

Real Leaders Podcast
Real Leaders Magazine, Kevin Edwards
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.
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Aug 8, 2024 • 38min
Ep. 500 Brandon Afari, Co-Founder & CEO of FUZE Technology
Brandon Afari is the Co-Founder & CEO of FUZE Technology, a cutting-edge technology company that specializes in creating innovative IoT solutions to power connections and experiences for businesses, events, and consumers.
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Aug 6, 2024 • 35min
Ep. 499 Lauren Salz, Co-Founder & CEO of Sealed
Lauren Salz is the Co-Founder & CEO of Sealed, a climate tech company on a mission to stop home energy waste by enabling contractors to install more home weatherization and electrification projects and grow their businesses.
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Aug 1, 2024 • 41min
Ep. 498 Martin Rowinski, Co-Founder & CEO of Boardsi
Martin Rowinski is the Co-Founder & CEO of Boardsi, a modern recruiting company providing executives with Board of Advisors and Directors positions and companies with top C suite Executive talent. Through their advanced technology, human connection and private network Boardsi helps revolutionize businesses and grow careers.
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Jul 30, 2024 • 50min
Ep. 497 Jeff Spahn, Founder & President of Leading Leaders Inc.
Jeff Spahn is the Founder & President of Leading Leaders, an executive education firm that has engineered a distinctive leadership technology for the digital age. For more than 20 years, Jeff has researched, coached and inspired top business executives and their teams through the distinctive collective leadership process of We the Leader®.
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Jul 25, 2024 • 49min
Ep. 496 Conrad Oakey, CEO of NovaTech Automation
Conrad Oakey is the CEO of NovaTech Automation, which produces the easiest to use and best supported automation products and solutions for electric utilities. NovaTech's mission to accelerate the evolution and decarbonization of the power grid is reflected in their intentional commitment to Net-Zero operations by 2050.
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Jul 23, 2024 • 49min
Ep. 495 Scarlett Nolen, President of Truly Nolen of America
Scarlett Nolen is the President of Truly Nolen of America, one of the largest family-owned pest control companies in the United States with over 80 branch offices in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah.
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Jul 3, 2024 • 35min
Ep 494 Candice Ammori, Founder & CEO of Climate Vine
Candice Ammori is the Founder & CEO of Climate Vine, a new membership community that curates group of experts with diverse backgrounds, ranging from policy, investment, corporate, non-profit, entrepreneurship, and tech & science.
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Jul 1, 2024 • 42min
Ep. 493 Sachin Chaudhry, Founder & CEO of TrustCircle
Sachin Chaudhry is the Founder & CEO of TrustCircle, a brain healthcare startup that utilizes AI-driven Social-Emotional Learning programs to improve emotional resilience & well-being for all. Organizations, cities, counties, and states can leverage TrustCircle's data-driven model to identify high-risk population segments/areas and take proactive action to promote health & well-being within their community.
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Jun 27, 2024 • 34min
Ep. 492 Seth Forman, CEO of Socialsuite
Seth Forman is the CEO of Socialsuite, a sustainability and impact technology company helping companies and non-profits share their impact with the world offering simple and affordable solutions including end to end materiality software. Over 100 public and private companies leverage Socialsuite tools and services today helping them get started and progress their sustainability journeys.
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Jun 24, 2024 • 47min
Ep. 491 Joshua Berry, Co-Founder and CEO of Econic & Author of "Dare to Be Naive"
Joshua Berry is the author of Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World and is also the Co-Founder & CEO of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting group that helps enterprises discover their meaning of growth and cultivate the space to achieve it. Through the process of building innovation labs and programs, workshopping, coaching, management consulting, and creating resilient strategies, Econic helps teams and organizations realize tangible results.
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