

Breakfast Leadership Show
Michael D. Levitt
The Breakfast Leadership Show is a top 20 global podcast hosted by Michael D. Levitt.
It features thought-provoking discussions with industry leaders, experts, and influencers, focusing on leadership, burnout prevention, workplace culture, and personal growth. The show provides listeners with actionable insights on improving productivity, fostering resilience, and enhancing well-being in both professional and personal life.Want to be a guest on the Breakfast Leadership Show?
Visit https://BreakfastLeadership.com/PodcastGuest
The Breakfast Leadership Show may include sponsored guest appearances, which means the guests may have provided financial compensation to participate in the podcast.
It features thought-provoking discussions with industry leaders, experts, and influencers, focusing on leadership, burnout prevention, workplace culture, and personal growth. The show provides listeners with actionable insights on improving productivity, fostering resilience, and enhancing well-being in both professional and personal life.Want to be a guest on the Breakfast Leadership Show?
Visit https://BreakfastLeadership.com/PodcastGuest
The Breakfast Leadership Show may include sponsored guest appearances, which means the guests may have provided financial compensation to participate in the podcast.
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Aug 27, 2021 • 32min
Interview with Graham Boyd
Read my new book "Rebuild: the Economy, Leadership, and You -- a toolkit for builders of a better world" available now from an online retailer near you.
Experienced entrepreneur and consultant leading businesses to become deliberately developmental and self-governing with a FairShares Commons incorporation.
Recently completed transforming an international non-profit into 3 for-profits, and now growing a company making it easy for businesses and leaders to continuously adapt themselves, to rise to the adaptive challenges they are facing. Giving them the capacity to find new options to previously intractable challenges.
As CEO, managing director, start-up founder and investor, business unit manager, and physicist; working for VC/PE, for CEOs and for myself, I have led traditional and self-managed organisations; in multi-nationals and start-ups; through phases of growth, turn-around and new category or new business development. Most often recognised for disruptive innovation; strategy creation and execution; high performance organisation and people development. Using the latest approaches, such as Holacracy, Sociocracy, Deliberately Developmental Organisations, Requisite Organisation design, Spiral Dynamics, Integral Theory and the Cognitive-Developmental Framework.
Worked in 7 countries: UK, China, Germany, Belgium, Japan, South Africa, and Italy.
Social Media Links:
TW & LI: @grahamboydphd
@RebuildEcoLeadU

Aug 25, 2021 • 29min
Interview with Roberta Matuson
For more than 25 years, Roberta Matuson, president of Matuson Consulting, has helped leaders in highly regarded companies, including General Motors, New Balance, and Microsoft, and small to medium-size businesses, achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximization of talent.
She’s the author of six books including, Evergreen Talent: How to Seed, Cultivate, and Grow a Sustainable Workforce, and the international bestseller, Suddenly In Charge: Managing Up, Managing Down, Succeeding All Around, a Washington Post Top 5 Business Book For Leaders. Her newest book, Can We Talk? Seven Principles for Managing Difficult Conversations at Work will be released in September of 2021.
Roberta is one of a handful of people who have appeared as a guest of Bill O’Reilly’s on Fox’s O’Reilly Factor, and who left the show unscathed.
Social Media Links:
Twitter: @matuson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberta-matuson/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MatusonConsulting

