Episode 3: Who’s Your SQUAD? with Dr. Ed Lazzara

Who’s on your SQUAD?In Episode 3 of the Championship Culture SQUADcast, Chris Carrubba and Brian “Boz” Bosworth are joined by Dr. Ed Lazzara for a conversation about the people who influence us, challenge us, support us, and ultimately help us become better versions of ourselves.Dr. Lazzara shares the story behind his book, Who’s Your SQUAD?, which brings together three important parts of his life: the remarkable turnaround that led to a state football championship at Mount Olive, decades of lessons learned as an educator and coach, and the wisdom — often delivered very directly — of his mother, Josephine.At the center of the conversation is the SQUAD framework: Support, Question, Understand, Advise, and Demand. Ed explains why we need different people filling each of those roles and why strong leaders recognize that success is never about “me” or “my team” — it’s about us and we.The group also discusses the growth of Championship Culture and its student leadership experiences, which bring together educators, professional athletes, mental-health professionals, entrepreneurs, and other leaders to share their own stories of success, failure, resilience, and perseverance.From Super Bowl champions who once considered quitting to the lessons learned around Josephine’s kitchen table, this episode is a reminder that nobody succeeds alone. When things are going well, lift up the people around you. When things get difficult, your SQUAD can be the people who lift you back up.Everyone has a SQUAD.Who’s on yours?