David Plati: Hall of Fame Sports Information Director, University of Colorado - a podcast by Brian Clapp - Work in Sports

Hey it’s Brian -- coming up today on the Work in Sports podcast, David Plati University of Colorado Associate Athletic Director and Sports Information Director - we’re talking all about the business behind the scenes in college athletics and how he identifies traits in people that lead to sports career success.But first, talking about success -- we want you to be successful in your sports career, and one way we help you become successful is through our new online courses, the Work in Sports academy! We’ve created 4 online courses - videos, articles, downloadable worksheets, cheatsheets, checklists and more, to help you become an expert at getting hired.Everyone needs to get better at building their network of contacts right? We have a course for that. What about interviewing skills? We have a course for that. Resume, cover letter, personal brand. Yes we’ve got that covered. Gaining the right skills and experience -- yep that too.Our courses have my best stuff. My best advice and information - so come check it out. WorkinSports.com/gameplan ...one more time, WorkinSports.com/gameplan.Alright - time to start the countdown…Hi everybody, I’m Brian Clapp Vice-President of Content and Engaged Learning at WorkinSports.com and this is the Work in Sports podcast.Getting a new boss can be one of the scariest moments of your career. Whether you like your boss or not, you’ve come to know them, their actions are predictable, you know how they will rewact to certain stimuls, what they expect, how they operate. You may not always agree, you may not see eye to eye, but you at least know what’s coming.A new boss is the unknown. They could be great! But they could be awful. There is a feeling out process, you have ot prove yourself all over again. And in truth… most new bosses like to bring in their own people, people they know, that they have a level of familiarity with...and that means their people might be coming in to replace you.When I first left CNN and headed to Fox Sports in Seattle my first two months I kept thinking, I wish I had someone here I knew and trusted. I wish I had one of my people around me to rely on and help me teach and train my new staff the way I expected things. At that time I didn’t consider the fear going through my new staff… they were probably feeling as challenged as I was, wondering how best to work with me, wondering if I was going to start firing people, or replacing them with “my people.” There is anxiety in the building when major change happens.My GM at the time told me “the routine when a new person comes in is you fire an anchor or two anchors and bring in new people to freshen things up, you fire a few producers and bring in your people you trust, and then you bring in a few nw lower level people and give them a chance to grow.”And then he paused...and said “Let’s not do that this time.”My GM liked and trusted the staff in place, he wanted me to help them grow not just remove and replace them, which I appreciated.But this is the norm. New people come in, and the bring their old people with them. Change is a certainty. That is why today’s guest David Plati is even more impressive than his resume. He’s worked under 5 different athletic directors. At no time did an AD come in and say - let’s replace this guy.He’s worked under 9 different head football coaches - at no time did they say “I want to bring in my own person and replace David"Sure, we can list the accomplishments - He’s worked or covered over 2,200 CU sports eventsHas worked 5 BCS National Championship games, all 5 college football playoff title games, 8 Rose Bowls and 2 Fiesta Bowls.In the pro's he has worked 398 Denver Broncos games and has been the Rockies official scorer for 320 games.But at the end of the day, he made himself irreplaceable everyday. People wanted him to stay,

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