Learn to Lead with Dawn Staley

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Higher Ground

Relationships, Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.4 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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On this week’s episode, college basketball coach and former player Dawn Staley joins the show to answer a listener question about leadership. She shares her own journey through the fledgling WNBA, her childhood growing up in North Philly, and what helped her to learn how to lead. Plus, Dawn shares her surprising true crime obsession.

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0:00.0	I do watch sports, but I'm a little morbid.
0:02.6	I like, I like crying.
0:04.6	Oh, yeah.
0:05.3	I do.
0:06.5	I like crime.
0:07.1	Like, if I could go in person to trials, like, like, I did, I went to a double murder trial in, in Columbia, South Carolina.
0:18.1	Just for fun.
0:19.3	Yes.
0:20.5	Like, it's, it's different. Like, in TV, South Carolina. Just for fun. Yes. Like, it's different. Like, TV does it no justice, y'all.
0:26.4	It's like, you want the real thing. I want the real thing.
0:35.0	This episode is brought to you by Rivian and Chase Home Lindy.
0:40.7	How are you today, my brother?
0:43.9	I feel really good.
0:45.0	You know, I was had one of my colds recently, but I feel great now.
0:51.8	That's good.
0:52.3	I just needed a little sleep.
0:53.6	That's good. Too much running around, chasing around those boys. That's good. I just needed a little sleep. That's good.
0:54.6	Too much running around,
0:55.8	following, chasing around those boys.
0:57.8	Those little boys.
0:58.9	You know, it's really fun being an AAU coach, though.
1:02.7	You know, our guest today is a big time coach.
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