The Competitive Kindness Podcast

The Competitive Kindness Podcast

The pressure to win has never been higher and how you lead matters! Hosted by Dr. Rob Clark and inspired by the book, The Competitive Kindness Podcast explores how leaders build championship teams while building your teammates to reach their full potential. Through candid conversations, research-backed insights, and real-world stories, you’ll learn how valuing, supporting, and empowering people drives both performance and wellbeing. Dare to lead differently! Dare to be kind!

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June 30, 2026 31 mins

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The Season 1 Finale episode focuses on the 5 key leadership principles of Competitive Kindness that emerged from the 10 guests of Season 1. The insights of compassion, integrity, humility, genuine authenticity, and vision-driven encouragement are designed to help you become the best version of yourself.

Each of the 5 principles are briefly discussed and segments from all of the interviews from season 1 are utilized t...

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This episode focuses one of the pillars of Competitive Kindness, vision that builds belief. Dr. Clark hosts guest Dr. Kelly Damphousse, President of Texas State University.  Dr. Damphousse is a highly respected President that has led to the move to Research 1 status and PAC-12 Conference membership at Texas State. 

Kelly offers incredible insights on the perspective of university presidents, how vision buil...

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This episode focuses on pursuing excellence with compassion, a pillar of Competitive Kindness. Rob Clark hosts guest Andy Fee (Director of Athletics at UC San Diego).

Andy shares his insights on treating the people you lead as the main thing, not as merely instruments in a game. By leading with compassion, Andy offers advice on how people will buy into vision as trust is genuinely built. He also offers perspective on...

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This episode focuses one of the three foundations of Competitive Kindness, Genuine Authenticity. Dr. Clark hosts guest Dr. Chuck Welch, President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.  Dr. Welch is a national voice  for university presidents and working with over 500 colleges and universities regarding higher education policy in the United States. 

Dr. Welch offers inc...

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This episode focuses on empowering individual worth of our teammates, a pillar of Competitive Kindness. Rob Clark hosts guest Jamie Boggs (VP for Athletics at Grand Canyon University) who was recently named 2025-26 NACDA Athletic Director of the Year and secured membership for GCU in the Mountain West Conference.

Jamie shares her insights on building an effective team, the people she surrounds herself with to be an e...

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This episode focuses one of the three foundations of Competitive Kindness, the Unshakable Integrity. Dr. Clark hosts guest Jeramiah Dickey (Athletic Director at Boise State University) who is a national voice on the future of college athletics and has led an incredible run for Bronco Athletics.

Jeramiah offers his perspective on integrity, being able to change, how to lift others, and how to lead the right way. ...

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This episode focuses one of the three foundations of Competitive Kindness, the Humble Champion. Dr. Clark hosts guest Jeremy Foley (Athletic Director Emeritus, University of Florida) who is considered one of the most successful athletic directors in modern college athletics history.

Jeremy offers insights into culture, ego, combating complacency, and leading with heart.  His championship insights show why his te...

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This episode focuses on a key characteristic of Competitive Kindness, the vision-driven encourager that actually drives results. Dr. Clark hosts guest Tom Wistrcill, who serves as the Commissioner of the Big Sky Conference and also on the NCAA Men's Basketball Committee (March Madness).

Tom shares the how to lead with vision and drive leaders to work together to accomplish greatness. He further shares the impact of a...

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This episode of the Competitive Kindness podcast shares how to lead with Competitive Kindness, even when circumstances are difficult. Dr. Clark hosts guest Brian Kight, renowned leadership expert and founder of DIGNVS, who has worked with championship teams (like Ohio State Football and the Seattle Mariners). 

BK shares the powerful championship mindset approach of Event + Response = Outcome. He further shares t...

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This episode of the Competitive Kindness Podcast focuses upon what kindness is and how it’s different from being nice. Dr. Clark hosts guest Eric Kapitulik, CEO of The Program and who served in the US Marine Corps Special Operations. 

Kapitulik shares his perspective on why kindness can be a matter of life or death for your team, the importance of leading the right way, and powerful leadership advice from ...

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The inaugural episode of the Competitive Kindness podcast features the origin of Competitive Kindness and Dr. Clark hosts guest Dan Butterly, Conference Commissioner at the Big West. 

Butterly shares his perspective on why relationships, compassion, innovation, and integrity matter in leadership. 

The movement begins…

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