Real Leaders Podcast
The Real Leaders Podcast is for leaders who want to do more with their influence. Each episode shares real, honest stories from CEOs and founders about how they built businesses that matter. No fluff — just the lessons, mistakes, and moves that helped them grow their impact. If you're serious about leading with purpose and leaving something meaningful behind, this podcast is for you.
Episodes
In this engaging conversation, Jay Jeezy shares his journey of personal growth, emphasizing the importance of stepping into one's truth and living with intention. He reflects on his early life experiences, the challenges he faced, and how he transformed a scarcity mindset into one of abundance. Through music, he found a means of self-discovery and healing, while also recognizing the significance of forgiveness and the impact of lea...
Mel Robbins is the creator and host of the award-winning The Mel Robbins Podcast, one of the most successful podcasts in the world, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. She has amassed 28 million followers online and is one of the most respected experts in mindset, life improvement, and behavior change. The Wall Street Journal calls her a “billion-view podcaster” and TIME Magazine says she gives millions of listeners around ...
Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX, CEO of VaynerMedia, CEO of VeeFriends, and a 6x New York Times bestselling author. Outside of his businesses, “GaryVee” has spent the last decade pioneering the practice of building a personal brand online through his original content.
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From humble beginnings to a self-made multimillionaire with over $6 billion to date in global product sales and a starring role on ABC’s newest business reality TV show, Shark Tank, Daymond John is the personification of the American Dream. He continues to set standards of excellence while expanding his interests in fashion, branding, marketing, consulting, entertainment, and beyond. This industry leader, best-selling author, and g...
Dr. Eric Edwards is the CEO & Chairman of Phlow, a B Corporation that helps brilliant minds bring medicines to life through advanced development and manufacturing in America.
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Speaker: Andy Alsop, CEO of The Receptionist
Session Description:Many companies prioritize structure and efficiency to scale, but true growth comes from empowering employees at every level. This session explores how employee supremacy—a model where employees are trusted as the driving force of innovation—can rev...
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Speaker: Top Impact Company CEO Aaron Zeper of DMD Systems Recovery, LLC
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Most companies looking to scale focus on process, process, process. And while process is important, innovation is mandatory. Discover how to leverage controlled anarchy to drive innovation and scale your business effecti...
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Join Keith Bearden, CEO of Alter Eco Foods, for an inspiring session on how mission-driven companies can scale impact while achieving lasting business success. With a wealth of experience in consumer packaged goods, industrial ingredients, and food services, Keith has mastered the art of turning vision into reality. Fr...
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Employee ownership isn’t just a trend—it’s a powerful strategy to drive growth, build alignment, and leave a lasting legacy. Darin Anderson, Chairman & CEO of Salas O’Brien, shares the company’s journey from single owner to closely held ownership, to an ESOP, and finally to a thriving direct ownership model wit...
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Discover how Dan Green, CEO and co-founder of Helpsy, transformed his Wall Street expertise into a mission to keep clothes out of landfills while creating meaningful, impactful jobs. Learn how Helpsy’s unique model blends second-chance employment, incentive pay, and employee ownership to align efforts, inspire hard...
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Speaker: Top Impact Company CEO Brandon Schwertner of Priority Power
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Power demand is intensifying at a rate never seen before from emerging industries like AI. What is the balance in meeting this demand and underlying decarbonization goals? What does the world of energy look like decades into the fut...
Are you a LinkedIn Lunatic? On this episode, Kevin explores the underground of reddit which exposes the satirical humor of linkedin.
Also, do you work on Saturday's? Perhaps you're fed up by today's hustle culture. Two takes on this.
If you're still reading this perhaps you're curious about how to fire people. Kevin shares his experience in how to do it quick.
What do you do when you're working overtime doing someone else's job that you're not getting paid for?
You're an entrepreneur who has so many ideas but you don't know where to focus.. where do you spend your time?
You've just been appointed CEO but you're not ready.. what now?
In this episode, Kevin combs Reddit for a poor examples of leadership and finds an example that will make you never want to present again!
By looking at criticism as a constructive learning tool, we can grow and mature in our roles.
In 2025 the Real Leaders Podcast shifts to focus on community questions and content tailored to our community to support real people with real work/life questions.
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Ankur Edkie is the Co-Founder & CEO of Murf AI, an early-stage funded start-up working on simplifying voice audio and making high-quality voice overs accessible to everyone, using artificial intelligence.
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Palash Soni is the CEO of Goldcast, an AI-powered B2B Video Campaign Platform that transforms marketing by putting video and events at the heart of the customer journey.
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Dr. Artika Tyner is the CEO & Founder of Planting People Growing Justice, an organization that is set on building strong communities by developing leaders and empowering them to discover their own leadership potential in order to make an impact in the world.
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Peggy Shell is the CEO & Founder of Creative Alignments, a recruiting company that partners with quickly growing companies in consumer products and technology that are using their business as a force for good by creating people-focused cultures, commitment to DEI, or impact-focused products or services.
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Keith Bearden is the CEO of Alter Eco Foods, a chocolate-centric, sustainability-directed food company that takes healthy indulgence to a new level. Alter Eco is dedicated to spreading social justice and environmental regeneration while creating a new category of enlightened indulgences.
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