Raymond Harrison | Senior Associate Athletics Director | NC State - One Question Leadership Podcast

08/03/24 • 31 min

@1QLeadership Question: How can core values help with decisions in the workplace?

Raymond Harrison, Senior Associate Athletics Director at NC State, discusses how core values and purpose are integral to how he navigates his career. From deciding whether or not to take a job, to deciding whether or not to hire someone, Harrison checks on value alignment throughout most of his decision making processes.

you don't teach values, you hire values
you live life forward but you understand it looking backward
values of the organization should be used to guide decisions within the organization

With patience as a core value, he strives to keep emotion out of his decisions. In terms of his personal life, he strives to live imperfectly in front of his children. One of his primary reasons for being in the college athletics industry is to ensure young people use the student-athlete experience to create better opportunities in their lives. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown

@1QLeadership Question: How can core values help with decisions in the workplace?

you don't teach values, you hire values
you live life forward but you understand it looking backward
values of the organization should be used to guide decisions within the organization

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Jessie Gardner | Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director | UNT - One Question Leadership Podcast

@1QLeadership Question: What happens when a perfectionist realizes that no one can be perfect?

Jessie Gardner, Executive Senior Associate AD at UNT, discusses her evolution from being a perfectionist to considering herself an achiever. She acknowledges that perfectionism held her back in her prior leadership roles. Gardner gives credit to enneagram, Strengthsfinders, and self-reflection for her leadership self discovery.

leadership is a constant evolution of who you are and how you show up in the world
leaders must learn themselves to understand how they can be the most effective

Gardner gives examples of her progress while acknowledging that people around played a big part in her development. She currently focuses on what the people she leads need from her, and how she can create spaces that people want to be in. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown

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Brandi Stuart | Deputy Athletics Director | Penn State - One Question Leadership Podcast

@1QLeadership Question: Is it possible to pre-determine if someone will be a good hire?

Brandi Stuart, Deputy AD for Administration and External Operations at Penn State, answers questions about her experience on the NCAA Softball Committee, accepting a job offer, hiring, and her role with the Nittany Lions.

Restructuring NCAA Softball postseason play
Power of a referral when considering a job, as well as, when hiring
Telling the collective and continuing story of Penn State Athletics
Hitting and missing when hiring

Stuart is very self-aware and leads with a penchant for getting work done at a high level. She also emphasizes that slow-pitch is the brand of softball she plays now, as she competes with tempered expectations. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown