 10:25) and the Australian Open's Head of Digital Strategy Finn Bradshaw (conversation starts at 34:04) chat down the line to James Emmett and David Cushnan for another edition of At Home with Leaders. Based in Chen...

The sports industry faultlines exposed by COVID-19 | Brand purpose in times of crisis | Jean-Claude Biver on passion, emotion, and status. Episode 73 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees James Emmett and David Cushnan talk to Kate Bosomworth about the COVID-19 crisis and its ramifications on sport before introducing a recording of Kate's session with Hublot Chairman Jean-Claude Biver from the Leaders Sport Business Summit in October (session starts at 26:42). Kate, a former Sport England ...

The sports industry faultlines exposed by COVID-19 | Brand purpose in times of crisis | Jean-Claude Biver on passion, emotion, and status. Episode 73 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees James Emmett and David Cushnan talk to Kate Bosomworth about the COVID-19 crisis and its ramifications on sport before introducing a recording of Kate's session with Hublot Chairman Jean-Claude Biver from the Leaders Sport Business Summit in October (session starts at 26:42). Kate, a former Sport England ...

The sports industry faultlines exposed by COVID-19 | Brand purpose in times of crisis | Jean-Claude Biver on passion, emotion, and status. Episode 73 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast sees James Emmett and David Cushnan talk to Kate Bosomworth about the COVID-19 crisis and its ramifications on sport before introducing a recording of Kate's session with Hublot Chairman Jean-Claude Biver from the Leaders Sport Business Summit in October (session starts at 26:42). Kate, a former Sport England ...

Mentorship and role models | Imposter syndrome and professional confidence | The importance of reflection. Episode 72 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features conversations from in and around the Leaders Meet: Diversity events on women in sport from 6th March with Liz Nicholl (conversation starts at 5:31), CEO of the International Netball Federation, and Becca Valle (conversation starts at 21.23), Head of Marketing at the New York Knicks. Nicholl, speaking at the live-streamed, behind-clo...

Mentorship and role models | Imposter syndrome and professional confidence | The importance of reflection. Episode 72 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features conversations from in and around the Leaders Meet: Diversity events on women in sport from 6th March with Liz Nicholl (conversation starts at 5:31), CEO of the International Netball Federation, and Becca Valle (conversation starts at 21.23), Head of Marketing at the New York Knicks. Nicholl, speaking at the live-streamed, behind-clo...

Mentorship and role models | Imposter syndrome and professional confidence | The importance of reflection. Episode 72 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features conversations from in and around the Leaders Meet: Diversity events on women in sport from 6th March with Liz Nicholl (conversation starts at 5:31), CEO of the International Netball Federation, and Becca Valle (conversation starts at 21.23), Head of Marketing at the New York Knicks. Nicholl, speaking at the live-streamed, behind-clo...

Under the hood of the NFL. Episode 71 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features a conversation with SportsBusiness Journal NFL reporter Ben Fischer. On the agenda: - The NFL's business and political wins in 2019; - The CBA negotiations, what they mean and how they're going; - What to expect in the year ahead; - The XFL and its chances of success.

Under the hood of the NFL. Episode 71 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features a conversation with SportsBusiness Journal NFL reporter Ben Fischer. On the agenda: - The NFL's business and political wins in 2019; - The CBA negotiations, what they mean and how they're going; - What to expect in the year ahead; - The XFL and its chances of success.

Under the hood of the NFL. Episode 71 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast features a conversation with SportsBusiness Journal NFL reporter Ben Fischer. On the agenda: - The NFL's business and political wins in 2019; - The CBA negotiations, what they mean and how they're going; - What to expect in the year ahead; - The XFL and its chances of success.

Under the hood of the boxing business | Manchester City's FFP penalty | Fun With Balls and squash. Boxing business heavyweights Lou DiBella, Joe Markowski, and Stephen Espinoza were joined by FuboTV Chief Strategy Officer for a spiky panel on the state of the boxing industry at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in New York in May (conversation starts at 13:56). Harvard law graduate DiBella spent 11 years building HBO into America’s go-to boxing platform before becoming an independent boxing pro...

Under the hood of the boxing business | Manchester City's FFP penalty | Fun With Balls and squash. Boxing business heavyweights Lou DiBella, Joe Markowski, and Stephen Espinoza were joined by FuboTV Chief Strategy Officer for a spiky panel on the state of the boxing industry at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in New York in May (conversation starts at 13:56). Harvard law graduate DiBella spent 11 years building HBO into America’s go-to boxing platform before becoming an independent boxing pro...

Under the hood of the boxing business | Manchester City's FFP penalty | Fun With Balls and squash. Boxing business heavyweights Lou DiBella, Joe Markowski, and Stephen Espinoza were joined by FuboTV Chief Strategy Officer for a spiky panel on the state of the boxing industry at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in New York in May (conversation starts at 13:56). Harvard law graduate DiBella spent 11 years building HBO into America’s go-to boxing platform before becoming an independent boxing pro...

Changing a culture at British Cycling | The Premier League's new £2bn, six-year Scandinavian deal | A new buzz around Wimbledon's sustainability plans. British Cycling CEO Julie Harrington is the guest on episode 69 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast (interview starts at 8:28). Harrington joined British Cycling in May 2017, replacing Ian Drake at the helm of one of British sport's most successful National Governing Bodies, but one in need of governance reform following successive investigatio...