Real Leaders Podcast

Karen Walker is a consultant, author, and advisor to CEOs and senior leaders. She helps her clients grow their companies with successful outcomes that include IPOs, acquisitions, market share increases, and significant leadership development. Her clients include Inc. 500 start-ups and Fortune 500 firms. Her work helps senior leaders create internal strategies that support their organizations’ external growth; and she is the author of the recently published book, No Dumbing Down - A No-nonsense Guide for CEOs on Organization Growth. No Dumbing Down is a book for a company’s senior-most leaders. It teaches them how to do a job only they can do: aligning the organization’s internal and external strategies for profitable, sustainable growth. Why do leaders need this guidance? The problem is misunderstanding what it takes to grow. In this podcast Kevin discusses with Karen what she's learned in her 20+ years of leadership consulting, how to get your company in alignment, and is a leader born by nature or is it nurtured?

Scott is president of The Eblin Group, a leadership development firm committed to helping executives lead and live at their best. As a recognized expert on leadership, global speaker, best-selling author, and executive coach, Scott works with many of the world’s best-known companies and organizations. For more than a decade, Scott's Book, The Next Level has been an indispensable guide to executive success. It reads like a series of conversations with a trusted coach who has brought together a cadre of successful senior leaders to deliver a master class on executive level best practices. With fresh insights throughout, this 3rd edition will help readers sustain their success over the long run with new information on how to develop a personal action plan for leading at their best by living at their best.

Jason Graham-Nye, Co-founder of gDiapers tells the story of his sustainable diaper company to host Kevin Edwards and notes the trends he has seen from consumers and economies around the world to reduce plastic waste. In this interview, Jason talks about taking on an unexpected crisis, conscious consumption, and advice he has for young business owners! If you're interested in purchasing gDiapers to help eliminate the 50 million diapers a day that go into landfills in the US alone check out their website at: www.gDiapers.com. Subscribe to the Real Leaders Podcast at: www.real-leaders.com/podcasts !! #PlasticWaste #gDiapers #Sustainability

In Episode 9, Kevin sits down with Federico Rivas, a 26-year-old entrepreneur and real leader. In 22 minutes today you’ll learn about how growing up in a hostile country changed Federico’s definition of success, how his movement is driving change not just in El Salvador but around the world and is peace the most scarce resource on this planet?

Chief Economist talks to our host Kevin Edwards about how transparency, ethics, and basketball all relate to business. If you don't like this podcast and want better questions leave us a review and have your question asked in our next interview! #RealLeaders #Economics

Barbara Minuzzi a Brazilian immigrant who faced discrimination at the workplace and came to America to lead a purposeful life capitalizing on biotech and blockchain to help solve the worlds biggest problems. #SuccessStory #VentureCapitalismAsPhilanthropy Music by: @kantsleep @kontempt

This is the story of Barney Swan, the man on a mission to remove 320 million tons of Co2 out of the atmosphere by 2025 . On this episode #6 Barney tells you about his excruciating journey to the south pole, how that experience changed his outlook on life, what makes him get out of bed every morning, and advice for anyone out there who wants to create real change and become a real leader. Real Leaders Podcast now available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube.

Kevin sits down with Erik Anderson, Executive Chairman of Top Golf Entertainment Group, Singularity University, and the owner of West River Group. In this podcast, Erik expresses what makes a company purposeful, his advice to young professionals, and always, his definition of a #RealLeader. #Leadership #Advice #Entertainment #TopGolf

Kevin sits down with Dioselin Gonzalez, the Senior Director of Engineering Mixed Reality Experiences at Microsoft who is implementing mixed reality into everyday jobs to solve the world’s biggest problems. In this podcast, Dio breaks down what mixed reality is and how it might improve the future of business. She’s an intelligent and cheerful leader who is paving the future of business. #MixedReality #AugementedReality #Leadership

Pablos Holman, a futuristic badass hacker, discusses eradicating malaria and harnessing nuclear waste for energy. He emphasizes the importance of technology and hacking for good. The hosts also share their failed attempt to cure cancer but shift focus to self-sterilizing elevator buttons. The chapter explores the potential of solar energy and highlights the qualities and challenges of leadership.