Climbing a mountain is no different than investing — one miss step and you could plummet. If you want to summit Mt. Everest, you need someone who has been there before to reduce your risk and master expectations. In this episode, David Wolf, CEO of BSW Wealth Partners draws from his climbing experiences to provide you with tangible takeaways for how to think about investing.
A serendipitous career led Laura Steinbrink to align her passion, experience, and creativity to start a sustainability consulting called Emerald Built Environments. Now, she shares on this episode the battles of starting a business, key hiring practices, and the key leadership qualities needed to sustain success.
Since the dawn of time, animals have coveted a good roof over their heads. The roofing industry has for the most part lacked new thinking and innovation that supports home-dwellers without contractors taking advantage of them. Mike Feazel wants to change that. In this episode, the CEO of RoofMaxx provides an MBA on Roofs, the industry, and how "roof rejuvenation" can extend the life time for property owners. You can learn more about this eco-friendly roof rejuvenation at https://roofmaxx.com....
James Citron is the Founder & CEO of Pledge.To. While away from his growing communications business, James came to a realization that would forever change his life.
Paul Allard is the Founder and CEO of Impak Ratings. He joins the podcast to share a new paradigm shift, a shift that he explains will occur when U.S banks require impact reporting in order for a business to qualify for loans. Regardless or your stance, certainly a new signal worth paying attention to.
Real Leaders presents a new series called We Leaders w/ Simon Mainwaring to help grow impact business brands. Simon Mainwaring is the Founder of We First Branding and Author of his best-selling book Lead with We. His book Lead With We was recognized for notable awards such as: -#2 Forbes Best Business Book of the Year -Axiom Gold Medalist for Leadership -The Next Big Idea Nominee -McKinsey Top Business Bestseller / Workplace & Culture Let us know if you found this episode helpful by leaving ...
Holly Ruxin is the Founder & CEO of Montcalm TCR, an impact investing family office focused on non-concessionary impact investments. In this episode Holly shares the history of capital markets, where it's going, and why value investing can unlock accelerate this movement.
Ryan Goodman is the Founder and CEO of Scale Microgrid Solutions a microgrid and investment platform that builds, owns, operates, maintains, and finances microgrids and other distributed energy assets to help drive the energy transition.
Zak Kaufman was working in the social sector when he realized that the tech systems challenges his organization faced were not unique. In this episode Kaufman shares the growing pains and leadership lessons he's experienced throughout his career, how to navigate growth, and deliver on impact.
Hal Hinkle is the CEO of BamCore, a Bamboo who is developing the world’s first global supply chain of timber bamboo. Buildings are related to 39% of human created carbon emissions. BamCore, an ambitious bamboo building design company is keen to disrupt the future of infrastructure in the global Southern Hemisphere where the bamboo grows. In this episode, learn from Hal Hinkle on the leadership it will take to change a massive industry.
Real Leaders presents a new series called We Leaders w/ Simon Mainwaring to help business leaders collaborate their way through a crisis together. Simon Mainwaring is the Founder of We First Branding and Author of his best-selling book Lead with We. His book Lead With We wa recognized for notable awards such as: -#2 Forbes Best Business Book of the Year -Axiom Gold Medalist for Leadership -The Next Big Idea Nominee -McKinsey Top Business Bestseller / Workplace & Culture Let us know if you fo...
Looking for ways to differentiate yourself by adding value to customers, employees, and your bottom-line? Julie Lineberger is the President of WheelPad whose goal is to respectfully and supportively provide transitional and permanent housing for people needing accessible living accommodations in an economical, socially conscious, and environmentally friendly way.
Chintan Panchal is the Co-founder of a specialized law firm with a strong focus on Impact Investing, corporate finance and social enterprise who works with multiple bottom line investors and entrepreneurs around the world to design and execute commercial and finance structures that drive impact.
Real Leaders presents a new series called We Leaders w/ Simon Mainwaring to help business leaders collaborate their way through a crisis together. Simon Mainwaring is the Founder of We First Branding and Author of his best-selling book Lead with We. His book Lead With We wa recognized for notable awards such as: -#2 Forbes Best Business Book of the Year -Axiom Gold Medalist for Leadership -The Next Big Idea Nominee -McKinsey Top Business Bestseller / Workplace & Culture Let us know if you fo...
One of the greatest privileges in the world is to lead a CEO forum. On this episode Mo Fathelbab, Founder of Forum Resources Network, Co-Founder of Harvard Business School Alumni Forums breaks down how to lead a forum to unlock greatness. Learn more at: http://forumresourcesnetwork.com Subscribe to Real Leaders magazine: https://members.real-leaders.com/product/real-leaders-monthly-subscription/
Chris Marquis is the Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at the University of Cambridge - Judge School of Business, Author of Better Business: How the B Corp Movement is Remaking Capitalism, and his new book titled Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise. In this episode, Chris shares the culture of the Chinese Business people, comparison's to the modern day B Corp Movement, and what leaders can learn from different cultural philosophies. If you found this episode helpful, p...
It all started when Michelle Stevens placed her olive oil back into a refillable bottle she had lying around her home. What a simple concept! Instead of buying a "make-to-waste" product she could simply reuse a bottle that worked perfectly fine. During and after the roadtrip she couldn't shake the idea. 12 years later Michelle Stevens joins the show to talk about The Refill Shoppe, it's organizational philosophy, and growing pains of running a business. If you found this episode helpful, please ...
