Real Leaders Podcast

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 us a review!

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.