Jeff Barger's guest appearances

Jeff Barger

The Aerospace Executive Podcast

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

David Marquet

Michele Rigby Assad

Todd Palmer

Tom Schwab

Chris Russell

Jordan Morris

Musa Okwonga

Steve Gordon

Alexis Ohanian

Bryan Adams

John Holmes

Matt Johnson

Julie Foudy

Kevin Egan

Derek Gaunt

OwlTail

In a bonus episode, Grant has two revealing interviews. Alejandro Irarragorri is the chair of Orlegi Sports, which owns Santos Laguna and Atlas of Liga MX. He discusses his successful strategies for his Mexican clubs and shares his thoughts on a potential MLS-Liga MX competition, his near-miss (so far) on buying Newcastle United and much more. Then Grant speaks to Jeff Barger (33:28), the communications director for the Columbus Crew's Nordecke supporters group, about the drama in recent weeks over the club's controversial rebrand and ownership's decision this week to restore "Crew" to the team's name forever.This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. La Liga has the best title race in Europe, and it's heading down to the final day. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in La Liga, Ligue 1 and other international leagues and tournaments live and on-demand from your mobile phone, tablet or directly on your TV with the Fanatiz app. Fanatiz features channels you know, like BeIN Sports in English and Spanish, GolTV and many more. And it costs only $7.99 a month. If you’d like to try Fanatiz for yourself, you can get a free week-long trial by going to fntz.co/Grant-FZ.Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

In a bonus episode, Grant has two revealing interviews. Alejandro Irarragorri is the chair of Orlegi Sports, which owns Santos Laguna and Atlas of Liga MX. He discusses his successful strategies for his Mexican clubs and shares his thoughts on a potential MLS-Liga MX competition, his near-miss (so far) on buying Newcastle United and much more. Then Grant speaks to Jeff Barger (33:28), the communications director for the Columbus Crew's Nordecke supporters group, about the drama in recent weeks over the club's controversial rebrand and ownership's decision this week to restore "Crew" to the team's name forever.This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by <a href="http://www.fntz.co/Grant-FZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fanatiz</a>. La Liga has the best title race in Europe, and it's heading down to the final day. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in La Liga, Ligue 1 and other international leagues and tournaments live and on-demand from your mobile phone, tablet or directly on your TV with the Fanatiz app. Fanatiz features channels you know, like BeIN Sports in English and Spanish, GolTV and many more. And it costs only $7.99 a month. If you’d like to try Fanatiz for yourself, you can get a free week-long trial by going to <a href="http://www.fntz.co/Grant-FZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fntz.co/Grant-FZ</a>.Music: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4</a> Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at <a href="https://grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe</a>

Alejandro Irarragorri; Chair of Santos Laguna & Atlas Owner Orlegi Sports; Jeff Barger of Columbus Crew's Nordecke Supporters Group

A winning company is rooted in strong culture and good leadership. When this is lacking, what are the questions you should ask to start turning things around? How do you evaluate whether the management has the appetite to do what needs to be done? How can you go about assembling the right team? On this episode, President and CEO of Zodiac Aerospace, Jeff Barger, shares his strategies for transforming a company from struggle to profitability.     The right team has to be assembled. -Jeff Barger Takeaways + Tactics   You want collaborative, cross-functional types of leaders.  Lead by example and do what you say you’re going to do.  Bonuses for operators: money is nice to have, but it’s the recognition they really want.   Resources For more aerospace industry news &amp; commentary: http://northstaresg.com/ To learn more about Craig Picken and the NorthStar Group, visit http://northstaresg.com/.   At the start of the show, Jeff gave some background on his career. He shared his experiences turning businesses around, and how he has successfully done this over the last 15 years. Next, we talked about how to evaluate the culture and leadership to see what needs to be done, as well as the best ways to incentivize hard work.  We also discussed:  The kinds of leaders you need to have  How do get the buy-in of the workers  Dealing with unions  Mistakes other companies have made  It’s natural for people to be a little cold to a new leader, but when they see that action is taking place, they will start warming up. Once the trust builds, they will start to do the things necessary for their own personal success. That's where you really see the ownership start to get traction at the operator level. 

A winning company is rooted in strong culture and good leadership. When this is lacking, what are the questions you should ask to start turning things around? How do you evaluate whether the management has the appetite to do what needs to be done? How can you go about assembling the right team? On this episode, President and CEO of Zodiac Aerospace, Jeff Barger, shares his strategies for transforming a company from struggle to profitability.  The right team has to be assembled. -Jeff Barger Takeaways + Tactics <ul> <li>You want collaborative, cross-functional types of leaders. </li> <li>Lead by example and do what you say you’re going to do. </li> <li>Bonuses for operators: money is nice to have, but it’s the recognition they really want. </li> </ul> Resources For more aerospace industry news &amp; commentary:<a href="http://northstaresg.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://northstaresg.com/</a> To learn more about Craig Picken and the NorthStar Group, visit<a href="http://northstaresg.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://northstaresg.com/</a>. At the start of the show, Jeff gave some background on his career. He shared his experiences turning businesses around, and how he has successfully done this over the last 15 years. Next, we talked about how to evaluate the culture and leadership to see what needs to be done, as well as the best ways to incentivize hard work. We also discussed: <ul> <li>The kinds of leaders you need to have </li> <li>How do get the buy-in of the workers </li> <li>Dealing with unions </li> <li>Mistakes other companies have made</li> </ul> It’s natural for people to be a little cold to a new leader, but when they see that action is taking place, they will start warming up. Once the trust builds, they will start to do the things necessary for their own personal success. That's where you really see the ownership start to get traction at the operator level.

How Jeff Barger Used Leadership Essentials to Turn Around a Business &amp; Get Union Buy-In 