The One Question Leadership Podcast is designed to highlight executive and organizational leadership with a heavy emphasis on college athletics. 1Q is primarily hosted by @TaiMBrown, but features occasional guest hosts. Subscribe here: 1quest.co/itun
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@1QLeadership Question: How can leaders in college athletics use their own story and environment to build better systems for student‑athlete success in the age of NIL? Dr. Ron Moses, Deputy AD at Old Dominion, shares how dropping out of high school, serving in the Army, and returning to college shaped his people‑first leadership style and commitment to mentoring. He explains why he keeps his…
@1QLeadership Question: How can leaders uncover the hidden unwritten rules in their organization's culture to move through resistance and find success? Dr. Lauren Bullock , Executive Coach at Stretch and Professor at Temple University, explores how leadership, communication, and culture intersect. Dr. Bullock posits that real leadership lives in the tension between struggle and success, not in…
In this episode of One Question Leadership Podcast , University of Southern California Senior Associate Athletic Director for Sport Administration Lin dsay Jaffe sits down with host Steph Garcia Cichosz to offer insight into her journey from Appalachian State soccer student-athlete to senior-level athletic administrator. The conversation explores the mentors who opened doors throughout her career,…
@1QLeadership Question: Can qualitative process metrics lead to increased revenue in a college athletics department? In this episode of 1Q, University of Houston Executive Senior Associate AD/Chief Revenue Officer, Alvin Franklin details how he applies coaching principles to his leadership style, dissects the department's people-first hiring preference, and discusses how a process-focused revenue…
@1QLeadership Question: How can schools use NIL and personal branding to serve all athletes, not just the superstars? This episode of 1Q features Tyler Jaynes , Founder and CEO at Influxer. The discussion gives a fast, practical look at how a former walk-on built an NIL company that can help all student-athletes, not just the top 1% of stars. It blends leadership lessons, athlete development, and…
@1QLeadership Question: Are there measurable metrics beyond revenue that lead to championships in college athletics? George Mason AD Marvin Lewis shares how he walked into a department hungry for leadership and, in three years, built a people-first, championship culture grounded in a clear strategic "playbook." He breaks down the staff survey that set the tone, the shift from bad‑news‑only…
In this special episode of 1Q, Tai M. Brown welcomes former pro runner and longtime interviewer Steph Garcia Cichosz as the new co-host of the One Question Leadership Podcast. Both reflect on what they learned from years of interviews on the AthleticDirectorU platform. They discuss former Oklahoma AD, Joe Castiglione's "water the plant" analogy regarding developing staff, former Washington and…
@1QLeadership Question: Is compliance leadership superpower in college athletics? This episode of the One Question Leadership Podcast follows Erin Adkins ' journey from law school to becoming Executive Senior Associate AD for NIL Strategy and Initiatives at UCLA. It explores how compliance, instinct, and relationships prepare leaders to guide student‑athletes and coaches in an era of NIL, the…
@1QLeadership Question: How does an alumnus-turned-athletic-director leverage personal history, modern college athletics trends, and deep relationships to transform a tradition-rich military institute without losing what makes it unique? Jamaal Walton , Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at VMI, talks with Stephanie Garcia-Cichosz about how his path from student-athlete to athletic director at…
@1QLeadership Question: How can an athletics director build and sustain a championship‑level athletic department in the Great Plains? Montana State Director of Athletics, Leon Costello, discusses presidential leadership transitions on campus, the strategic growth of the athletic department, and how aligned support for athletics drives institutional success. Costello explains how strategic…
