The SportsGrad Podcast

Hello friends!Do you dream of working at a home Olympic & Paralympic Games? Pfft, Of course you do!Lucky for you Natalie Cook (5x Olympian and Sydney 2000 Gold Medalist… just quietly) lived this dream, and she’s just been tasked with preparing Brisbane to host the BIGGEST show on earth!!Now a motivational speaker and on the board of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic & Paralympic Games local organising committee (LOC), Nat shares how the key to success starts with remembering people’s names, building resilience and having a dream.For a look inside the initial plans of the LOC, and how you can prepare like Nat Cook to realise your dreams, tune into our most exciting podcast yet!We cover:How to plan to host an Olympic & Paralympic Games 10 years outWhat makes Natalie Cook great3 critical moments that shaped her todayThe unique power of sport and OlympiansThe importance of learning people’s namesWhy resilience is the most vital part of any jobThe importance of building you and having a dream*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Networking can be scary and breaking into new networks is never easy, especially within the sports industry.Starting early is important, and it will save yourself a lot of time in the future.We’ve got a bitesize guide on who you should be interacting with in order to best get yourself out there and create a foundation to propel your future career and create a network you can rely on.*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Calling all commerce grads, did you know you have options outside of the big 4? Meet Oliver, despite a full workload consulting at Deloitte, he took on a weekend job at the MCG. Why? He needed an edge to make the jump to sport. Following a banking job at Macquarie, Oliver’s 5 year vision that he set himself at Uni finally came to fruition. He joined the Gemba Group in 2021 working in sports strategy. Inside this episode we go into all the details of what Oliver did to prepare himself and make the jump. So if you’ve found yourself stuck in the rat race and are starting to see the light, Oliver is the perfect example of how to transition to a fulfilling career in sport. We cover:How casual work in the MCC exposed him to a vast network of peopleHow his experience at Deloitte and Macquarie prepared him for working in the sporting industryWhat it’s like working in a sports marketing agencyWhat exactly being a strategy consultant meansThe importance of volunteeringHow to get into strategy work and advice for those wanting to to enter the fieldWhat to expect from the upcoming SportsGrad x Gemba Webinar on NFTs & crypto*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Have you ever felt you lost out on an interview because you didn't have enough experience? We're here to give you tips on how to beat the rest next time. Step one: Leverage your potential.Hit them with how GOOD you're going to be in the future.*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guys… We may have just found the model sport science grad!! Now well and truly a professional, Jacob Tober is a learning machine. At uni he was top of his class, at 22 he became a @coreadvantage business partner. And now he’s created his own app called ‘Metric VBT’ to make Velocity Based Training accessible and easy to use!For anyone serious about a career in sport science, you HAVE to listen to Jacob. We find out why soft skills aren’t soft, what it’s like wearing multiple hats across science, technology and business, creating content for social media, and how arrogance almost stood in the way of his entire career.We cover:What makes Jacob a learning machineHow he stuffed up his first interviewTimeline to becoming a business partner at 22Creating content to grow a followingHow to accept and give feedbackSoft skills essential for sport scienceVelocity Based TrainingCreating and launching an app*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Sarah Styles’ first remit in sport was to make her role redundant. You read that right. To get Australian Cricket to the point where they no longer needed ‘female’ specific positions, and equality was engrained in the sport. As Head of Female Engagement at Cricket Australia, she created generational change for gender equality, leading to results such as 87,000 people packing out the MCG for the Women’s T20 World Cup Final.Now, she’s thriving with the Victorian Government as the Director for the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation!In this episode, learn how Sarah grew her career from investment banking to sport, and made a MASSIVE difference in the process. We cover:Career growth, vision and principlesTransitioning skills from Investment Banking to SportChanging the trajectory of cricket for femalesStakeholder management 101Impact of her role in governmentGovernment grants for females in sportWhat Sarah is most proud ofP.s. - This episode was first released in June 2021If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!Ever wondered… How does one become the CEO of a national sport? Well friends, today we have the PERFECT person to answer