

Breakfast Leadership Show
Michael D. Levitt
The Breakfast Leadership Show, hosted by leadership consultant and burnout expert Michael D. Levitt, is a globally ranked leadership podcast exploring how executives build stronger organizations, better leadership systems, and healthier workplace cultures.
Each episode features conversations with founders, executives, and industry experts on topics such as leadership operating systems, leadership decision making, executive leadership consulting, organizational leadership systems, and leadership burnout prevention.
Listeners gain practical insight into how leadership teams improve performance, reduce burnout, and design the structures that drive sustainable growth. The show covers leadership strategy, workplace culture, decision clarity for leadership teams, leadership infrastructure, and the systems that help organizations operate at a higher level.
With actionable lessons drawn from real executive experience, the Breakfast Leadership Show helps leaders move beyond management tactics and focus on building high-performance leadership systems that scale.
Interested in being a guest on the show?
Visit: https://BreakfastLeadership.com/Podcast
Note: Some episodes may include sponsored guest appearances. In those cases, guests may have provided financial compensation to participate in the podcast.
Each episode features conversations with founders, executives, and industry experts on topics such as leadership operating systems, leadership decision making, executive leadership consulting, organizational leadership systems, and leadership burnout prevention.
Listeners gain practical insight into how leadership teams improve performance, reduce burnout, and design the structures that drive sustainable growth. The show covers leadership strategy, workplace culture, decision clarity for leadership teams, leadership infrastructure, and the systems that help organizations operate at a higher level.
With actionable lessons drawn from real executive experience, the Breakfast Leadership Show helps leaders move beyond management tactics and focus on building high-performance leadership systems that scale.
Interested in being a guest on the show?
Visit: https://BreakfastLeadership.com/Podcast
Note: Some episodes may include sponsored guest appearances. In those cases, guests may have provided financial compensation to participate in the podcast.
Episodes
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Jul 18, 2022 • 29min
Interview with Mike Malatesta
I'm an entrepreneur who has helped start, grow, and sell two amazingly successful waste management companies.
I also created and host the "How'd it Happen Podcast" [250+ Episodes] where I explore stories, lessons, and wins with some of the most fascinating and successful people in the world.
My new book, Owner Shift - How Getting Selfish Got Me Unstuck is a philosophical memoir that reveals the secret to why so many entrepreneurs get stuck and how they can SHIFT to get free once again.
Social Media Links:
https://mikemalatesta.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemalatesta/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/howd-it-happen-podcast/id1441722417
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1nMJV0LaxvRmJkGp20raUg
https://www.instagram.com/Malatesta.mike/
https://twitter.com/Mikemalatesta
https://facebook.com/mike.malatesta.92

Jul 11, 2022 • 25min
Featured Interview with Tom Warren and Rebekah Mills of Warren Wellness MD
Dr. Warren is a triple boarded physician in surgery, psychiatry, and vascular surgery, MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) trained, avid cyclist, husband, and father.
Rebekah Mills works as a hospital-based physician assistant and spent most of the last couple of years working with hospitalized COVID patients. She uses her lifestyle medicine certification to help patients understand how to reverse and prevent worsening heart disease, diabetes, dementia, cancers, and other illnesses when she has them as a captive audience in the hospital bed. In addition to her medical role, she is active in her homeschooling community, church and promotes wellness throughout the workspace.
Both of them have seen the effects of burnout firsthand and run Warren Wellness MD, which focuses on continuing education for health care professionals on how to navigate the world of medicine and burnout. It applies to non-medical professionals as well.
what we do:
Work with clinicians that are experiencing medical burnout, secondary trauma from what they see every day.
CME (continuing education) conferences:
Upcoming events:
Two biking/wellness retreats
Bentonville Arkansas April 21-24
August 14-20 which is a 200 mile bike ride from Durango Colorado to Moab
THE BIG SHABANG:
Beach workshop in Sandestin, Florida June 26-29. Not to be missed!
Doctors, PAs, and Nurse practitioners can get CME hours for these, but are open to anyone wanting a reset, skills on work-life balance, burnout, and better emotional and mental wellness.
Website: www.warrenwellnessmd.com
About us:
https://www.warrenwellnessmd.com/our-credentials
Social Media Links:
@warrenwellnessmd Instagram
Facebook: Warrenwellnessmd
Linked In: Warren Wellness MD

Jul 4, 2022 • 20min
Interview with Andy Cagnetta
Andy is the CEO of Transworld Business Advisors - the number one business brokerage and an international Franchisor through a partnership with United Franchise Group. They have currently over 400 business brokers in the organization and have over 3,000 businesses for sale. They also have 120+ franchisees in the US and several internationally.
Andy is a recognized speaker and trainer in the subject of business sales, valuation and negotiations. He has taught his self-authored negotiations class to associations, construction companies, media sales teams, government agencies, high school & university students.
His signature charity event "Andy's Family Pasta Dinner" is in its 17th year and has raised over $1,000,000. He is a father of two, Rachel and Lauren. He and his wife, Allision, are Hollywood residents.
https://www.tworld.com/agent/andrewcagnetta/
https://www.andyspastadinner.com/
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/acagnetta/
https://www.facebook.com/AndyCagnetta/
https://twitter.com/acags

