C-10 Mentoring & Leadership Podcast

This week's episode features Diane O'Byrne, one of our C-10 Curriculum Committee members and the founder and Managing Partner of Competitive Resources, a Kansas City based sales coaching company. Although her background is in media and advertising, Diane’s client list is varied from international companies such as Black and Veatch to a local automotive dealer. The sales skillset she coaches can be applied across any industry.

In addition to sales coaching, Diane has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas for over twenty years in the William Allen White School of Journalism, teaching sales, presentation skills and capstone courses. She has also taught in the MBA program at KU.

LINKS:
For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program for high school students, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

For more information about this month’s presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

If you’d like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.

This week's episode features Diane O'Byrne, one of our C-10 Curriculum Committee members and the founder and Managing Partner of Competitive Resources, a Kansas City based sales coaching company. Although her background is in media and advertising, Diane’s client list is varied from international companies such as Black and Veatch to a local automotive dealer. The sales skillset she coaches can be applied across any industry.

In addition to sales coaching, Diane has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas for over twenty years in the William Allen White School of Journalism, teaching sales, presentation skills and capstone courses. She has also taught in the MBA program at KU.

LINKS:
For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program for high school students, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

For more information about this month’s presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

If you’d like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.

We have been looking forward to interviewing this week’s guest for a few months. In fact, as you may recall from an episode in June, we told his “brother from another mother” that we needed to get him on the C-10 Podcast. So it’s a huge honor to introduce you to this week’s guest, the Executive Director of the Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy Darwin Pennye. 

The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Pennye, and he spent five seasons in the minor leagues before getting into coaching and then becoming the Athletic Director in Texas. He came to Kansas City to become the Executive Director of the Urban Youth Academy when it opened. 

LINKS:
For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program for high school students, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

For more information about this month's presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

If you'd like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.

We have been looking forward to interviewing this week’s guest for a few months. In fact, as you may recall from an episode in June, we told his “brother from another mother” that we needed to get him on the C-10 Podcast. So it’s a huge honor to introduce you to this week’s guest, the Executive Director of the Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy Darwin Pennye. 

The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Pennye, and he spent five seasons in the minor leagues before getting into coaching and then becoming the Athletic Director in Texas. He came to Kansas City to become the Executive Director of the Urban Youth Academy when it opened. 

LINKS:
For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program for high school students, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

For more information about this month's presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

If you'd like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.

We have a unique episode for you this week. As you may have seen -- or you might’ve been on the original call -- this week we began closing down the Crown Town Challenge campaign with a celebration webinar on leadership with three tremendous leaders. One of those was Dayton Moore. After the first hour of the webinar with the three leaders, Dayton Moore and Matt Fulks spent the last 30 minutes answering viewer questions. Since it was an interesting conversation and we're pretty much at the "Dayton's Dozen" episode, this seemed like a good week to share this conversation.

LINKS:

For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program for high school students, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

For more information about this month's presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

If you'd like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.

We have a unique episode for you this week. As you may have seen -- or you might’ve been on the original call -- this week we began closing down the Crown Town Challenge campaign with a celebration webinar on leadership with three tremendous leaders. One of those was Dayton Moore. After the first hour of the webinar with the three leaders, Dayton Moore and Matt Fulks spent the last 30 minutes answering viewer questions. Since it was an interesting conversation and we're pretty much at the "Dayton's Dozen" episode, this seemed like a good week to share this conversation.

LINKS:

For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program for high school students, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

For more information about this month's presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

If you'd like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.

After recording the initial episode of the C-10 Podcast with CYITML founder Dayton Moore, he said, "Marasco is someone you need to get on this podcast." As you'll hear in this episode, Dayton was right. Marasco, the Royals' Director of Leadership Development, shares a lot of wisdom about the overall subject of leadership and the differences in leadership styles between players such as Alex Gordon and Whit Merrifield...and how that can apply to anyone in a leadership position.

LINKS:
For more information about this month's presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

If you'd like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.

After recording the initial episode of the C-10 Podcast with CYITML founder Dayton Moore, he said, "Marasco is someone you need to get on this podcast." As you'll hear in this episode, Dayton was right. Marasco, the Royals' Director of Leadership Development, shares a lot of wisdom about the overall subject of leadership and the differences in leadership styles between players such as Alex Gordon and Whit Merrifield...and how that can apply to anyone in a leadership position.

LINKS:
For more information about this month's presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

If you'd like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.

The beauty of this podcast focusing on leadership and mentoring is that when a company sponsors the podcast, it’s not a shameless plug to interview one of that company’s leaders. As we kick off October, this month's presenting sponsor is Stepp & Rothwell, Inc., and we're chatting with the company's Director of Client Relations, Ron Fredman. 

Ron joined Stepp & Rothwell earlier this year, after a varied career in leadership and fundraising. He’s been a fundraiser for the Kansas City Ballet and the Kansas City Symphony, he’s worked in management consulting and public relations, and he even had a stint as a sportswriter for the Kansas City Star. Fredman, who's actually an Eagle Scout, has been active with the Boy Scouts for 40 years.

LINKS:
For more information about this month's presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

If you'd like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.

The beauty of this podcast focusing on leadership and mentoring is that when a company sponsors the podcast, it’s not a shameless plug to interview one of that company’s leaders. As we kick off October, this month's presenting sponsor is Stepp & Rothwell, Inc., and we're chatting with the company's Director of Client Relations, Ron Fredman. 

Ron joined Stepp & Rothwell earlier this year, after a varied career in leadership and fundraising. He’s been a fundraiser for the Kansas City Ballet and the Kansas City Symphony, he’s worked in management consulting and public relations, and he even had a stint as a sportswriter for the Kansas City Star. Fredman, who's actually an Eagle Scout, has been active with the Boy Scouts for 40 years.

LINKS:
For more information about this month's presenting sponsor, Stepp & Rothwell, please visit SteppandRothwell.com.

For more info about the Crown Town Challenge, visit CrownTownChallenge.com.

For more information about the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program, visit our website.

For all episodes of the C-10 podcast and ways you can listen, click here.

If you'd like to make a comment, have a suggestion for a future guest, or your company would like to help underwrite this podcast, please visit our contact page.