{"podcast":{"title":"Success for the Athletic-Minded Man","slug":"success-for-the-athletic-minded-man-173969","podcast_index_feed_id":173969,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/bc0693b4-22bc-41fa-9de7-a2c39f0e9a4e","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/success-for-the-athletic-minded-man","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/6/14/21/8975f5d1-afaa-4e61-a90d-b0d48282f458_sam.jpg","author":"Jim Harshaw, Jr.","episode_count":553,"summary":"Clarity. Focus. Consistency. Hallmarks of championship athletes. And hallmarks of the most successful men in business and life. How can you claim those traits in your life now? You want to make lots of money, have a great marriage, and be a dedicated father while crushing fitness goals along the way but maybe you feel like you're always shortchanging at least one area. Or maybe you feel like you want to be more consistent. More focuses. Maybe you just need a clear vision for what your future looks like— a clear goal to pursue. Jim Harshaw is an NCAA Division I All-American wrestler and former Division I head coach. And he's an executive performance coach who will help you create the plan to unlock your potential. He coaches motivated men to gain clarity, focus, and consistency in business and life using a unique framework inspired by world-class performers so that they can lead meaningful lives of purpose and impact. \"Success for the Athletic Minded Man\" is a podcast dedicated to the driven, professional, athletic-minded man in the pursuit of excellence. Each episode dives into success habits for men who balance the rigors of professional development with the challenges of excelli…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T14:17:23.818738+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/success-for-the-athletic-minded-man-173969"},"episode":{"title":"How Doug Conant Turned a Failing Company into the Fortune 500's Most Engaged Workforce","slug":"how-doug-conant-turned-a-failing-company-into-the-fortune-500-s-most-engaged-workforce","published_at":"2026-02-16T06:00:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/success-for-the-athletic-minded-man-173969/how-doug-conant-turned-a-failing-company-into-the-fortune-500-s-most-engaged-workforce","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/success-for-the-athletic-minded-man-173969","url":"https://jimharshawjr.com","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/5ff94bee-0e11-4b9b-b177-820b01fe112d/stream.mp3","summary":"#524 How Doug Conant Turned a Failing Company into the Fortune 500's Most Engaged Workforce ----- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/ APPLY “You can’t talk your way out of something you behaved your way into.” That line changed a Fortune 500 company, and it should change how you lead your team. When a Fortune 500 company is literally ringed in razor wire, you don’t pep-talk your way out— you do the hard, specific work of rebuilding trust. In this “Success for the Athletic-Minded Man” episode, I sit down with Doug Conant, the CEO who walked into Campbell Soup with plunging sales, a disengaged workforce, and a headquarters in one of America’s most dangerous cities, and left it with the highest employee engagement score in the Fortune 500. Doug’s a student-athlete-turned-CEO who learned early that discipline matters. He played tennis at Northwestern, coached there, survived the LBO chaos at Nabisco, and then dug in at Campbell. He tells the story straight, how Gallup called Campbell the worst engagement case they’d seen, how Doug’s first day included firing the CFO, and how he and his team rebuilt an organization by showing up with consistency, respect, and tough-minded compassion. We unpack practical moves: measurable engagement targets, replacing leaders who can’t buy in, the “living, loving, learning, leaving a legacy” playbook Doug used, and the daily habits: the morning reflection, the commute rituals, the weekly appreciation, that let him be present for both the company and his family. If you run a business or a team and want concrete, repeatable methods for turning disengaged people into relentless team members, this episode is your field guide. Don’t miss it! 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