Jun 27, 2022 • 26min
Interview with Cassa Grant
Cassa Grant is the creator of Wonderbrand™ and Wonderleader,™ the coaching programs that help you SHOW UP as the kind of leader you’d want to follow.
She helps her clients communicate better, get more buy-in, and feel really great about how they’re spending time in their business. They become confident leaders with unstoppable influence, unbeatable stories, and powerful personal brands.
Oh, and they get to hear about her time traveling the world and working in Antarctica, too.
Her techniques mix brand and storytelling strategy, performance coaching, and subconscious mindset work to help transform her clients from who they THINK they are into who they REALLY are so they can make their mark on the world.
Cassa is a certified NeuroLinguistic Programming practitioner, life, and business coach.
Follow her story on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @cassagrant.
Grab her free guide to the top 5 stories every leader needs to be able to tell here: https://sendfox.com/lp/1xwvp9
Social Media Links:
https://www.cassagrant.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassagrant/
https://www.instagram.com/cassagrant/

Jun 20, 2022 • 23min
Interview with Stu Manewith
Stu is considered one of the top thought-leaders in the non-profit sector. He is also the Director of Thought Leadership and Advocacy for Omatic Software, a data-integration software for non-profits that allows them a complete view of their donors, promoting data-driven decision making.
Founded in 2002, Omatic Software has also made the ‘Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 500 | 5000-America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies list’ for 5 years!
With over 30 years’ experience in the non-profit sector, Stu has implemented data and integration solutions at hundreds of nonprofits across all subsectors - and been published by Blackbaud and Salesforce.
Social Media Links:
Website: https://omaticsoftware.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stumanewith/

Jun 13, 2022 • 24min
Interview with Jennifer Christner
I had been stuck for years. In my relationships, in my job, with how I thought about myself. As a highly successful academician, I’m sure very few on the outside could see this, but for me it was present every day. Around a milestone birthday I decided something had to change – I didn’t know how many years I had left but I really didn’t want to spend any more of them feeling what I was dwelling in. Thoughts like: I had a job I had to keep because that’s what was expected. That I had to give up who I was or who I’d been. That my relationships could never get better – they’d maxed out on “good times.” In my earlier days I had dabbled in dance, acting, playing the piano, writing and being fun and carefree. Where had that person gone??
Inspired by my daughter, I signed up for an adult acting class at our local community theater. Once that class ended, I enrolled in an Improv Class – and am proud to say that I have graduated after completing all 5 levels during the past two years. This new adventure opened my mind up to the fact that I could make my life what I wanted it to be. I was in control and I knew I had one bigger leap to take, and that was to start my own business.
In July 2020, Christner Strategies was born. I love to teach people and therefore my business revolves around individual coaching and then providing workshops on a variety of topics to all kinds of teams. My favorite topic is one I do with my colleague on how techniques learned in improv can be applied very effectively in the workplace environment to increase teamwork and improve communication.
To learn more about me and what I do, please visit https://christner-strat.com/. I’d love to talk to you!
Social Media Links:
https://christner-strat.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennychristner/
https://www.instagram.com/christnerstrategies/
https://www.facebook.com/christnerstrategies

Jun 6, 2022 • 25min
Learn How To Prevent Coronary Heart Disease with Raj Anand
I received my training in Cardiology at Harvard University affiliated Brigham and women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
- I retired as Associate Professor / Emeritus Educator in Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School after 41 years of teaching and held following positions:
Director, Coronary Care Unit.
Director, Non-invasive Cardiovascular Laboratories.
Director, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory.
- I am Inventor and a publisher.
- I am Fellow of American College of Cardiology.
- I am Fellow of American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery.
It is to honor the Loving Memories of my wife that I have written the book titled “HEALTHY DIET AND MINDFULNESS TO Prevent CORONARY HEART DISEASE” and all proceeds from the book would be donated to Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. She played a significant role to inspire me in writing all of my books.
RAJKANAND.com
https://www.amazon.com/RAJ-K-ANAND/e/B09GSBBV69/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Social Media Links:
https://www.instagram.com/rajk.anand/

May 30, 2022 • 24min
Featured Interview with Grant Baldwin
As founder and CEO of The Speaker Lab, Grant Baldwin has helped thousands of people build successful and sustainable speaking businesses. Over the last 15 years, Grant has become a sought-after speaker, podcaster, author, and accomplished entrepreneur. Featured on the Inc. 5000 list, Forbes, Inc. Entrepreneur, and the Huffington Post, he has committed his expertise and insight to equipping others to share their meaningful message with the masses. His leadership and dedication to creating a one-of-a-kind organizational culture are evidenced by the impact of the team he leads.
Grant lives near Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Sheila, and their three daughters.
For more, visit grantbaldwin.com.
Social Media Links:
@thespeakerlab
@grantbaldwin

May 25, 2022 • 26min
Interview with Michael Serwa
Michael Serwa coaches the elite using his signature no-bullshit approach.
Starting in 2011, he has built one of the most successful personal coaching practices in the world (No.1 in the UK).
He is the author of From Good to Amazing and has been featured in Forbes, GQ, The Times, The Observer, The Telegraph, and on BBC and Sky News.
https://michaelserwa.com/aboutme/
Social Media Links:
https://www.facebook.com/michaelserwa.profile
https://www.instagram.com/michael.serwa/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mserwa/

May 23, 2022 • 24min
Interview with Emily Bermes
Experienced Human Capital consultant with deep expertise helping executives navigate new role assimilation at the officer level. Extensive experience with VP through C-level assimilation, primarily in medium and large corporations. Successfully consults across multiple industries, including Bio-tech, Pharma, CPG, Banking, Commodity all in Fortune 500 environments.
Utilizes a truly interdisciplinary approach which combines more than 20 years of business experience as a partner-level management consultant and executive coach with applied social science principles to create elegant solutions for tough organizational and human capital challenges. Provides data-driven solutions that are practical, powerful and demonstratively effective.
She is the author of the newly released book Bombproof: A field proven guide for the new to role executive.
Social Media Links:
https://twitter.com/BeBombproof
www.bebombproof.com
www.bermesassociates.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilybermes/


