{"id":2931,"date":"2019-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/vlogs\/behind-the-scenes-with-scott-oneil\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T17:44:14","slug":"behind-the-scenes-with-scott-oneil","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/behind-the-scenes-with-scott-oneil\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott O\u2019Neil is creating the greatest place to work on the planet; here\u2019s how."},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/1W9A9653.JPG-36128968.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Jun 27, 2019                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Scott O\u2019Neil is creating the greatest place to work on the planet; 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