CEO Coaching International Podcast

Leadership looks decisive from the outside. Behind the scenes, it’s different. Growth stalls. Execution slips. The stakes rise, and every decision carries weight.

Listen to candid discussions with CEOs and founders about the moments that test leaders most. These are the turning points that shape companies and define leadership. If you’re building something meaningful, leading through uncertainty, or preparing for the CEO seat, t...

Guest: Peter Platten, Chief Revenue Officer of Protos Security. Peter joined the company in 2020 and has helped lead its transformation from a $150 million organization to a $750 million revenue firm today.

Overview: Private equity doesn't reward incremental thinking. It rewards leaders who can scale under pressure, build systems that outperform, and push past what most teams believe is possible to Make BIG Happen. 

On today's show...

Guests: Jerry Vance, the Founder and Managing Partner of Preferred CFO, and Scott Crawford, a Partner at Preferred CFO focused on client prioritization and new business development.

Overview: A CEO who's led their company past the "I'll Do Everything" stage needs a true financial strategist at their side to stop surviving and start scaling. But the CEO also needs clarity on what kind of financial expertise their company truly needs...

Guests: Tim Kreytak, CEO and Co-Founder of Ironside, one of North America's leading analytics and data consulting firms and a multiple Inc. 5000 honoree.

Jason Breazeale, Vice President of Technology at Burn Boot Camp, a rapidly growing fitness franchise with nearly 400 locations.

Overview: Yes, your company needs to be using AI. But before you start buying subscriptions and upgrading your tech stack, you need to understand what ac...

Guest: Jose Vergara, a coach at CEO Coaching International. Jose is a seasoned CEO, president, and operator with deep experience leading organizations across public companies, private equity-backed businesses, family-owned firms, founder-led companies, and partner-owned enterprises.

Quick Background: If AI was just a technical problem, the solutions would be simple. Upgrade your tech stack. Hire the best AI experts. Buy more bandwi...

Guest: Randy Wootton, a coach at CEO Coaching International. Randy is a seasoned executive, board member, and advisor with more than two decades of experience leading companies through strategic inflection points, turnarounds, and technology shifts. Randy served 8 years in the Navy before taking senior leadership roles at companies including Microsoft and Salesforce, and working as the CEO of public and private equity-backed compan...

Guest: Dr. Jeff Graham, a physician and the Chief Medical Officer at Wild Health, where he works with high performers to help them extend not just their lifespan but their healthspan as well.

Overview: If you ran your business the way many CEOs manage their health, you'd have to call an emergency board meeting immediately. The same successful CEOs who lead with precise data and dashboards often rely on "gut feel" when it comes to t...

Guest:  Trey Mauck, founder and CEO of Integrated Insurance Solutions, one of the top one hundred insurance agencies in the United States.

Overview: The BIGGEST danger to a company's enterprise value isn't bad strategy. It's unmanaged risk hiding in plain sight. CEOs who view insurance as a "Nice to Have" need to look beyond the line item and start integrating risk management into their long-term growth plans.

On today's show, Trey...

Guest:  Saman Samii and Mitch Slater  from UBS Wealth Management. Saman and Mitch have guided founders through countless liquidity events and helped them navigate one of the most emotionally charged transitions in business: from business owner to living off the proceeds after your BIG exit.

Overview: Sometimes in the life of an entrepreneur, Making BIG Happen is the easy part. Years of meticulous planning and exceptional leadership...

Guest:  Kevin Roy, a pioneer in digital marketing and the co-founder and CEO of GreenBanana SEO, a three-time member of the Inc. 5,000 Fastest-Growing Companies list.

Overview: If your digital marketing strategy is still focused on improving your company's SEO rankings, you're playing an outdated game. To get BIG in 2026, your company has to be the answer to the questions that customers are asking AI.

On today's show, Kevin Roy exp...

Guest: Dr. Mario Simon, a coach at CEO Coaching International. Mario is a transformational leader who has a global track record of building companies and helping CEOs unlock breakthrough growth and cultural impact.

Quick Background:    If you want to 10X your company, start by 10Xing the one indispensable resource that drives everything: the CEO.

Your company's culture, its growth trajectory, its resilience, its ability to pivot, ...

Guest: David Desharnais, a coach at CEO Coaching International. David  is a high-impact technology CEO and enterprise operator with over 25 years of experience leading organizations through scale, transformation, and value creation across more than 20 industries.

Quick Background:   Companies don't stall because their industries are stalling, or because of tariffs, or because of AI. They slow down because the CEO doesn't have a pla...

Guest: Greg Solomon, a coach at CEO Coaching International.  Greg is a former CEO who led McDonald's South Africa for 14 years. He quadrupled the size of the business and added 300-plus new restaurants while navigating three ownership transitions, a flat economy, riots, and a global pandemic.

Quick Background:   Scaling a business isn't just about growth. It's about evolving your systems, your people, and yourself as a leader so th...

Guest: Michael J. Slater, a coach at CEO Coaching International.  Michael is a longtime YPO member who co-founded and served as the CEO of Nik Software, an international software startup in digital photography that he co-founded and led to a $200M+ valuation before ultimately selling to Google.

Quick Background:  Every great company begins with a dream. But turning that dream into a reality requires more than just vision. It requir...

Guest: Sasha Kelberg, a coach at CEO Coaching International. Sasha is a Wharton-trained entrepreneur, CEO, and strategic advisor with over two decades of experience building, scaling, and exiting high-tech manufacturing and export businesses. He has led teams from lab concept to global scale with a leadership style grounded in accountability, continuous improvement, and values-based culture.

Quick Background:  It's impossible to le...

Guest: Rod Reynolds, a coach at CEO Coaching International. Rod is a seasoned global executive and three-time CEO who's led major operations across Canada, the UK, and Asia Pacific. Rod is also a world-class endurance athlete. He has completed over 15 Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events, including two World Championships. He represented Canada at the 2024 World Triathlon Championships. Rod also participates in long distance (up to 100 ...

Guest: Scott White, a coach at CEO Coaching International.  Scott is a seasoned CEO, Chairman, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience building and leading high-growth companies in the real estate and finance industries. He is also a bestselling author and a sought-after motivational speaker on happiness, positivity, and performance culture. His insights help executives build thriving teams, enhance workplace fulfillment,...

Guest: Brenda Jacobsen and Andy Harris, Managing Directors at STS Capital Partners, where they guide entrepreneurs and CEOs through the intricate and often emotional journey of selling their businesses.

Overview: Selling your business may be the single most important financial event of your life. And the process is far more complex, emotional, and impactful than most CEOs realize. CEOs who truly care about the businesses they built...

Guests: CEO Coaching International's Mark Moses, Don Schiavone, Craig Coleman, and Christopher Larkins.

Quick Background: CEOs who want to get to BIG need to answer four questions:

• What do you want?
• How do you get what you want?
• What could stand in the way of you getting what you want?
• How do you hold yourself accountable?

If you combine specific answers with actionable strategy, then tariffs, AI, new competitors, and ne...