Tangela Cheatham | Deputy Athletic Director | Central Michigan University - One Question Leadership Podcast

Oct 12, 2024

@1QLeadership Question: Does age matter if someone has the capacity to do the job?

Tangela Cheatham, Deputy Athletic Director for Sport Administration and Senior Woman Administrator at Central Michigan, talks about being trusted with an executive level position at an early age. The woman who hired her, CMU Director of Athletics Amy Folan, was also trusted early in her career. 

• credits 'supported autonomy' as a critical development tool
• most of her current responsibilities were new experiences when she was hired
• understands that she will never know everything, thus she is always willing to learn

Cheatham describes leaning on Folan to understand the depth of the Deputy position. She also gives her thoughts on impostor syndrome. Throughout her career, Cheatham has always considered caring about people as her primary skill. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown