The Leadership Toolkit
The Leadership Toolkit with Mike Phillips delivers raw, real, and relevant conversations with top leaders, coaches, and entrepreneurs. Each week, gain actionable strategies to lead with purpose, communicate with impact, and grow yourself and your team. Hosted by leadership expert and keynote speaker Mike Phillips, this podcast equips driven professionals with practical tools to succeed in today’s fast-paced world. Great leaders aren’t born... they’re built. Tune in and start building. #LeadershipSuccess #BusinessGrowth #LeadershipDevelopment #TheLeadershipToolkit
Episodes
What defines real leadership? Not the stage, the title, or the metrics, it’s the choices you make when nobody’s looking. In this powerhouse panel, host Mike Phillips is joined by returning friends of the show Mike Ashie (Leadership with Mike) and Jim Burgoon (Lead with Jim / The Unshakable Life Podcast) for an honest conversation about the unseen side of leadership: character in the dark, daily discipline, tough truth-telling, and ...
This week on The Leadership Toolkit, Mike Phillips welcomes Lena M. Wilson, Transition Coach, 3x author, and CEO of Real Inspiration LLC. With 25 years in corporate HR, Lena helps people and organizations navigate change with clarity and confidence.
Together, they explore how to lead through transitions, create psychological safety, and reframe uncertainty into opportunity. Lena also shares her six-pillar framework, The Transition B...
What does it take to step away from the corporate grind and build a thriving agency on your own terms?
In this episode of The Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips sits down with Kym Insana — multi-million dollar business owner, digital marketing expert, and founder of AlwaysOn Digital. With more than 20 years of experience in advertising, Kym shares her inspiring journey from the demanding pace of NYC agency life to creating a...
In this episode of The Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips sits down with Ann McNeill, widely known as The Master Wealth Builder. Ann is the founder of MCO Construction and Services, Inc. and the first African American woman general contractor in Florida. With over 40 years of experience building structures, businesses, and leaders, Ann shares how a single book (Think and Grow Rich) sparked a mindset shift that transformed her l...
Are you busy, or are you truly focused? In this episode of The Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips sits down with internationally recognized speaker, trainer, and author Jones Loflin, who has spent more than 32 years helping leaders and organizations cut through overload and distractions.
Jones shares why you can’t actually manage time but you can manage choices — and how aligning daily actions with meaningful outcomes transforms...
In this episode of The Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips sits down with Kute Blackson — transformational teacher, global speaker, and best-selling author of You.Are.The.One. and The Magic of Surrender.
Kute shares his extraordinary journey from being ordained as a minister at 14 to walking away from expectation and following the deeper calling of his soul. Known as “The Mindfulness Guru Billionaires Go To For Advice” by Inc. ma...
In this episode of The Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips sits down with Karl Pister, founder and president of The Coaching Group Inc., to unpack more than three decades of leadership wisdom.
Karl brings a powerful blend of experience—two master’s degrees in behavioral sciences, 10 years in a Fortune 100 company, and 30+ years as an entrepreneur and leadership coach. His work has impacted leaders across industries by focusing on...
In this powerful episode of The Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips sits down with Christian F Johnson best-selling author, speaker, and Presence-Centered Leadership Coach, to uncover how leaders can eliminate distractions, reconnect with their authentic voice, and lead from their IT, that divine inner tugging that aligns purpose and action.
Christian shares the life-changing feedback that shifted his leadership forever, brea...
In this powerful episode of The Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips sits down with Amy Pechacek. She is a keynote speaker, leadership expert, and founder of Alpstra & Co. They have a raw and transformative conversation on authentic leadership, emotional intelligence, and leading a life aligned with purpose.
Amy shares her journey from the classroom to corporate boardrooms and reveals how a life-altering tragedy became the...
In this insightful episode of The Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips welcomes leadership expert and executive coach Jeff Oak. With over 35 years of experience leading business turnarounds, mergers, and growth strategies, Jeff shares the real-life struggles leaders face... and... how to overcome them.
From feelings of isolation and imposter syndrome to managing personal “slippage,” Jeff outlines four core challenges that lead...
In this powerful episode of The Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips sits down with John Donnelly, Executive Director at Service First Mortgage Company (SFMC) and a high-performance sales leader known for building elite mortgage teams with clarity, trust, and consistent execution.
John shares his incredible leadership journey — from weathering economic headwinds in the mortgage industry to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as a perso...
Welcome to The Leadership Toolkit with Mike Phillips, where this week’s guest is Nikolai Nielsen, founder of Potential Academy. Join us as we explore leadership growth, the importance of bringing others along in your journey, and Nikolai's fascinating background in consulting and personal development. With insights drawn from his experience across the globe, Nikolai shares his philosophy on education, inspiration, and the essen...
Welcome to another powerful episode of the Leadership Toolkit! In today's show, Mike unpacks five actionable practices that can elevate your leadership skills immediately. Drawing from over 100 interviews with successful leaders across various industries, this episode is packed with insights to help you lead with intentionality, build trust through empathy, and create a supportive environment for your team. Whether you're a seasone...
Welcome to another awesome episode of The Leadership Toolkit! Today, we're thrilled to have Brad Englert, a seasoned leader with over 40 years of experience in management and consulting, share his journey and insights. From his early days at Accenture to transforming IT at the University of Texas, Brad discusses the importance of strategic planning, creating a proactive culture, and building genuine relationships in leadership....
In this episode of the Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips dives deep with Bobby Dutton, a dynamic entrepreneur and the mastermind behind Groove Boston Mission 6 (GBM6). Bobby shares his unique journey from DJing college parties to orchestrating legendary events while embracing the principles of effective leadership. Discover how he navigated challenges, built a successful team, and what inspired the creation of his new brand, &...
Welcome to the Leadership Toolkit, where host Mike Phillips interviews transformative leaders each week. In this episode, Mike sits down with Frank Carone, an attorney, public affairs strategist, and founder of Oaktree Solutions. Frank shares his inspiring journey from the gritty streets of Canarsie, Brooklyn, to his impactful roles in government and business, including serving as Chief of Staff to NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Join them f...
Entrepreneurship is a journey of highs and lows, and in this special 2-year anniversary episode of The Leadership Toolkit we dive into powerful insights about risk-taking, resilience, and rebuilding after hitting rock bottom. Join host Mike Phillips and his guest, entrepreneur and business leader Mat Koenig, as they share raw stories of navigating failure, the importance of humility, and finding the courage to start again.
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In this episode of the Leadership Toolkit, host Mike Phillips welcomes Kash Rocheleau, the CEO of Icon Foods, to share her unconventional journey from stay-at-home mom to Chief Financial Officer and now CEO. Kash discusses the importance of curiosity in leadership, the value of mentorship, and how empathy plays a crucial role in communication across generations in the workplace. Listeners will gain insights into navigating corporat...
Welcome to another insightful episode of the Leadership Toolkit podcast, hosted by Mike Phillips. Today, we have the honor of speaking with Steven Gaffney, a seasoned expert in change management, communication, and building high-performing teams. With a rich background aiding Fortune 500 giants and government organizations, Steven shares the critical distinctions between high-performing and consistently high-achieving teams, emphas...
In this episode of the Leadership Toolkit, Mike sits down with Eric D. Newman, founder and chief play officer of the Roc Solid Foundation. Eric shares his inspiring journey as a childhood cancer survivor and entrepreneur who transformed his hardships into a mission to help families facing pediatric cancer. From the importance of play in healing to leadership's essence of selflessness, Eric provides profound insights on how to c...
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