Aug 23, 2021 • 24min
Interview with Eric Dahan
Eric Dahan is co-founder and chief executive officer of Open Influence, where he oversees the strategic vision and growth of the company. With a background in business and economics, Dahan brings a rich understanding of mathematics, game theory and social sciences to his role and was recognized on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in 2017 as well as Inc.’s 30 Under 30 list in 2016. His company’s clients include Disney, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Intuit, SoFi, Unilever, P&G, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, L’Oreal, and Under Armour just to name a few.
Prior to co-founding Open Influence, Dahan founded Splurge, a mobile app that combines social curation and e-commerce by aggregating online flash-sales from a variety of retailers. He also served as chief executive officer and managing partner for the company.
Before Splurge, Dahan got his start in digital at HauteLook, a member-only online marketplace offering flash-sales and limited-time sales events that was acquired by Nordstrom in 2011. Dahan earned his bachelor’s degree in international business from Pepperdine University.
Social Media links
https://openinfluence.com/
https://twitter.com/OpenInfluence
https://www.linkedin.com/company/openinfluence
https://www.instagram.com/openinfluence
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-dahan-3b428b62/
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Burnout Proof Your Life Online Course. Enter the code NINETY at checkout, to save 90% off the course:
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Hire Michael to speak at your event: https://BreakfastLeadership.com/speaking
Burnout proof your life with the new book Burnout Proof: How To Establish Boundaries To Avoid The Negativity Of Stress https://amzn.to/2JkbKxQ
Buy Michael's life-altering book: 369 Days: How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenario: https://www.amazon.com/369-Days-Survive-Worst-Case-Scenarios-ebook/dp/B074CCLKZP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502047423&sr=8-1&keywords=369+days
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Aug 19, 2021 • 27min
Interview with Jeff Arnold
Best Selling Author of three books, with 2 books currently in the top 10 of Amazon business and insurance.
Most recently, wrote ‘How to Beat Your Insurance Company’, which is all about how to beat your insurance company—once and for all. Depending on the organization's size, this can often lead to saving hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.
President of the RIGHTSURE (https://www.rightsure.com/), an Award-Winning insurance technology firm with proprietary software that helps consumers pay the right amount for insurance, never miss discounts and never suffer insurance company rate increases. Bio Here: https://jeffarnold.com/bio/
Longer Bio here: https://www.rightsure.com/news/29863/7310/Rightsure_Bio_Sheet_Jeff_Arnold_122016.pdf
Social media links:
https://www.facebook.com/RightSure?sk=app_279919758690516
https://twitter.com/rightsure
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAYF96Z9gF6-Qp3GXqiLSdw
https://www.linkedin.com/company/rightsure-insurance-group
https://www.instagram.com/rightsuregroup/

Aug 18, 2021 • 26min
Interview with Ivan Bebek
Learn What it takes to be a successful company Metals markets - particularly, gold, silver and copper.
Retail Investing in the metals industry and the lessons he has learned the hard way.
Ivan is a veteran mining entrepreneur and formerly the President, CEO and co-founder of Cayden resources which sold for $205 million in 2014.
Today, he is the Chair and Director of Fury Gold Mines, President and CEO of Sombrero Resources and Chair and Director of Tier One Silver.
Social Media Links:
https://furygoldmines.com/
https://sombreroresources.com/
https://www.tieronesilver.com/

Aug 16, 2021 • 24min
Interview with Hildie Dunn
Support the Breakfast Leadership Network!
Burnout Proof Your Life Online Course. Enter the code NINETY at checkout, to save 90% off the course:
https://breakfastleadership.teachable.com/p/burnout-proof-your-life
Hire Michael to speak at your event: https://BreakfastLeadership.com/speaking
Burnout proof your life with the new book Burnout Proof: How To Establish Boundaries To Avoid The Negativity Of Stress https://amzn.to/2JkbKxQ
Buy Michael's life-altering book: 369 Days: How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenario: https://www.amazon.com/369-Days-Survive-Worst-Case-Scenarios-ebook/dp/B074CCLKZP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502047423&sr=8-1&keywords=369+days
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Hildie’s mission as a Handel Group™ coach is to empower everyone to live extraordinary lives and reach their deepest dreams and desires with joy and intention. Her background reflects her passion for education and development having been an Assistant Dean at a college and presently teaching courses at Rutgers University. Hildie also teaches a fitness class called intenSati which is a fitness class that combines cardio, dance and fitness movement with affirmations a deeper spiritual fitness training. She brings integrity, unique knowledge and experience of the body-mind connection to her clients.
Another area of expertise is the field of death and dying and helping clients say goodbye to loved ones and design their last phase of life with intention and purpose. Hildie leads Handel Group events in the New York metro area, group online courses and she privately coaches clients.
@handelgroup @hildiedunn