Real Leaders presents a new series called We Leaders w/ Simon Mainwaring to help business leaders collaborate their way through a crisis together. Simon Mainwaring is the Founder of We First Branding and Author of his best-selling book Lead with We. His book Lead With We wa recognized for notable awards such as: -#2 Forbes Best Business Book of the Year -Axiom Gold Medalist for Leadership -The Next Big Idea Nominee -McKinsey Top Business Bestseller / Workplace & Culture Let us know if you fo...
Robert Safrata is the CEO of Coast to Coast Experiences who after acquiring the company has grown it's guests from 45,000 to 250,000 guests since 2009 with a philosophy of "cause leadership" and doing. In this episode, Robert Safrata shares the leadership lessons learned from buying multiple "dirty companies" and cleaning them up. To make this transformation, Rob reveals that "cause leadership" has been the most effective tool to drive the shift his company and investors need to sustain performa...
Kristin Carroll is the CEO of Rescue Agency, the Behavior Change Agency, who helps government agencies (primarily health departments) and nonprofits create campaigns that drive healthier behavior change. In this interview, Carroll reveals her unique approach to to create relevant communication that influences healthier consumer choices and how you can apply it to your business to. More From Real Leaders: --> Apply for the Real Leaders CEO Impact Collaborative at: https://members.real-leaders....
Back in the 60s and 70s NASA scientists wanted to make food in a short amount of time with a short amount of resources. Physicist Lisa Dyson took this research off the shelf and is now applying it to a scalable solution. Learn how Lisa is trying to commercialize meat from air and the challenges that she is overcoming to change where consumers get their sources of protein. NOTE: Video Available on Spotify and YouTube --> Apply for the Real Leaders CEO Impact Collaborative at: https://members.r...
Is your marketing, sales, and support team still working in siloes and spreadsheets? Are they aligned on a common goal and communicating efficiently with systems in place for growth? If not, this podcast is about how to set up systems and leverage leadership to align your RevOps team before scaling. More From Real Leaders: --> Apply for the Real Leaders CEO Impact Collaborative at: https://members.real-leaders.com/become-a-member --> Take your leadership to the next level at https://member...
Jereme Kent was at a bar when he was challenged by the bartender and hotel owner to place a wind turbine on top of his hotel. The challenge was accepted and soon became a dream, passion, and scalable business model that would disrupt many investor expectations. To disrupt a monopoly on energy will take courage, team work, and a mindset to embrace the unknown. --> Apply for the Real Leaders CEO Impact Collaborative at: https://members.real-leaders.com/become-a-member --> Take your leadershi...
Real Leaders presents a new series called We Leaders w/ Simon Mainwaring to help business leaders collaborate their way through a crisis together. Simon Mainwaring is the Founder of We First Branding and Author of his best-selling book Lead with We. In this episode host Kevin Edwards asks Simon critical questions to understand how leaders can look through a collaborative lens to identify key positioning when it comes to being outspoken about today's most sensitive and polarizing topics. More Fro...
On this episode learn about the inspiring story of Sadie Lincoln, Co-Founder and CEO of barre3 who shares how her franchising model has been able to flourish through helping franchisors adopt a vision of their own within the vision of barre3. This leadership philosophy has grown barre3 to over 175 franchise studios across North America and transformed a number of women's lives through fitness and well-being. More From Real Leaders: --> Apply for the Real Leaders CEO Impact Collaborative at: h...
Finding capital partners with similar ambitions and values to help raise you the cash you need may not be so obvious. In this episode, Michael Whelchel, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Big Path Capital sits down to reveal the Mergers and Acquisitions of an impact investment bank to help companies that do good remain true to their values. More From Real Leaders: --> Apply for the Real Leaders CEO Impact Collaborative at: https://members.real-leaders.com/become-a-member --> Take your lead...
Covid made employees rethink how they spend their time. In this episode, Roy Notowitz breaks down the intricacies of successful purpose-driven executive recruiting and cultures from his 20+ years of experience in staffing. In a few minutes, learn why finding the right executive search firm can save you time, increase value, and reduce employee churn. For help with purpose-driven executive search visit https://www.notogroup.com . More From Real Leaders: --> Apply for the Real Leaders CEO Impac...
Carolina Miranda serves small, mission-driven business owners who want help with becoming B-Certified in order to grow responsibly. On this episode she breaks down the origin of B Labs and B Certification, the misconceptions of a B Corp, key stakeholders the assessment will help you with and what the future of business looks like. You can learn more about Carolina's work at https://www.cultivatingcapital.com or connect with her on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greenbizconsultant/ More...
With a growing population, weak supply chains, and increasing CO2 emissions, how will the agricultural industry be disrupted? Wayne McIntyre imagines a world where the furthest supply chain is the city next door. Wayne wants to produce food locally and have it delivered right to your door for a fraction of the cost. Learn all about his experience, mindset, and dreams of saving our world, one-micro-factory at a time. Learn more at: https://www.relocalize.com...
Linda Fisk was in middle school dodging difficult questions and social confrontations because of an early psychological speech impediment. This stutter created anxiety and fear of having the spotlight put on her, until one day, she made a choice to dig in and and work on her enunciation, grammar, and fear. Today, Linda empowers other women who lack the confidence in the workforce to get the next promotion, start the next business, and speak at the next podium. If you're in need of a strong busin...
