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C-10 Podcast: Avery Van Zee, Wilderness Trek, Ep. 99

Welcome to episode 99 of the C-10 Podcast. This episode is one of our most unique episodes of the previous 98…or one of our most unlikely guests. Here’s why. Typically, we’re talking with people who have been in leadership roles with companies, or have been around great leaders throughout their adult lives. However, this week’s guest will show you that age doesn’t matter. And, as importantly, great leaders can be found in unique places. As … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Dayton Moore, Ep. 98

  C You In The Major Leagues Founder and Board President Dayton Moore and CYITML Executive Director (and C-10 Podcast host) Matt Fulks were chatting on January 2, 2023 about the new year, and they started talking about the podcast. After all, it’s been awhile since Dayton’s been on, and we wanted to have him on shortly after the Royals fired him in September, but the timing hasn’t worked. But as Dayton and Matt talked, … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Dan Britton on One Word, Ep. 97

  This is episode 97 of the C-10 Podcast, and with December 31st in our sights, this is the last episode of 2022. What’s the significance of those two things? Well, they’re both tied to this week’s guest. First off, this week’s guest, Dan Britton, happens to be the same person who joined us for episode 94 about a month ago. The second part of that — and the reason he’s joining us so soon … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Matt Fulks, Ep. 96

  As we do once a month or so, this C-10 conversation features an interview that took place in front of our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership students and mentors. But this episode, our 96th, is unlike any other we’ve done. During many of our recent weekly C-10 sessions, we’ve been using the mentors to show the students that they don’t have to have the rest of their lives figured out right now; that many times, … Read more

Rangers hire Dayton as Senior Advisor

  Congratulations to our founder Dayton Moore, who was announced today as the Texas Rangers’ Senior Advisor, Baseball Operations. We’re excited for Dayton in this new role, but the best news with this is that this role will allow Dayton and his family to continue living in the Kansas City area, while getting more involved with C You In The Major Leagues and other endeavors in the community. You can read more about this via … Read more

C-10 Podcast: China McCarney, Ep. 95

  As we do once a month or so, the C-10 Podcast features a conversation that took place in front of our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership students and mentors. And that’s what we’re doing this week. On this episode, we are joined by the Vice President of Jaeger Sports, China McCarney. Jaegers Sports is known around the world as a leader in athletic stretch bands known as J-Bands. Jaeger Sports specialize in arm health, arm … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Dan Britton, Ep. 94

  What does CARE look like in leadership. This week you’ll get a sense of a leader with CARE as we chat with Dan Britton, the Chief Field Officer for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Britton has been on staff since 1990, serving first as field staff in Northern Virginia for 13 years before moving to Kansas City to join the executive leadership team. As Chief Field Officer, Britton travels extensively around the world to … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Andriy Kravtsov, Ep 93

Imagine not only going out of town, but going out of the country. And after just a day or two of being in this foreign country, war breaks out in your hometown. And it’s not safe for you to go back. Suddenly, you’re in a foreign country, all of your friends are halfway around the world, much of your family is halfway around the world, and all you have possessions-wise are the clothes and whatever … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Dan Deeble, Ep. 92

  Have you gone through a career change, perhaps by your own choosing, as we saw coming out of Covid, or by a company downsizing? As a leader, have you ever felt stuck? Felt as if your leadership can be better, but you’re not sure how to get to that next level? This episode’s guest can help. Early in his career, Dan Deeble was the Marketing Director for McDonald’s of Santa Barbara. He had a … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Be The One, Ep. 91

  This is episode 91 of the C-10 Podcast. The only reason we tell you that is because this will be unlike any of the previous 90 episodes in terms of content and length. Our first 90 episodes — and our future episodes — are interviews with leaders and/or people who have been influenced by great leaders. For the past seven or eight days, something has been on the mind of host Matt Fulks, so … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Sly James, Ep. 90

As we do from time to time — as this podcast was designed — we are featuring an interview that was done in front of our C-10 students and mentors. This interview was done just a few hours ago…on Wednesday night, September 14th, in the Crown Club at Kauffman Stadium. It features a conversation with former Kansas City, Missouri, mayor Sly James. Sly James has worn many hats over the years – lead singer in … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Dave Heller, Ep. 89

  Typically with this podcast, we focus on leaders and great mentors in Kansas City, or formerly of this community. Well, this week we’re going outside of the area, but it’s someone with ties here. Of sorts. This week we’re joined by Dave Heller, the owner of the Royals’ high-A affiliate, the Quad Cities River Bandits. He and his group, Main Street Baseball, have owned multiple minor-league teams. So we’ll talk a little baseball. Dave … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Casey Wright, Ep. 88

  This week we’re chatting with Casey Wright, president of Chief of Staff Kansas City, a staffing firm in Kansas City. Casey, who’s been in recruiting most of his career, is a great fit for our C word this week, COACH. In the C You In The Major Leagues vernacular, COACH is someone who understands the big picture, is an independent thinker, a good self evaluator, and offers enthusiasm. Chief of Staff KC is a … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Paul Talley, Wilderness Trek, Ep. 87

This week we’re chatting with Paul Talley, the Executive Director of Wilderness Trek in New Mexico, where nine C-10 students and four mentors are going to be spending a week on an immersive leadership hiking/camping trip. About 20 years ago, Talley was the youth minister at the Overland Park Church of Christ. That’s where he and C-10 Podcast host Matt Fulks met and became fast friends. That gig in the Kansas City area sandwiched one … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Mentors, Ep. 86

  After spending time with a few of our C-10 seniors in the previous episode, we wanted to give you a chance to hear from four of the mentors in the C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. During one of our sessions in April, when a guest speaker had to postpone because of a family emergency, we called on these four mentors to talk on the stage in front of all of the students and other … Read more

C-10 Podcast: C-10 Seniors, Ep. 85

As we come to end of the 2021-22 school year, we wanted to give you a chance to hear from the seniors in our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership program. So, during one of our sessions in May, we invited next year’s cohort, along with all other current C-10 students to hear interviews with our current seniors. That’s turned into this episode. You’re going to hear from four of our six seniors — Sidney, Jameson, Naomi … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Larry Holley, Ep. 84

This is the 84th episode of the C-10 Podcast. Our first episode was about two years and a week ago, on May 14, 2020. Well, this week we’re doing something we’ve not done before in the previous 83 episodes covering two years and a week. We are going to replay an interview that we originally posted in December 2020 — episode 32 to be exact. It may seem odd, considering you could go through our … Read more

C-10 Podcast: Lt. Col. Jacob Jones, Ep. 83

  This week’s guest is Marine pilot Lt. Col. Jacob Jones, who works with one of our C-10 mentors, Alan Epps….so you might hear a reference to Alan. Upon graduation from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and after two deployments as a reservist, Lt. Col. Jones was commissioned through the Officer Candidate Course in August 2004. During his career in the Marines, he’s been a pilot and an Aircraft Maintenance Officer. He was involved … Read more