Unpacked with Ron Harvey

Ron Harvey explores leadership principles with Joe Davis, a 37-year BCG veteran who shares insights on authentic leadership and balancing career with family life. Together they unpack how leaders can build stronger teams by showing genuine care while maintaining accountability.

• Leaders work for their people, not the other way around
• Never save feedback for performance reviews – deliver it in the moment
• Showin...

Derek Girard shares his journey from military kid to tech entrepreneur, highlighting the power of the "Figure It Out" mindset that helped him overcome three simultaneous lawsuits while building a successful tech company with no technical background.

• Growing up as an army brat, moving frequently created resilience and problem-solving skills
• Built a technology company despite having no tech background to so...

Dante Royster, owner of Epic Mortgage, shares his journey from employee to entrepreneur and reveals how real estate ownership is the most profitable path to becoming a millionaire. His insights on leadership, building loyal teams, and making smart mortgage decisions provide practical wisdom for professionals at all career stages.

• Leaving the W-2 mindset to start his own mortgage brokerage after not getting "a seat a...

Michael Morgan shares his leadership insights gained from working at major corporations including JP Morgan, Chevron, Amazon, and Walmart, revealing how effective leadership transcends titles and requires empathy, trust, and inclusion.

• Anyone can be a leader regardless of title or position
• Effective leaders show empathy rather than just pushing for metrics
• Leaders must trust their team and delegate appropriat...

Daniel Erbe, a professional singer, speaker, and elite communications coach shares his expertise on mastering stage presence and commanding the stage with confidence. As an Army veteran of 13 years who has performed for audiences of up to 25,000 people including US presidents, Daniel reveals his proven strategies for powerful communication.

• Aligning mindset, body, and breath before taking the stage to transform nervous e...

Leadership consultant Ann Carden shares her extensive experience helping professional entrepreneurs scale their businesses by developing million-dollar offers and influential brands. She reveals practical strategies for overcoming common scaling challenges, navigating mindset shifts, and positioning yourself as distinctly different in today's competitive marketplace.

• Entrepreneurs often get stuck at revenue plateaus...

Trust forms the foundation of effective leadership in today's multi-generational workplace, where retention has become the new recruitment and development opportunities matter more than ever before.

• Leadership today requires balancing high expectations with genuine care for people
• "Retention is the new recruitment" in today's talent war environment
• Development opportunities create loyalty ...

Leadership consultant Dr. Cornelia Shipley Bearyman shares how bringing humanity to work creates competitive advantage for businesses and why innovation happens at the intersection of differing viewpoints. She reveals why understanding that leadership is fundamentally about "bringing the weather" transforms organizational culture and performance.

• Leadership is about setting the context in which work gets done

Leadership is a privilege that requires serving those you lead through collaboration and distributed responsibility, not command and control.

• Leaders must transition from technical expertise to leadership by building a professional leadership library, hiring a coach, and accepting their new role
• The first 90 days in a leadership position are critical: you have 30-60 days before people start evaluating your leadersh...

Charles Spinoza shares his journey from Shakespearean professor to leadership consultant, exploring how leaders can transform their organizations into moral masterpieces that reflect their deepest values and vision.

• Former humanities professor turned leadership consultant with 27 years of experience
• Author of "Leadership as Masterpiece Creation" focusing on morally distinctive leadership
• Contrarian ...

Ron Harvey speaks with James Spearman, an aircraft maintenance shop owner and Air Force National Guard KC-135 pilot, about balancing entrepreneurship with effective leadership practices and personal wellbeing.

• James shares his aviation journey inspired by his grandfather's World War II flying experience
• People-pleasing tendencies can undermine leadership effectiveness by avoiding necessary confrontations
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Digital overwhelm is a modern leadership challenge requiring new approaches to maintain human connection and workplace wellbeing. Communication professor Dr. Craig Mattson explains how the intersection of rapid technological development and our emotional responses creates a state of digital overwhelm that affects productivity and engagement.

• Digital overwhelm combines surface currents of rapid technological change with u...

Leadership consultant Ali Stewart shares her decades of wisdom about what makes leaders truly effective, revealing that while challenges like pandemics and AI may evolve, the core elements of great leadership remain surprisingly consistent. 
• Leaders need both high challenge and high support to get commitment and high achievement from their teams
• Effective leaders are visible with a consistent, authentic personal style t...

Dr. Matthew Arau returns to share his groundbreaking "power of GET" concept that transforms leadership mindsets and organizational culture through gratitude, enthusiasm, and treasuring others.

• The Four C's of Upbeat Leadership: character, competence, connection, and clarity
• How leadership is often overcomplicated when simple frameworks can be more effective
• The importance of co-creating vision ...

Ron Harvey and entrepreneur Alykhan Jetha (AJ) explore how business growth directly correlates with personal development, making leadership the fundamental driver of organizational success. 

• Creating sustainable business growth requires continuous personal development and critical self-awareness
• Avoiding difficult conversations creates cascading negative effects throughout organizations
• Having the right peopl...

Ken shares his leadership expertise from 20+ years in franchises, nonprofit work, and ministry, focusing on how to build organizational trust through intentional team development.

• Effective leaders develop other leaders, empowering teams rather than becoming bottlenecks
• Most organizations look for polished resumes when they should focus on developing existing talent
• Regular one-on-ones with clear goals and ex...

Steve Perry, founder of The Well Recruiting Solution, shares his journey from commercial fishing in Alaska at 15 to building a recruiting company with over 40 professionals and a mission to place 100,000 people in ideal careers by 2030.

• Starting as a young entrepreneur after realizing boat owners made significantly more than their crew
• Building a company focused on generosity as a core value despite leaving a $900,...

Ron Harvey welcomes Eric Donoho, former Army Sergeant and author of "Canyon of Hope," to explore leadership lessons from military service and personal resilience following combat trauma.

• Eric served in the U.S. Army scout sniper platoon, retiring in 2009 after surviving multiple combat injuries
• Eric's book "Canyon of Hope" explores resilience and how to move forward despite life's hard...

Ron Harvey welcomes Michael Woodland, owner of Essential Headshots, to explore how his military background shaped his leadership approach and entrepreneurial journey in professional photography.

• Military discipline and structure provided valuable foundation for business ownership
• Michael's father instilled the drive to be the best: "If your job is to tie shoes, be the best shoe tier out there"
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