{"id":45325,"date":"2025-05-22T10:20:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/?post_type=past-speaker&p=45325"},"modified":"2025-05-23T14:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:42:35","slug":"ryan-poles","status":"publish","type":"past-speaker","link":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/past-speaker\/ryan-poles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":44449,"template":"","tags":[41,640,658],"class_list":["post-45325","past-speaker","type-past-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-good-leadership-breakfast","tag-past-speaker","tag-ryan-poles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRyan Poles - Good Leadership<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ryan Poles entered his third season with the Bears in 2024 after being named the club\u2019s seventh general manager in franchise history on January 25, 2022. Upon his hire, Poles embarked on an in-depth, comprehensive process to restructure the club\u2019s roster and develop all areas surrounding organizational culture and the football operation of the Chicago Bears.Poles and former Head Coach Matt Eberflus comprised a roster in 2023 that helped lead Chicago to a four-win improvement from the 2022 season which marked the largest year-over-year win improvement in over half a decade.Prior to his arrival in Chicago, Poles spent 13 years with Kansas City, helping comprise rosters that led to two Super Bowl appearances and a World Championship. He was instrumental in the recruitment of both Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, among many other all-stars. In his final season with the Chiefs in 2021, Poles was named the club\u2019s Executive Director of Player Personnel. Initially joining the Chiefs in 2009 as a Player Personnel Assistant, Poles demonstrated his development and ascension through the ranks.Poles also was named to two \u201c40 Under 40\u201d lists in the past five years: Ingram\u2019s Magazine in 2019 and by The Athletic in 2021. He graduated from Boston College in 2007 with a degree in communications and an impressive offensive tackle for Eagles football. 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Initially joining the Chiefs in 2009 as a Player Personnel Assistant, Poles demonstrated his development and ascension through the ranks.Poles also was named to two \u201c40 Under 40\u201d lists in the past five years: Ingram\u2019s Magazine in 2019 and by The Athletic in 2021. He graduated from Boston College in 2007 with a degree in communications and an impressive offensive tackle for Eagles football. 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