Aug 13, 2021 • 35min
Interview with Susan Drumm
Susan Drumm is a CEO Advisor and Leadership Coach with over 20 years
of experience leading teams and senior executives to achieve their
potential. Her consulting firm, Meritage Leadership, focuses on leader
and team effectiveness by helping leaders develop the capacity and
mindsets to lead in today’s disruptive environment. Meritage utilizes
over a dozen exceptional coaches in its senior leadership programs.
Susan draws on many disciplines in her approach. She has graduate degrees from Harvard Law School, Carnegie Mellon University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Susan obtained the highest level of coaching certification as Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coaching Federation. Susan also holds certifications in HeartMath™, Integrative Enneagram (Level 2), EQ Learning in Action, Havening
Techniques®, The Leadership Circle and is a Certified Forum Facilitator for YPO (Young President’s Organization).
While working with fast-moving organizations and industries, Susan discovered that there are three levels of leadership: individual, team, and system-wide — all of which need to be developed to meet the complexity of today’s environment. Meritage developed a blended, whole-systems approach that enables organizations to transform more rapidly than the simple “1:1 coaching plan” most other firms offer.
Susan’s clients include C-suite executives from financial services, private equity, tech, healthcare, professional services, media, consumer products, consulting and law. She has worked with organizations such as KPMG, Oracle, Viacom, Microsoft, Conde Nast, L’Oreal, A&E Networks, Cisco, Merrill Lynch, Symantec, Merck, KCI, Staples, MTV Networks and Genentech.
Prior to founding Meritage Leadership Development, Susan was a Senior Consultant for The Boston Consulting Group, Director of Marketing and Master Black Belt for NBC/GE and Associate Partner at The Trium Group in leadership development consulting.
In 2021, Susan launched a YouTube channel and podcast called The Enlightened Executive, where she spotlights ground-breaking techniques and strategies to help executives and entrepreneurs get the edge in personal and leadership effectiveness. Guests include founders of these programs and the executives who have experienced them — and dig into what they are, what they offer, and whether they actually work to help you evolve personally and professionally.
Susan is a member of EO (Entrepreneur’s Organization) and volunteers her time with several boards and organizations including Board Developer and Selfless Givers. Susan serves clients globally and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is passionate about travel, hiking, Pilates and healthy living and recently added a new family member, Jasmine, a toy Australian Shepherd.
https://twitter.com/drummleadership https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-drumm-bb09732/
https://SusanDrumm.com/BreakfastLeadership
Support the Breakfast Leadership Network!
Burnout Proof Your Life Online Course. Enter the code NINETY at checkout, to save 90% off the course:
https://breakfastleadership.teachable.com/p/burnout-proof-your-life
Hire Michael to speak at your event: https://BreakfastLeadership.com/speaking
Burnout proof your life with the new book Burnout Proof: How To Establish Boundaries To Avoid The Negativity Of Stress https://amzn.to/2JkbKxQ
Buy Michael's life-altering book: 369 Days: How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenario: https://www.amazon.com/369-Days-Survive-Worst-Case-Scenarios-ebook/dp/B074CCLKZP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502047423&sr=8-1&keywords=369+days
Contribute on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bfastleadership
Or PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/bfastleadership
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Like, Rate and Review the Breakfast Leadership Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/breakfast-leadership/id1207338410

Aug 11, 2021 • 26min
Featured Interview with David J McNeff
This relatively simple but profoundly critical concept is at the heart of the method executive coach Dave McNeff has used to transform the lives and careers of his clients. It begins with two important facts: 1) stress happens―you can’t avoid it; and 2) your existence is composed of far more than “work” and “life.”
From Dave himself: "By being clear and mindful of all aspects of your life―the Seven Slices―you’ll be more likely to find inner harmony when stress impacts one of them. In this session I'll take you on a deep dive into each of the Seven Slices, explaining the components of each Slice, signs that you may not be attending to each Slice in a healthy way, and hands-on methods for accessing an underserved Slice."
Book on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/McNeff-book
https://www.facebook.com/david.j.mcneff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjmcneff/
Dave’s website: www.peakcg.com