all the burning questions for you future executives!David Pryles is 4 months into the role of CEO at Hockey Australia, the ideal time to dive into the nature of CEO job interviews, what you should study to become a CEO, David’s ‘first 90 day’ plan, how to transfer experience from other industries (in his case, investment banking), and of course Hockey’s plans for the 2022 Comm Games and future Olympics!There’s so much to learn from David, after leading Softball Australia 3.5 years and through the last Olympics, he’s taken on a new challenge to lead Hockey through an exciting period!We cover:What he was asked to present in his interviewUni degrees, learning and skills that are essential to being a CEOHow he manages his time and plans 6/12 months aheadDavid’s plan of action for the first 90 days in the jobHow he transferred his skills in investment banking to sportDealing with the spotlight of the mediaHockey Australia’s plans for the 2022 Comm Games and future OlympicsP.s. - If you want to find out more about jobs coming up with Hockey Australia, jump into the SportsGrad Community 💛If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Em Collin, one of the BEST in the world at covering sport on socials.But how’d she go from running the socials at her local pizza shop to Tweeting Elyse Perry for millions of fans?Fresh from Australia’s World Cup win in New Zealand, we dissect what goes into the @auswomencricket accounts, how Em came to be a gun on social media, and what you need to do to follow her path.We cover:On the job during a World CupImpact of hanging out with elite athletesSkills to be successful in social mediaHow to measure successKey learnings and peopleIf you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends!We’ve spent the last few weeks letting you in on the stories of the people who have backed us. So this week, we thought it was time to share our story 🤩If you’re keen to hear how everything came together through redundancies, resignations and a pandemic:Read Reuben’s article on The SportsGrad Story, and Ryan’s article on Taking a Leap of FaithToday on the PODCAST though, we dive into more of the backstory and pick apart the crossroads, decisions, challenges, and how the investment came about, all of which helped us turn a podcast into a startup.Thanks for coming on the journey team! We’re just getting started!!! 🚀 We cover:How Reuben decided to take on SportsGrad full-time and turn down other opportunitiesHow the community became a huge part of SportsGradDealing with the pressure of running a business early daysRyan’s immediate thoughts when he was asked to join and where he thought it would goThe challenges of being pulled in multiple directionsLearnings from adapting to the many roles at SportsGrad compared to Cricket AustraliaIf you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends! Some good news… It just became a WHOLE lot easier to land your dream job in sport! Why? We’re now working super closely with Spark Event Group! But what does that mean? And who are Spark? Spark Event Group offers young people work experience at major events like the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix and Australian Open! Essentially, if you’re looking for the coolest casual work going around, head to Spark. To help you maximise the casual work, we come in with the all important upskilling, networking and full-time opportunities through the SportsGrad Community! By bringing the two together, we create a pathway from casual work into full-time careers! So, to discuss all of this in full, how you can get involved, plus the lay of the events land, we brought in Spark’s Managing Director, Geordie Miles! We cover:How Spark and SportsGrad will work together to help you guys land jobs!Why Geordie got started in events and how his company merged with Event Workforce group to form SparkHow a 38 hour shift and burnout sparked Geordie to change the culture of event work to make it more manageable for staffGeordie’s super strong purpose for working in events, and how it helped him rebound quickly after his plans to work in the US backfired*If you want to learn more about us, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn: Reuben, RyanOr if you’d like to ask us any questions, join the SportsGrad Community! It’s THE place to be if you want to get your foot in the door, hire people quickly & easily, or learn from the best in the world.You can also find us on insta @sportsgradAnd if you're interested in more podcasts related to a certain topic (e.g. Events, High Performance etc.) check out our best picks here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/podcast*This episode is brought to you by Deakin University, the Official Education Partner of The SportsGrad Podcast.Find out why their Master of Business in Sport Management is not one of, but the best one in Australia, ranked at #1 at www.deakin.edu.au*If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here? It takes less than 60 seconds, and really makes a difference in helping to land guests.Thanks for listening! You’re all legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.