Breaking Down Representation & Leadership in Sports with Raven Jemison
Season 5, Episode 13, Oct 22, 08:50 PM
Welcome back to THIS. with Shauna Griffiths!
This episode, Breaking Down Representation & Leadership in Sports with Raven Jemison, an Award-Winning Sports Business Executive who is currently the President, Business Operations for the Kansas City Current Women’s Soccer team. She is also Author of a fantastic book - More Than Representation, The Cheat Codes to Own Your Seat at the Table, AND a First Draft Class Leadership Athlete.
Raven is next level remarkable as a human and sports business professional. She as true as they come, and it's an honor to shine light on her voice, mission, and example.
Tune-in to this can't miss episode to hear about:
This episode, Breaking Down Representation & Leadership in Sports with Raven Jemison, an Award-Winning Sports Business Executive who is currently the President, Business Operations for the Kansas City Current Women’s Soccer team. She is also Author of a fantastic book - More Than Representation, The Cheat Codes to Own Your Seat at the Table, AND a First Draft Class Leadership Athlete.
Raven is next level remarkable as a human and sports business professional. She as true as they come, and it's an honor to shine light on her voice, mission, and example.
Tune-in to this can't miss episode to hear about:
- Her commitment to authenticity, creating positive impact, and more than representation is incredible and inspiring;
- Her career story that includes have worked for all of NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, the NWSL, and receiving countless awards such as Sports Business Journal GameChanger Award 2022, Milwaukee Magazine Groundbreaker Betty Award 2021, and Adweek Most Powerful Women in Sports 2021;
- When and how she began embracing the idea of the superpower of her authenticity;
- An inside look at her book – that I'm admittedly obsessed with it and recommend it to people routinely, why she wrote it, and who it's for;
- The importance of cheat codes in business and a preview of two of the five that are found in her book;
- How she feels about and handles situations when she is “the only one” in sports business boardrooms these days and if that dynamic is shifting;
- Her experience stepping into THE business leadership seat at the Current – and the launch and opening of the stadium;
- What she wants to see more and/or less from with brands, media and/or fans
- Takeaways about representation;
- Takeaways about leadership in sports.
We hope you enjoy the episode and look forward to your feedback about it!
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#leader #leadership #sportsbusiness #sportsexecutive #nwsl #ravenjemison #womeninsports #diversity #inclusion #representation #authenticity #positiveimpact #leadershipathlete