The Competitive Kindness Podcast

The pressure to win has never been higher and how you lead matters! Hosted by Dr. Rob Clark and inspired by the book, The Competitive Kindness Podcast explores how leaders build championship teams while building your teammates to reach their full potential. Through candid conversations, research-backed insights, and real-world stories, you’ll learn how valuing, supporting, and empowering people drives both performance and wellbeing. Dare to lead differently! Dare to be kind!

The Competitive Kindness Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Dr. Rob Clark, with 11 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dr. Rob Clark hosts The Competitive Kindness Podcast, a business show with 11 episodes published.

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  Episode #11

  5 Principles of Competitive Kindness; All Guests from Season 1 (Finale)

  Jun 30, 202631 minS1

  Send us Fan Mail The Season 1 Finale episode focuses on the 5 key leadership principles of Competitive Kindness that emerged from the 10 guests of Season 1. The insights of compassion, integrity, humility, genuine authenticity, and vision-driven encouragement are designed to help you become the best version of yourself. Each of the 5 principles are briefly discussed and segments from all of the interviews from season 1 are utilized throughout the episode. A special Fast and Friendly Five section of the guests will make you laugh and leave you inspired by the incredible advice. The Competitive Kindness movement builds…

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  Episode #10

  Dream Big & Believe; Guest - Kelly Damphousse, President Texas State

  Jun 16, 202632 minS1

  Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses one of the pillars of Competitive Kindness, vision that builds belief. Dr. Clark hosts guest Dr. Kelly Damphousse, President of Texas State University. Dr. Damphousse is a highly respected President that has led to the move to Research 1 status and PAC-12 Conference membership at Texas State. Kelly offers incredible insights on the perspective of university presidents, how vision builds belief, how to build buy-in, why adding Gymnastics was so impactful, and how to lead the right way. He even has a brief shout out to Michael Scott from The Office. The inspiring thoughts he shares demonstrate why he is so highly revered as a national leader in higher education. The movement continues…

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  Episode #9

  Excellence with Compassion; Guest - Andy Fee, Athletic Director UC San Diego

  Jun 3, 202626 minS1

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This episode focuses on pursuing excellence with compassion, a pillar of Competitive Kindness. Rob Clark hosts guest Andy Fee (Director of Athletics at UC San Diego).</p><p>Andy shares his insights on treating the people you lead as the main thing, not as merely instruments in a game. By leading with compassion, Andy offers advice on how people will buy into vision as trust is genuinely built. He also offers perspective on how intercollegiate athletics has outpaced its infrastructure and how this impacts where the future is going for college sports. And...

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  Episode #8

  Genuine Authenticity & Competitive Kindness; Guest - Dr. Chuck Welch AASCU President & CEO

  May 19, 202637 minS1

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This episode focuses one of the three foundations of Competitive Kindness, Genuine Authenticity. Dr. Clark hosts guest Dr. Chuck Welch, President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.  Dr. Welch is a national voice  for university presidents and working with over 500 colleges and universities regarding higher education policy in the United States. </p><p>Dr. Welch offers incredible insights on the perspective of university presidents, how to be a genuinely authentic leader when the pressure is high, the importance of family and how to lead the right way.  He even...

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  Episode #7

  Empowering Individual Worth & Competitive Kindness; Guest - Jamie Boggs, VP Athletics GCU

  May 5, 202627 minS1

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This episode focuses on empowering individual worth of our teammates, a pillar of Competitive Kindness. Rob Clark hosts guest Jamie Boggs (VP for Athletics at Grand Canyon University) who was recently named 2025-26 NACDA Athletic Director of the Year and secured membership for GCU in the Mountain West Conference.</p><p>Jamie shares her insights on building an effective team, the people she surrounds herself with to be an effective leader, driving individual growth while thriving as a team and how to lead the right way.  She also offers perspective on how intercollegiate a...

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