Outdoor Sportsman Group President & CEO JIM LIBERATORE is charged with overseeing three linear networks, 15 magazines, 20 websites and a global app called MOTV as head of the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment subsidiary. An outdoorsman himself, Liberatore enjoys hiking and trail running in the Colorado mountains. He took some time to walk THE DAILY through what a typical day looks like for him.
5:00am: I spend the first half hour to forty-five minutes praying by myself and then I will spend the next half hour to forty-five minutes praying with my wife KIM. That time by myself is great for perspective and prioritization of the things that really matter. Then to sit with my wife and pray and talk about our plans for the fast-approaching day is an amazing way we connect.
7:00am: My wife will fix me breakfast. I usually eat eggs -- high protein, low carb. At my age you have to start worrying about that stuff.
7:45am: I will leave the house around this time and drop my daughter FRANCESCA off at school and then head on over to work.
8:45am-12:00pm: Once I get to our offices in Denver, it's off to the races. Generally, this time will be devoted to meetings and calls on a various array of different topics. I can be talking and having meetings about anything from the boar swine flu epidemic in Europe to different events that we’re hosting with our affiliates to considering programming changes to the network. MOTV has 14,000 hunt, fish and shoot episodes available in 192 countries and in four different languages. Right now in Europe, driven boar hunts are hugely popular, but they are having a swine flu working its way across the country right now, so we are spending time determining where we are going to shoot some of our shows based on the progression of this disease. I wonder how many people are discussing swine flu in the cable industry right now.
12:00-1:00pm: I have the noon hour blocked off every day so I can go work out. There is a health club called Colorado Athletic Club that I walk to. The workouts are important. I completely believe it makes me a better employee and a better manager. I try to work out at least three times a week, but my assistant knows this hour can be the first thing that can be preempted.
1:15-1:30pm: I eat at my desk and start going through emails. I kind of stick to the same diet as breakfast and just bring a sandwich or leftovers from dinner the night before. I rarely eat out unless it’s a business thing.
1:30-4:00pm: In the course of the day I have about 200 emails that at some point I try and get through. Ideally, my goal is to be through all of my emails that week by Friday and to have answered all of them. One of my pet peeves is not getting responded to or not getting answered so I try as best I can to respond to almost every email that comes in.
4:00-5:00pm: This is generally when I will make all of my phone calls. The disadvantage is that in the morning it’s already two hours later in N.Y., but in the afternoon, that is when some time will open up where I can return some calls and answer some emails. During the course of the day, I will jot down all of the phone calls I need to make, and then in the afternoon I will start responding to them. It does lessen a little bit as the day goes on because of the time difference.
Leaving the stick-and-ball world has allowed Liberatore to spend more nights with his familyJIM LIBERATORE
5:00pm: I head home. My daughter is nine years old and, clearly, time with her is the most important thing in the course of the day. When I worked in the stick-and-ball world the games took up a lot of the nights. Now that I’m not in that world anymore, I get more time to get home and hang out.
6:00pm: I usually eat around this time. Again, I am on this real health-conscious diet Monday through Friday. My wife is an amazing cook. She can make these really healthy dinners taste great. If it didn’t taste great, I don’t think I’d be able to do it.
7:00-9:00pm: My daughter’s homework is always on the list of things to do at night, and either my wife or I will help her with that while the other one gets to hang out. I will try to watch a show or two with my daughter. Right now, we’re watching “Free Rein” and “Sofia the First,” shows about fairies and Barbie. I can’t say I am awake for all our TV time together, but I am there. On a brighter note, she is playing basketball and has started to want to go and shoot baskets as well, so things are looking up.
9:00pm: I will do some reading before lights go out. I am currently reading "Conformed To His Image," by KENNETH BOA. I go to bed early because we get up a little bit early.
