“If I’m running a business and I can’t afford to pay my electricity, I can’t say the electric company is lazy.” So, why are so many companies over the last few weeks going on TV and calling workers lazy? Gordon Lafer has been fighting for the rights of workers for over 30 years. He is a political economist who has served as Senior Labor Policy Advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives ' Committee on Education and Labor and has a history of Labor Union activism. He has written widely on labor...
Jun 28, 2021•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Leadership today is more about taking care of your people.” On this pod episode, Ian Adair joined us for an important conversation on mental health. He has been one of the greatest mental health advocates for the workforce, currently serving as the Executive Director for the Gracepoint Foundation, as well as the author of “Stronger Than Stigma” and “A Call To Action: Stories of Grief, Loss, and Inspiration.” Unfortunately, for the last decade, mental health issues have s...
Jun 23, 2021•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast "Failure is inevitable on the road to success." Emilie Aries, CEO and Founder of Bossed Up has been tackling the threat of burnout head on. Speaker, podcaster, and author, Emilie has first hand experience in conquering burnout after years of working in the Washington D.C. legislative industry. She wanted to create a space that vouched for self-advocacy, rather than advocating for her latest political client, so, she founded Bossed Up in 2013. Offering data driven, impact-oriented programs to emp...
Jun 15, 2021•29 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast How do you get credit for 73 Conference Championships, 54 Final Fours, and 39 National Championships across every major athletic sport in America? Dr. Jerry Lynch , ex-Navy Officer, sports psychologist, author, speaker, athlete, and coach, has advised, guided, and coached some of the most successful, winningest, and dominant athletes in the world. You might’ve heard of a few of them... Steve Kerr , Phil Jackson , and Kobe Bryant . With a unique perspective that combines eastern philosophy, Nativ...
Jun 08, 2021•44 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast How do you earn the title of “The Godmother of Silicon Valley?” By raising the CEOs of YouTube, 23 and Me, a college professor and becoming an award-winning journalist, lifelong teacher, personally mentoring Steve Jobs’ child, and writing dozens of books on the educational system. That’s how Esther Wojcicki made her mark in Palo Alto and became a central figure in the tech boom of California. When 1Huddle’s Founder and CEO, Sam, caught up with Esther they talked about everything from the importa...
May 25, 2021•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Talent leaders should recognize that trafficking is everyone’s problem.” At any given time, an estimated 24.9 million people are victims of human trafficking around the world. Today’s guest has dedicated her life to giving those people a voice, a refuge, and the resources to escape and recover from human trafficking. Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri is a board member of Saving Jane , a group dedicated to empowering survivors of all forms of modern-day slavery and human trafficking to live the life that th...
May 12, 2021•21 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast “There's something incredibly captivating about purpose, and knowing that you have one.” Coach Craig White is the founder and head coach of the rowing team St. Benedict’s Prep School in Newark, New Jersey, where he also serves as a math teacher and Dean of Freshman Level. For Coach White, every day spent with his rowing team has been an adventure, and he’s always working to build a better tomorrow for his team. When Coach White sat down with 1Huddle’s CEO and founder Sam Caucci they talked about...
May 07, 2021•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Never punt? Today’s guest is known by many as “the coach who doesn’t punt.” He’s also known for having a 203-29-1 record as head coach, winning 8 state championships, and coaching players and teams that have set 15 national high school football records. And did we mention, he was also named the National Football Coach of the Year in 2016 by USA Today? Kevin Kelley, the Pulaski Academy football coach who gained national notoriety for his 'never punt' attitude, recently accepted the job as D1 Head...
May 04, 2021•30 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast “The practicing mind is about learning to be in the process and enjoy the process.” Today’s Bring It In guest is an expert on how we can align our minds and bodies to stay in the moment so that we’re getting the most out of what we do. Tom Sterner is the founder and CEO of “The Practicing Mind Institute: Teaching the Power of the Present Moment,” and he authored the popular book The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life on the same topic. Before founding The Practicing Mi...
Apr 27, 2021•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest is someone who knows that “employees will leave if they don't feel like they're learning anything new. So to keep them, you need to keep teaching them new things.” After more than 30 years of experience in hotel management at properties across the country, our guest knows what it takes to keep employees engaged, happy, fired up, and excited to come to work every day. He also knows a thing or two about games. Kevin Thorstenson is the Hotel General Manager at WinStar World Hotel. Win...
