
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.
Latest episodes

May 26, 2021 • 60min
Ep. 203 Never Ever, Ever Give Up || Ken LaRoe, Founder and CEO of Climate First Bank
Ken LaRoe is the Founder and CEO of Climate First Bank who encourages us to never ever, ever give up. In today’s episode LaRoe shares the responsibility bankers have to prevent ecological destruction, the competitive advantage of leveraging an incentive beyond profit, and what heartbreak moments influenced him to continue the pursuit of clean lending.
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May 14, 2021 • 46min
Ep. 202 Leaders Listen More || Roberta Matuson, Author of Can We Talk?
Roberta Matuson is the President of Matuson consulting and author of Can We Talk? who encourages leaders to listen more. In this episode, Matuson shares how to have difficult conversations, hire trustful employees, and make leaders magnetic.
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May 11, 2021 • 1h 3min
Keep It Real Series #9 || Simon Mainwaring, Founder & CEO of We First and Best-selling Author
Simon Mainwaring is a best-selling author and CEO of We First, a strategic consultancy committed to business as a force for good. We have him on the podcast every single month to help mold your we first mentality to influence others
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May 5, 2021 • 1h 4min
Ep. 201 Everyone Wins. Period. || Scot Chisholm, Executive Chairman & Co-founder of Classy
Scot Chisholm is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Classy who shares how his leadership has developed during different stages of growth, why all metrics should hold equal weight, and that leaders are those who take the bull by the horns.
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May 1, 2021 • 1h 1min
Ep. 200 Plug In To What's Important || AY Young, Activist Artist & UN Sustainable Goals Leader
AY Young is an entrepreneur and activist artist who wants to ensure everyone is an outlet for change. In this episode, Young shares his entrepreneurial journey, the power of clean energy, and his hope to plug everyone in to what’s important.
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Apr 28, 2021 • 1h 1min
Ep. 199 Create Possibilities || Philippe Dunsky, President of Dunsky Energy Consulting
Philippe Dunsky is the Founder and President of Dunsky Energy Consulting who believes good businesses create possibilities for change. In this episode Dunsky shares his forecast for the renewable energy transition, how to avoid a binary view of the world, and that you can't lead without love.
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Apr 24, 2021 • 40min
Ep. 198 Earth Day In Texas? || Trammell S. Crow Jr., Founder of EarthX
Trammell S. Crow Jr. is a long time successful Dallas businessman who founded EarthX to change the world by bringing environmental activism to his home town. EarthX is now the largest earth day event in the United States and in today's episode Trammell shares how to break bread with people across the aisle, the strides EarthX has made to change the world, and why the word “environment” should be apolitical.
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Apr 21, 2021 • 29min
Ep. 197 Akon's Vision for Africa || Akon, World-renowned Artist and Founder of Akoin & Akon Lighting Africa
Akon is a world renowned R&B artist who shares today why leadership, cryptocurrency, and his city may just be the key to stabilizing corruption in Africa. Why is Akon taking matters into his own hands? How is he building his own city? What leadership skills does he possess? Find out on this episode of the Real Leaders podcast.
This interview was recorded on 2/15/20.
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Apr 17, 2021 • 41min
Ep. 196 Viral Video Fuels Overnight Funding Success || Emma Rose Cohen, Founder & CEO of Final
Emma Rose is the Founder and CEO of Final (formerly Final Straw) who started her career educating consumers about single-use plastic entering oceans. After attending Harvard's Extension School, she arrived on the idea to harness the plastic straw movement by creating a product that intends to be everyone's only straw. Her viral marketing video lead to a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $1.8 million. What responsibilities and lessons come with this funding?
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Apr 13, 2021 • 48min
Ep. 195 Patagonia: The Responsible Company || Vincent Stanley, Director of Philosophy at Patagonia & Co-Author of The Responsible Company
Vincent Stanley is the Director of Philosophy at Patagonia and co-author of The Responsible Company: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years who shares what it means to be in business for the planet, what people misunderstand about companies who are in business to do-good, and what environmental and ethical constraints Patagonia's leadership team ran into during the company's growth.
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This episode was recorded on August 6th, 2019 at the Patagonia HQ in Ventura, CA.