Imagine you’re about to walk into a baseball stadium in Savannah, GA. The weather is perfect for a game.

As you enter, several things strike you immediately – this is NOT what you were expecting. It’s way better.

The music is wild, the players are doing a coordinated dance on the field, the 1st baseman is on stilts, and the umpire looks to be twerking behind home plate.

Your friend who invited you says, “this isn’t baseball; this is banana ball.”
“What the heck is banana ball?” You wonder.

But before you can finish that thought, a guy with a yellow tux and a mic pops out of nowhere, giving high-fives to every fan he can reach.

“That’s the owner,” Your buddy says—”he’s the guy responsible for the greatest show in sports.”

Jesse is the founder of Fans First Entertainment, which owns and operates the Savannah Bananas. The Bananas have welcomed more than 1 million fans to their ballpark and have been featured on MSNBC, CBS Sunday Morning, Access Hollywood, HBO Real Sports, CNN, and ESPN.

The Savannah Bananas currently have sold out every game since the first season and have a wait list for tickets that’s over 90,000.

👇EVENT INFORMATION & RESOURCES BELOW 👇

(more…)

123 | One Bold Move A Day –Shanna Hocking

Shanna Hocking is a leadership consultant, philanthropic adviser, keynote speaker, and author.

She spent 20 years in university fundraising, raising hundreds of millions of dollars and leading large teams.

Her book titled: One Bold Move a Day: Meaningful Actions Women Can Take To Fulfill Their Leadership And Career Potential.”

Covered in this episode:
A definition of leadership, creating your own opportunity and building a personal board of directors.

122 | Servant Leadership: How Identity Supports Mission

Take 5 minutes to hear how identity maintains the mission of a servant leader.

“A Servant Leader is someone who uses their authority and influence for the benefit of those who are under their authority and influence.”

As servant leaders, we should be secure in who we are, producing stability in those under our care. But we also need to remain open to being wrong.

Take 5 minutes to hear how identity maintains the mission of a servant leader.

120 | Rocket Fuel: Growth Through A Leadership Transition–Patrick Booth & Logan McCoy

There’s a ditch on either side of the path called leadership transitions.

On one side is the lack of clear communication – who’s doing what? When is it happening? Why is it happening?

On the other side is a lack of support – according to McKinsey & Co, only 29% of organizations in the US feel their companies adequately support the new leadership coming in.

We need to hear from real people who will keep it real and have done it well.

Patrick Booth & Logan McCoy are my guests today- it’s a triple threat match.
Patrick is the CEO and Owner of CCB Technology, a family business that started in 1991 and specializes in outsourced IT.
Logan is the new President of CCB.

Patrick has been President of CCB since 2013, became CEO and Owner in January 2019, and passed the Presidential sword to Logan in 2022.

119 | Incarceration, Fatherhood & Redemption – Sharmain Harris

Fatherhood is one of the most important jobs in the world. Many of the social ills in America are directly attributed to fatherlessness.

Sharmain helped establish the Dedicated Dad’s Program of Kenosha, is a National Fatherhood Practitioner, Certified Father Engagement Trainer, and has written a book to help those who engage dad’s in family services.

His story of being an incarcerated felon to UW Parkside adjunct professor is inspiring.

There is good all around us, Sharmain is one shining example.