Apr 20, 2021•18 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast What happens when two elite warriors turned expert consultants get together to talk about the future of training? To get the best out of everyone from Navy SEALs (our most elite special forces) to talent leaders, today’s guests know that “it all ties back to individual and operational readiness. Training is the core of that; it will always be the core of that.” Today, we’ve got another special Bring It In episode for you featuring not one, but two guests: Jeff Williams and Dave Wylie . Jeff and ...
Apr 14, 2021•31 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast "Humility and respect will make your employees more connected, and that connection will make them work harder and more loyally for your company." Today’s guest is an expert at how to be an adult. Julie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the New York Times best-selling book How to Raise an Adult . Before becoming an acclaimed author, Julie was Stanford's Dean of Freshmen. At Stanford, Julie was known for advocating on behalf of her students and for her fierce critique of parental involvement in the ...
Apr 08, 2021•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Talent is everywhere, the hunger is everywhere, the thirst is everywhere, but the access and opportunity is not.” No one understands this better than Arshay Cooper , the renowned rower, award-winning author, motivational speaker, activist, and protagonist of the acclaimed documentary “A Most Beautiful Thing.” To understand how Arshay’s life has become the center of a NAACP Image Award -nominated documentary, you need to know more about his backstory. Arshay grew up on Chicago’s Westside in the ...
Apr 06, 2021•31 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast “Racism is expensive, sexism is expensive, ableism is expensive. Gen Z is going to force us to care.” For the first time, we have two guests joining us on Bring It In . Chisa Egbelu and Kayla Michèle are the co-founders of PeduL , a marketplace where corporations can diversify their workforce with scholarships. PeduL, which is based here in Newark, is the one-stop shop for scholarships. PeduL’s mission is to ensure that all students have equal access to academic and professional opportunities. I...
Mar 30, 2021•33 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast “As the first that also means the only. Not everybody wants to see change; not everybody wants to see your face, because it's the face of change.” In one of the most powerful Bring It In episodes yet, Sam Caucci sat down with Jen Welter , the first female coach in the NFL who has spent her life breaking barriers and shattering norms in the sports world and beyond. Coach Jen is best known for being the first woman to coach in a men's professional football league. She’s also the second woman to pl...
Mar 26, 2021•30 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast “Retrain your teams, because the times are different.” Our guest today is someone who knows how important it is to be constantly leveling up and reskilling. She even launched a global challenge to help support the restaurant industry during the pandemic, because she knows we need new, innovative solutions for the biggest challenges facing our workforce today. On today’s episode of Bring It In , 1Huddle’s CEO and founder Sam Caucci sat down with Helen Lao , the founder and president of ClearPath ...
Mar 19, 2021•21 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast “Whether you mean to or not, you're inevitably turning organizations one of two ways: towards equity or inequity.” This quote comes from today’s guest, Chequan Lewis . On this episode of the pod, 1Huddle’s CEO and Founder Sam Caucci sat down with Chequan Lewis, the Chief Equity Officer at Pizza Hut . In his role, Chequan is in charge of championing, promoting, and guiding Pizza Hut’s equity and inclusion vision, strategy, and initiatives across the entire franchise. Before he stepped into this p...
Mar 17, 2021•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast How do you shatter glass ceilings, records, and expectations until you become known as “one of the biggest legends in the sport?” If you want to find out, just ask Muffet McGraw . Coach McGraw spent 33 years as the head coach of the Notre Dame women’s basketball team, and by the time she retired last Spring McGraw finished her career with a 936-292 record, nine Final Four appearances, seven championship game appearances, two NCAA championships, and three National Coach of the Year awards. McGraw...
Mar 12, 2021•18 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast “We have to keep training and we have to keep educating — I don’t care whether it’s on the assembly line or in a classroom — we have to continue that training.” No one understands the importance of lifelong education and training better than today’s guest Dr. Donna Shalala. Dr. Shalala is one of the most honored academics and politicians of our generation who has been lauded as “one of the most successful government managers of modern times.” Dr. Shalala served as the Secretary of Health and Hum...
Mar 10, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast At 1Huddle, we talk a lot about fighting for every worker. But when we say ‘every worker’ who do we really mean? Our guest today is someone who has devoted her life to increasing access and equitability in our workforce, because she knows that “everyone is needed for the future of work, and I'm not sure everyone has been invited yet.” On this episode of Bring It In , 1Huddle CEO and Founder Sam Caucci sat down with Shadae McDaniel, Vice President and City Leader at the All Stars Project of New J...
