Jan 30, 2022
Hello, and welcome to the Women Leaders podcast! I’m Patti
Phillips, CEO of Women Leaders in College Sports. For this episode,
we’re doing something different! We’ve brought in two incredible
leaders - former Women Leaders board member and athletic director
at the University of Washington, Jen Cohen, and former UW head
football coach, Chris Petersen, and the conversation is powerful.
Jen and Coach Petersen are inspiring, seasoned leaders with a
strong relationship based on mutual learning - and they share some
of their most significant and valuable leadership lessons in this
conversation.
Jen and Coach P worked together for six years at the University of
Washington. During that time, they developed shared goals for the
program, reciprocal trust and humility, the ability to anticipate
each other’s needs, and fill gaps for one another. All of this
stemmed from their willingness to do the work to become self-aware
so they could create positive change within themselves and those
they lead.
Our conversation covers a lot of ground on the topic of leadership
from the lens of two leaders, in very different roles, but who were
aligned in their belief in the purpose of leadership.
We dive deep on everything from the skills Coach P thought made Jen
an outstanding football sport supervisor and then athletic
director, to the paradox of leadership, the importance of modeling
the behaviors you want to see from the people you lead, how to
maintain perspective, and how to learn to lead in the storm.
There is a ton of great content here, so don’t miss a moment of
this inspirational and thought-provoking conversation! And
remember, we are Women Leaders!