“We work with people who tolerate us, they never celebrate us. We work in environments that are less. You’re not necessarily doing the job you love, in a place you love, with people you love or where your family loves it. The answer is, that day has got to stop. You can never be successful in an environment where you are not celebrated.”
- Bob Beaudine, discussing The Power of Who in a January 2014 Street & Smith SportsBusiness Journal profile
2014 CoSIDA Convention webpage
Bob Beaudine, President and CEO of Eastman & Beaudine, the nation’s leading executive search firm in professional sports and entertainment, will give the keynote kickoff presentation at the upcoming 2014 CoSIDA Convention. Beaudine is also the bestselling author of
The Power of WHO and a frequent speaker at universities, corporations, conventions and conferences.
A dynamic speaker, Beaudine will provide his presentation at 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, June 8 at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, site of the
annual CoSIDA Convention. For the second consecutive year, the annual CoSIDA Convention, which runs from June 8-11, will be held in association with the NACDA and Affiliates Convention. Although CoSIDA will hold its convention activities in conjunction with NACDA and share programming, a social event and a 5k fun run/walk for charity, the CoSIDA leadership is running the convention - and its other social activities - independently.
The Wall Street Journal named Eastman & Beaudine the “top recruiting firm in college sports,” and Sports Illustrated named Beaudine the the “top front-office matchmaker in sports” as well as the “most influential man in sports you’ve never heard of.”
Beaudine has helped shape the leadership teams of NBA, MLB, NFL, and NHL franchises and league offices, in addition to university athletic departments across the nation. Bob’s experience also extends to the PGA Tour, USTA, Arena Football, PBR, U.S. Olympics, NASCAR, and UFC, among others.
An engaging speaker, Beaudine has spoken on more than 20 college campuses on a multitude of topics centered around his books, The Power of WHO and The Power of WHO Workbook. The Power of Who provides
a step-by-step plan to help you find your dream and reach your goals through the power of relationships. In The Power of Who, Bob Beaudine challenges many widely held presumptions regarding how to get the job and career you want, including the importance of traditional networking. Instead, Beaudine says, you should identify people within your group of friends and friends of friends — as they are the foundation for helping you achieve your goals.
The main emphasis of his CoSIDA keynote addresss centers around The Power of Who
. Copies of the workbook will be available to CoSIDA convention attendees.
Bob regularly speaks at the Division I-A Athletic Director Institute, NACDA, NACWAA, the American Football Coaches Association, and the Black Coaches Association, among many others. Additionally, Beaudine has brought his WHOniversityprogram to over 20 colleges and universities across the country.
“CoSIDA is extremely fortunate to have Bob Beaudine leading off our convention as a keynote speaker,” noted Judy Willson, Mountain West Conference Associate Director of Communications and CoSIDA second vice president who is coordinating the 2014 convention programming.
“We have heard many times that it isn’t always what you know, but WHO you know that will help you the most along your career path. Bob will challenge all of us to rethink how we look at the way we network as professionals, especially how we develop the relationships we already have in our daily lives. We look forward to having Bob share his insights on the Power of Who."
Recently, Beaudine was named one of North America’s Top Executive Recruiters in The New Career Makers, and Eastman & Beaudine was honored as a member of the elite “Top 50” executive search firms by the industry’s Executive Recruiter News.
Among his recent speaking engagements, he addressed participants at the Texas Conference for Women and the Sports Business Journal Motorsports Marketing Forum. He has spoken at Nike, Advocare, Cessna, MSG Sports, Learfield, and dozens of other major corporations.
He has appeared on The Today Show, Fox Business Network, Canada’s Business News Network, ABC Good Morning Texas, Fox Good Day, CBN News, and often appears on CNBC as an expert on intercollegiate athletics.
Bob’s leadership also extends into the community. He is on the Board of Directors of the two-time American League Champion Texas Rangers, serves on the Advisory Board of Directors for the Positive Coaching Alliance, the College Football Assistance Fund, and the Cox School of Business at SMU, his alma mater. He is the former Chairman of the Doak Walker National Running Back Award.