Chad Steele | VP of Public Relations, Baltimore Ravens
Episode 109: Chad Steele | VP of Public Relations, Baltimore Ravens
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Show Notes:
- Rich Spotlight: Chad Steele
- There’s really no off-season for the NFL and people want NFL 365 days-a-year
- Social media can be both a blessing and a curse
- Spent most of his life overseas and really enjoyed moving and getting to experience other places
- Sports was always big in his family with both parents being athletic and his dad, Gary Steele, was the first African-American football player at Army in 1966
- Sports helped him and his siblings make friends in new towns and become engrained into the communities where they moved
- Sports also helped instill discipline outside of his military home
- First love was soccer and football became his passion because he wanted to be like his dad but it was basketball where he excelled earning a scholarship to play at Winthrop University
- Work ethic came from his parents with his parents feeling that they were against the world as an interracial couple in 1971
- Part of the Army Cadet prayer turned into a family motto: Make us choose the harder right than the easier wrong and never be content with the half truth when the whole can be won
- Was given internship opportunities that he should have never gotten but people believed in him which led to a career in the NFL through Public Relations
- Relationships and the impact of those relationships are what stands out the most to him and the hardest part of his job is when players leave the organization
- Networking has a negative connotation because it isn’t personal and it’s only about what you can gain
- Words of Wisdom from Chad Steele:
- Knowledge is power
- Relationships and Reputation
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About the author, Richmond Weaver
Richmond, a graduate of Clemson University has been involved with sports for most of his life and developed a passion for basketball and sports at an early age. He currently lives in Greenville, SC with his wife Karen, founder of Upstate Esthetics and their three kids.