Chad Briscoe is the athletic director at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. He earned the 2017 Crossroads League Athletic Director of the Year award. He also won the award in 2010. At the NAIA level, he has helped initiate several “Champions of Character” initiatives, starting various sportsmanship summits for the league and local high school conferences. He currently is the league’s representative on the NAIA National Administrative Council and is the vice chair of the Championship Committee on the NAIA-NAC. Briscoe’s energetic vision of the future has guided Grace Athletics to unparalled success across the school’s varsity programs. His desire to pursue Christ-like excellence through the realm of athletics has led many of Grace’s teams to some of their best seasons ever. In addition to being a collegiate athletic director, Briscoe has also been a professional basketball player in Sweden, a minor league baseball general manager, and a college basketball coach.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
- Mistakes leaders make
- Traits that successful leaders have
- How he develops his coaches and student-athletes
- The importance of having a positive culture
Jay Korff is a general assignment reporter with ABC7/WJLA-TV & News Channel 8 in Washington D.C. He is also the director of the 
Troy Kirby is the host of the very popular Tao of Sports podcast. He has done more than 800 episodes with some of the top people in the sports business world. He has worked in the sports industry for more than 15 years, at three different university athletic departments, and one professional soccer team. Kirby is a much sought after sports business consultant and keynote speaker. He is the president of The National Association of Athletic Ticket Sales & Operations.
Everyone has a chance to be a hero to someone. You don’t even have to be dead to be a hero. With Memorial Day approaching, it got me to thinking about those in my life that I have looked up to as heroes. Unfortunately, holidays like Memorial Day and funerals seem to be the only times that we really stop and think about the impact that someone had on our lives. These are the times that we remember, or better yet, celebrate their life and their lasting legacy on those that they touched.
The summer typically brings vacations and down time for many people.
“The greatest tragedy in life is wasted talent” (Robert DeNiro’s character in “A Bronx Tale”)
“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.” (John D. Rockefeller)
Brandon is a real estate expert that has managed close to a Billion dollars in residential and commercial sales. He is co-owner of the Global Real Estate Education Network (GREEN) and hosts their podcast. Global Real Estate Education Network is an online real estate education company that combines live, interactive coaching and training with a nationwide investor club network and a powerful network marketing business opportunity.
Brian Stanchak, the president of The BDSAgency and one of the top basketball coaching agents in the country, joins host Jamy Bechler on the Success is a Choice podcast today. He talks about his rise from a college basketball coach to a college athletic director and how this has helped him become one of the top agents. He also hosts one of the best professional development conferences with the Head Coach Training Center.