Aug 9, 2021 • 30min
Interview with Jeff J. Hunter
Jeff J Hunter who is the CEO of Savage Marketing, and VA Staffer. He is an expert Digital Marketing Strategist, with a background in Information Technology and Project Management, recognized as one of the Top 5 for Phillips nationwide two years running. Hunter is also a sought-after travel hacker and the first gamer to go viral on TikTok.
More about Jeff: Jeff J Hunter is an Author best known for VA Staffer, a 100+ team Virtual Assistant staffing agency. Jeff helps entrepreneurs and startups build and scale remote teams to dominate their brand category. Creator of the CORE Branding Method and host of the 'Savage Marketer Podcast.
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Support the Breakfast Leadership Network!
Burnout Proof Your Life Online Course. Enter the code NINETY at checkout, to save 90% off the course:
https://breakfastleadership.teachable.com/p/burnout-proof-your-life
Hire Michael to speak at your event: https://BreakfastLeadership.com/speaking
Burnout proof your life with the new book Burnout Proof: How To Establish Boundaries To Avoid The Negativity Of Stress https://amzn.to/2JkbKxQ
Buy Michael's life-altering book: 369 Days: How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenario: https://www.amazon.com/369-Days-Survive-Worst-Case-Scenarios-ebook/dp/B074CCLKZP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502047423&sr=8-1&keywords=369+days
Contribute on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bfastleadership
Or PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/bfastleadership
Breakfast Leadership Network Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/breakfast-leadership-network
Like, Rate and Review the Breakfast Leadership Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/breakfast-leadership/id1207338410
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Aug 6, 2021 • 30min
Interview with Evan Smith
Organizations change when their leaders do: when each leader chooses a growth-learning mindset, assumes personal responsibility ("it IS me!"), and builds capabilities to learn and lead by example.
Evan helps leaders and their organizations grapple successfully with significant demands for learning and growth. In addition to his own independent clients and work with BolsterUp, he works with partners Kotter Inc. and Box of Crayons , bringing smart, practical habit change that helps leaders to shift their patterns, create more engagement, and have more impact. He's worked with leaders across F500 companies, private firms (including startups), government and nonprofits.
He holds an MBA from the Yale School of Organization and Management; Bachelors degrees in Engineering and Liberal Arts from Penn State; and lives in Providence, RI.
CURRENT WORK at bolsterup.life
While burnout is often described as an individual's problem - we see organizations with significant influence on the causes, triggers and drivers of burnout. Individual people - working alone - can't "resilience" their way out of burnout. Our work supports individuals, leaders and organizations to create more holistic, supportive and collaborative work environments; in healthcare, creating purposeful, meaningful, rewarding work for clinicians and great outcomes for patients.
TWO STEPS YOU CAN TAKE -
For those working in HEALTHCARE as clinicians, nurses, physicians...
Please share your experience with stress and burnout in your organization by completing a short survey (less than five minutes) on https://bolsterup.life
Your input will really help to combat burnout. To support need to better understand two things:
how individual care providers are experiencing burnout, and
what healthcare organizations are actually doing today to mitigate the systemic causes of burnout.
To thank you - We'll share "5 Ways to Reduce Burnout for Provider Teams" - that you can use with your team (or share with your senior leadership)
For you - as a leader: To address burnout you may be experiencing...
One indicator of burnout - individually - is a feeling of depersonalization: where you experience separation of your Self from deeper purpose and meaning in your work - and separation from real contact with people (colleagues, team-mates, partners) important to you in that work.
You can take some small and powerful steps that will help to improve your connection with others in your world/ your team.
To make a better connection - and improve the care and connection you get in return: Go to metamg.com; there, you can download "Making a Better Connection", a collection of tips you can use right away to close the gap, and get closer to people who matter to you and your work.
Social media:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesmith/ https://twitter.com/cesmith_
Support the Breakfast Leadership Network!
Burnout Proof Your Life Online Course. Enter the code NINETY at checkout, to save 90% off the course:
https://breakfastleadership.teachable.com/p/burnout-proof-your-life
Hire Michael to speak at your event: https://BreakfastLeadership.com/speaking
Burnout proof your life with the new book Burnout Proof: How To Establish Boundaries To Avoid The Negativity Of Stress https://amzn.to/2JkbKxQ
Buy Michael's life-altering book: 369 Days: How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenario: https://www.amazon.com/369-Days-Survive-Worst-Case-Scenarios-ebook/dp/B074CCLKZP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502047423&sr=8-1&keywords=369+days
Contribute on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bfastleadership
Or PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/bfastleadership
Breakfast Leadership Network Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/breakfast-leadership-network
Like, Rate and Review the Breakfast Leadership Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/breakfast-leadership/id1207338410
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