# Cisco Leader Sophie Stevens on Turning the "Competitive Cauldron" into Corporate Momentum

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Podcast: [Corporate Competitor Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/corporate-competitor-podcast-636647)
Published: 2025-11-12T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-244/
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## Resource

Ep. 244: From UNC soccer's "Competitive Cauldron" to Cisco's global sales floors, Sophie Stevens has learned that high performers thrive on feedback, not comfort. In this episode, she and Don Yaeger explore how measurable accountability builds great teams, why vulnerability and openness drive innovation, and how gratitude sustains momentum. Do you want to write a book? In my new role as Publisher at Forbes Books and with the incredible resources and expertise of their team, we're making it easier than ever to help YOU to tell your story. Send us a message here to get started: https://books.forbes.com/don/ Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team towards personal and professional greatness. Special thanks to Abigail Brandt, Andrew Levin, and Sharon Pooley for making this episode possible.

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