Mar 18, 2021
In this RisingADs book review, Portland State Director of Athletics Valerie Cleary and Oakland Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Experience Ashley Stone discuss Abby Wambach’s new rules for leadership in WOLFPACK. The duo focuses on leading from the bench, making failure your fuel and finding your pack and how each of those rules applies to leading in college athletics.
2:17 – What first put this book on your radar?
5:48 – One of Wambach’s eight rules is “Lead from the Bench.” While
it is easy to understand how a student-athlete could apply this
rule, what does leading from the bench look like to you from an
athletic director standpoint, in all the roles that you have and
everything that you oversee?
9:34 – iI you see someone who is leading from the bench, what are
those qualities that stand out to you, other than creating change
and seeing that impact?
10:22 – In what ways have you utilized rule four “Make Failure Your
Fuel” throughout your career and getting to the AD chair?
13:41 – Do you have any physical reminders, or go to quotes that
are in your office or elsewhere to help reconnect you to your
mission? Or to your WHY?
18:23 – Rule eight is “Find Your Pack.” How has your pack or your
inner circle changed over the years, if at all, as you’ve moved
into higher levels of administration?
23:29 – Who are some inspirational individuals who you’ve looked up
to in college athletics?
26:40 – When it comes to changing the game, whether it’s throughout
college athletics or your role at Portland State, what do you want
your impact to be?
28:04 – Final thoughts.