Stephanie Garcia Cichosz | One Question Leadership Podcast

From One Question Leadership Podcast by Spades Media Group - Roots of Wisdom LLC

April 30, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

Tai M. Brown and Stephanie Garcia Cichosz discuss leadership insights and introduce a new framework for future episodes.

In this special episode of 1Q, Tai M. Brown welcomes former pro runner and longtime interviewer Steph Garcia Cichosz as the new co-host of the One Question Leadership Podcast. Both reflect on what they learned from years of interviews on the AthleticDirectorU platform. They discuss former Oklahoma AD, Joe Castiglione's "water the plant" analogy regarding developing staff, former Washington and current USC AD, Jen Cohen's focus on mentorship, and other insightful conversations that have influenced how they think about leadership. They also introduce a new framework that will quietly guide future episodes, Forward Management. With segments based on creation, cultivation, and affirmation, listeners can zero in on how leaders build culture, sustain it, and celebrate the people inside it. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown - Steph Garcia Cichosz

People in this episode

Host: Tai M. Brown

Guest: Stephanie Garcia Cichosz

Topics covered

leadership
mentorship
staff development
podcast co-hosting
cultural building
Forward Management

Keywords

leadership
mentorship
staff development
Forward Management
podcast
cultural building
interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AthleticDirectorU, One Question Leadership Podcast, USC, Washington, Oklahoma