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Matt Caldwell (CEO of Florida Panthers) on Stanley Cup Championship Culture in Broward County, Becoming CEO at 36, Making Big Personnel Move

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This is the Excellent Leadership Podcast! We are back for Season 2! Chad Biagini (President, Excel Search & Advisory) & Mark Mayleben (Partner, Excel Search & Advisory) is here with our twenty ninth guest, Matt Caldwell (CEO of Florida Panthers) on to discuss:Intro (:02) The first thing he did after winning The Stanley Cup & Planning for a Championship Parade (1:11) Having a Championship ring & Florida being the epicenter of hockey with outdoor games coming (4:39) Joining West Point Academy & The goals to become a leader (8:32)Being deployed to Kosovo & Habits that he still uses from West Point to this day (16:18) Working on Wall Street & Becoming CEO of The Panthers at 36 (23:56) Changing the environment of fans in the arena & Putting Broward County on the map by building one fan at a time (32:43)Making big personel moves & Having a hands on Owner culture (40:40) Selling Out Ticket Sales & Remembering when it was a struggle to keep sponsors (52:00) Flexing leadership styles in certain moments & Learning the craft of running a sports team (57:13)Where he spends the majority of his time now & New arena planning (1:04:42)Going all digital after flat TV ratings & Building a phenomenal leadership team (1:07:26)Advice for young go getters & Advice to new CEOs (1:14:05)Biggest takeaway from being in the military and working in Wall Street & Advice to new CEOs (1:18:08) 7 Question Blitz (1:20:17)  Subscribe To Full Episodes & Clips on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ExcellentLeadershipPodcast Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/excellent-leadership-podcast/id1756992305 Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4KU2g2Baee7a5d04fQfSzs Subscribe on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b52f086a-0266-4345-be4d-bb8a7cde89fd/EXCELLENT-LEADERSHIP-PODCAST?ref=dm_sh_iGzHwozj5FaE9BcH829Nv8GBz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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