Mar 03, 2021•33 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast How do you go from being the all time winningest player in Harvard history to becoming one of the youngest coaches in the game? No one knows better than Coach Christian Webster, the Assistant Basketball Coach at Virginia Tech — a title he earned at just 25 years old. During his time at Harvard, Christian Webster became the all time winningest player in Harvard’s history with 90 wins, including 3 Ivy League titles and back to back NCAA tournament trips. Since his time at Harvard, Coac...
Feb 23, 2021•17 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast What do you learn after making the USA basketball team at 17 years old, winning three All-American championships back-to-back, becoming the first woman to coach in a professional men's sports league, becoming the second female assistant coach in NBA history, AND making it into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996? You learn to "Respect Everybody. Fear Nobody." Coach Nancy Lieberman has been dominating basketball since she was a young girl playing in Harlem, and she quickly moved up to the highest...
Feb 17, 2021•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast SEASON 2 IS HERE! How do you become one of America’s greatest coaches? You do it through struggle, competition, hard work, and by giving people what they want—which is to be coached. When LSU’s legendary strength and conditioning coach Tommy Moffitt walks into the locker room, his team tells him to “coach me harder, hold me more accountable, make me do the right thing.” For 20 seasons, Coach Moffitt has done just that. He has spent two decades helping strength train and condition the LSU footbal...
Feb 08, 2021•30 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast “A true seller is someone who can create an opportunity where one did not exist.” No one understands this better than today’s guest Lance Tyson. Lance is the Founder and CEO of Tyson Group, a renowned sales and negotiation advisor, and a bestselling author and keynote speaker. Lance has been training sales leaders who work for America’s professional sports teams for over three decades and has led negotiation strategies on multi-billion-dollar naming rights and sponsorship deals for the nation’s ...
Jan 23, 2021•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a year! When you’re a startup, every year is a wild ride. And as we all know, 2020 proved to be even wilder than usual. We decided to focus on what we learned and what we’re looking forward to this upcoming year. In the final episode of Season 1, Sam and Jaime sit down to reflect on a truly historic year and talk about the top skills and traits that are necessary for coaches and workers to have going into 2021. Thank you all to all of our listeners for liking, sharing, and subscribing to Br...
Jan 04, 2021•37 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast “There's no such thing as luck. The harder you work, the luckier you get. If you work hard and you do all the right things, you're going to get really lucky.” These words of wisdom are from today’s guest, Art Berke. Art is the Associate Director, advisor, and faculty member of the Global Sports Business M.S. Program at Rutgers University. He has decades of experience working at the highest levels of the sports industry with Major League Baseball, ABC Television, and Sports Illustrated. Art also ...
Dec 21, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast “People are very adaptive and resilient. When you put people in a crisis environment the best of them comes out.” This quote comes from today’s guest Sampath Sowmyanarayan, the President of Global Enterprise for Verizon Business. Sampath leads the $12 billion global enterprise business that enables Verizon's enterprise customers to connect with the global economy and intelligently manage business interactions and operations in real-time. He has decades of experience leading global teams to succe...
Dec 14, 2020•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest, Eric LeGrand, is one of the biggest inspirations in sports, leadership, and perseverance. Eric is a former Rutgers football player and a renowned motivational speaker, sports broadcaster, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. During his junior year as a defensive tackle for Rutgers in 2010, Eric suffered a severe spinal cord injury while making a tackle and became paralyzed. He joined us for Compete 2020 to share his experience and discuss how we can build successful habits, persevere...
Dec 07, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast “I hope the future of work enables the average human being to find work that's fulfilling and provides them with a good quality of life.” Today’s guest, Shavar Jeffries, joined Compete 2020 to discuss how education policy, law, and racial and economic justice will influence the future of work. Shavar is an inspiring leader and native New Jerseyan who has devoted his life and career to helping break down barriers and create a more equitable workforce and education system for all Americans. He is ...
Nov 30, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leadership is simple. Or at least it can be, if you focus on mastering your talent and using the tools you already have to become a great leader. Our guest today, Alex Willis, is someone who has done just that and built his career around teaching others how to do it too. Alex is the CEO of Leadership Surge and has spent 15 years working with companies to improve their leadership culture. For two decades, Alex has been a leader in many fields including financial services, pharmaceutical sales, an...
Nov 23, 2020•19 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast 
