Karen Leinaar's guest appearances

Karen Leinaar

Success is a Choice

MISportsNow Podcast

Don Miller

Mel Tucker

Jim Harbaugh

Kurt Warner

Jack Carter

Jay Smith

Jim McElwain

Damon Brown

Jim Nagy

Andrew Taylor

Gary Hoover

Travis Bader

Jordan Bischel

Evan Hill

Greg Vaughan

OwlTail

Karen Leinaar (Executive Director of the MIAAA) is today's guest on the "Leaders Growing Leaders" series of the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE PODCAST NETWORK.  During the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network, Jamy Bechler talks with leaders about how they are growing and developing other leaders. The series tries to examine how various leaders are making the people around them better and building a stronger, healthier culture. – – – – Karen is a long-time high school athletic director in Michigan, most recently at Frankfort HS and Bear Lake HS. She is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.  She was named the 2023 MHSAA's Charles E. Forsythe Award winner.   Follow her on Twitter @NorthMichAD https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-leinaar-5254a129/ www.miaaa.com mhsaa.com  – – – – The Success is a Choice podcast network is made possible, in part, by TheLeadershipPlaybook.com. Great teams have great teammates and everyone can be a person of influence. Build a stronger culture today by helping athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders. Get a 25% discount on your membership when you use the coupon code CHOICE at checkout. Chin Up Chest Out is also a proud partner of the Success is a Choice podcast network. ChinUpChestOut.com is more than a great apparel brand, it’s a movement. A portion of all sales of their fabulous merchandise and apparel goes to support mental health initiatives. Our listeners can get 10% off and free shipping with promo code PLAYBOOK. With the new NIL (name, image, and likeness) rules, they are looking for college athletes to be brand ambassadors. – – – – Please consider rating the podcast with 5 stars and leaving a quick review on Apple podcast. Ratings and reviews are the lifeblood of a podcast. This helps tremendously in bringing the podcast to the attention of others. Thanks again for listening and remember that “Success is a choice. What choice will you make today?” – – – – Jamy Bechler is the author of five books including The Captain and The Bus Trip, host of the Success is a Choice Podcast, professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator. The Leadership Playbook is Bechler’s online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team’s culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com.

<a href="https://www.recordpatriot.com/sports/article/bear-lake-s-former-athletic-director-earns-mhsaa-17827621.php" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Karen Leinaar</a> (Executive Director of the MIAAA) is today's guest on the "Leaders Growing Leaders" series of the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE PODCAST NETWORK.  During the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network, <a href="https://twitter.com/coachbechler" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jamy Bechler</a> talks with leaders about how they are growing and developing other leaders. The series tries to examine how various leaders are making the people around them better and building a stronger, healthier culture. – – – – Karen is a long-time high school athletic director in Michigan, most recently at Frankfort HS and Bear Lake HS. She is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.  She was named the 2023 <a href="https://www.recordpatriot.com/sports/article/bear-lake-s-former-athletic-director-earns-mhsaa-17827621.php" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">MHSAA's Charles E. Forsythe Award</a> winner.  <ul> <li>Follow her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/northmichad" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@NorthMichAD</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-leinaar-5254a129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-leinaar-5254a129/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.miaaa.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.miaaa.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mhsaa.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">mhsaa.com</a></li> </ul> – – – – The Success is a Choice podcast network is made possible, in part, by <a href="https://theleadershipplaybook.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TheLeadershipPlaybook.com</a>. Great teams have great teammates and everyone can be a person of influence. Build a stronger culture today by helping athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders. Get a 25% discount on your membership when you use the coupon code CHOICE at checkout. Chin Up Chest Out is also a proud partner of the Success is a Choice podcast network. <a href="http://chinupchestout.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">ChinUpChestOut.com</a> is more than a great apparel brand, it’s a movement. A portion of all sales of their fabulous merchandise and apparel goes to support mental health initiatives. Our listeners can get 10% off and free shipping with promo code PLAYBOOK. With the new NIL (name, image, and likeness) rules, they are looking for college athletes to be brand ambassadors. – – – – Please consider rating the podcast with 5 stars and <a href="https://ckarchive.com/b/p9ueh9h37goxz" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">leaving a quick review on Apple podcast</a>. Ratings and reviews are the lifeblood of a podcast. This helps tremendously in bringing the podcast to the attention of others. Thanks again for listening and remember that “Success is a choice. What choice will you make today?” – – – – Jamy Bechler is the author of five books including The Captain and The Bus Trip, host of the Success is a Choice Podcast, professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator. <a href="https://TheLeadershipPlaybook.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Leadership Playbook</a> is Bechler’s online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team’s culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/coachbechler" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@CoachBechler.</a> To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com.

LEADERS GROWING LEADERS | Karen Leinaar

On the latest episode of the MISportsNow Podcast, we sit down with MHSAA Representative Council member Karen Leinaar to discuss how high school fall sports postseason tournaments are resuming and the MHSAA's new coronavirus testing program.

MISportsNow Podcast: Episode 106 - Karen Leinaar

Geoff Kimmerly

On the latest episode of the MISportsNow Podcast, we're talking with Geoff Kimmerly from the MHSAA and Karen Leinaar, Bear Lake athletic director and MHSAA Representative Council member, about the MHSAA's decision to postpone football until spring 2021.

MISportsNow Podcast: Episode 101 - Karen Leinaar And Geoff Kimmerly