{"podcast":{"title":"Corporate Competitor Podcast","slug":"corporate-competitor-podcast-636647","podcast_index_feed_id":636647,"rss_url":"https://donyaeger.libsyn.com/corporatecompetitorpodcast","website_url":"http://donyaeger.libsyn.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/1/d/6/d1d62eebb88d218316c3140a3186d450/new_album_cover-SQUARE-20260317-zowq8xh1ru.jpg","author":"Don Yaeger","episode_count":267,"summary":"What do most Fortune 500 executives have in common? They learned important lessons on the fields and courts of their high school and collegiate sports teams. This is true for both men and women. Ernst & Young found that a whopping 94% of women holding a C-suite position, played sports. Join 13-time New York Times Best-Selling Author Don Yaeger on his journey to sit with some of the brightest executives in the world as we discuss how sports shaped their professional trajectory in life.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/corporate-competitor-podcast-636647"},"episode":{"title":"Papa John's CEO Todd Penegor on what the restaurant floor teaches that offices never will","slug":"papa-john-s-ceo-todd-penegor-on-what-the-restaurant-floor-teaches-that-offices-never-will","published_at":"2026-05-27T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/corporate-competitor-podcast-636647/papa-john-s-ceo-todd-penegor-on-what-the-restaurant-floor-teaches-that-offices-never-will","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/corporate-competitor-podcast-636647","url":"https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-264/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/donyaeger/264_ToddPenegor_Audio1.mp3?dest-id=2161784","summary":"Ep. 264: Playing high school golf in Michigan and winning the Upper Peninsula State Championship shaped this CEO who led Wendy's through a decade of global growth before stepping into the CEO role at Papa John's after a very brief retirement. Today, Todd Penegor brings that same team-first mentality to every leadership table he sits at — and in this conversation, he shares exactly how. In this conversation, Todd shares how he thinks about developing next-generation leaders, why he believes a CEO's job looks more like an offensive lineman than a quarterback, and what it really takes to earn both the heads and hearts of a franchise community. — 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 and Danielle Cadena for making this episode possible.","meta_description":"Ep. 264: Playing high school golf in Michigan and winning the Upper Peninsula State Championship shaped this CEO who led Wendy's through a decade of globa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2597,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/corporate-competitor-podcast-636647/episodes/papa-john-s-ceo-todd-penegor-on-what-the-restaurant-floor-teaches-that-offices-never-will/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/corporate-competitor-podcast-636647/papa-john-s-ceo-todd-penegor-on-what-the-restaurant-floor-teaches-that-offices-never-will.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}