Patti Phillips – CEO of Women Leaders in College Sports – shares some interesting statistics on diversity in college sports, and what she and her organization are doing to improve those numbers.

She and AJ discuss the factors that lead to hiring decisions at the Athletic Director level, and the cultural biases that tend to impact those decisions.

Details

2:10 – Reasons for the lack of diversity in college athletics

16:05 – The hiring funnel

35:25 – Zone of Possibility, Patti’s TED Talk

39:35 – Rapid Fire Questions

Books:

• Mindset by Carol Dweck
• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• Cues by Vanessa Van Edwards
• Impact Player by Liz Wiseman
• High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard
• The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

Studies:

• Orchestrating Impartiality: the Impact of “Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians
• Can Blind Hiring Improve Workplace Diversity?

Other Suggested Content:

• Patti’s TEDx Talk: The Zone of Possibility
• Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday

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