

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.
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Oct 18, 2021 • 30min
Interview with Charlie Regis
Charlie shares what it takes to build a successful app, fundraising, scaling and everything he has learned from working hands-on with some of the most popular mobile apps in the world.
go-to agency for many Fortune 500 companies and most exciting startups in the world.
Most recently, they also founded Amo (an in-house venture of Styliff), the highest rated fitness app on the app store. Charlie has achieved this whilst suffering from dyslexia and it’s something that he’s both open about and proud to admit.
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/styliff-inc

Oct 15, 2021 • 10min
Michael‘s October 2021 Update
Breakfast Leadership's founder Michael Levitt provides an update.
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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Like, Rate and Review the Breakfast Leadership Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/breakfast-leadership/id1207338410
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Oct 13, 2021 • 24min
Featured Interview with Zach Giglio
Zach is a communications expert with more than a decade of experience in public relations, public affairs, marketing and both digital and social media. He has worked for the largest public relations agency in the world in Washington D.C. and Johannesburg and as an independent contractor, and now runs his own boutique communications firm.
His clients have ranged from executives and Fortune 500 companies to startups and community businesses. He has launched and run an award-winning corporate news site, crafts and executes comprehensive communications strategies, including crisis communications plans, and specializes in customized trainings to help organizations hone in on their identities and set the foundation for a strong communications and marketing strategy. Zach also helps his clients scale internal and external communications capabilities.
As a lifelong sports enthusiast with a love for politics, Zach enjoys working on teams to strategize, problem solve and win. His relationships with clients bring him joy, as does working with them as an extension of their teams, to help them meet their goals.
Zach sits on the boards of two nonprofits and is an active member in his local community. He regularly speaks at conferences and is active in his local community. Zach has a passion for travel, conversation and wine, driven by his love for storytelling, history and place. He lives in the Charleston, S.C. area with his wife and son.
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachgigliopr/
www.whoisgcm.com
https://twitter.com/whoisgcm https://www.instagram.com/whoisgcm/ https://www.facebook.com/WhoIsGCM

Oct 11, 2021 • 25min
Interview with Daria Vodopianova
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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If asked for the main topic of expertise/ speech within an application without the possibility to express other fields. Become the Go-to Expert in Your Field – The Why, What and How of Scaling Your Thought Leadership Would you like to impact a larger network with your message and expertise? Are you wondering how to get more opportunities and dream-clients instead of competing over pricing? Do you wish to be the “go-to” person in your industry, invited to speak at conferences, podcasts and panels? Then this session is for you! Learn the step-by-step process you need to apply in order to scale your thought leadership. Get ready for a transformational experience! What you’ll learn, Top 3 Takeaways: # 1 - Why Developing Your Thought Leadership NOW is More Crucial Than Ever Why we are reaching a saturated point in the coaching & consulting industry and what thought leadership development can offer instead. #2 –The Four Principles a Thought Leaders Practices Differently The 4 principles that a rising thought leader does differently than the others in his industry. #3 – The Five Actions You Can Start Taking Right Now to Accelerate Your Thought Leadership Learn the actionable steps you can take right now to create a massive shift in your coaching & consulting business. Do this to increase your profit, impact and passion in 2020! ----------------- The 5 Pillars to Re-Evaluate in Your Coaching Business Right Now Have you been on autopilot in your coaching business lately? Or rather letting external elements shape your business, without have a clear growth strategy? Building your own coaching/consulting business around your knowledge, serving your community and clients in the best possible way – that’s why you probably started this for! Living life on your own terms, supporting and impacting lives. But somewhere on the way we can get lost. Frustration of not getting enough leads, clients who don’t pay on time, feeling an overwhelm of all the social media platforms and tech to learn…. In this session, we’ll talk about how to find back “home” in your business. To a place where you feel that you have the clarity and confidence on what to change and improve. By the end of this session you’ll have the direction and the first steps to take to fully embrace what you are capable of in your coaching business. What you’ll learn, Top 3 Takeaways: # 1 – The 5 pillars to Re-evaluate in Your Coaching Business Right Now These pillars are based on our Thought Leadership Roadmap, used by hundreds of rising thought leaders. #2 –The Most Common Mistakes Coaches & Consultants do When Growing Their Business Lessons worth learning - we’ll address what you can do right now to not repeat the same common mistake that are keeping your business away from sustainability and growth #3 – Real-life Examples and Case-Studies We can talk about it, or we can study real-life examples of people who’ve actually DONE IT. Get inspired by what our community members have done to turn their business around and thrive! ------------------------------------ 5 Mindset Shifts to Build A Successful Business in 2020 You might have heard it before, the importance of your mindset as you are growing your business. To quote Tony Robbins: “Success in life is 80% psychology and 20% mechanics — what you do doesn't matter if you aren't in the right mindset.” But what does it actually mean and how to get started? What are some key elements of change that needs to occur and how to take inspired action without feeling forced to? In this session, we’ll break down the most common mindset blocks and how to replace them with empowering and expanding mindset shifts. You’ll walk away feeling ready to take action and excited to be the biggest, boldest version of yourself, working on a mission that truly inspires you! What you’ll learn, Top 3 Takeaways: # 1 – The 5 Mindset Shifts for Business Success These pillars are based on our Thought Leadership Mindset Map, used by hundreds of rising thought leaders. #2 –How to Replace Your Limiting Beliefs with Inspired Action There is a difference between KNOWING it and DOING it. We’ll go through 3 different ways you can train yourself to upgrade your mindset. #3 – Real-life Examples and Case-Studies We can talk about it, or we can study real-life examples of people who’ve actually DONE IT. Get inspired by what our community members have done break free from their unhealthy habits and thrive instead! What are your Social Media links, so we can tag you when your interview goes live?:
www.dariav.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariavodopianova/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/tlacommunity https://www.facebook.com/dariavcom https://www.instagram.com/inst.daria/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq_QUu8Riv1inqtcJhqOZ0g

Oct 4, 2021 • 23min
Interview with David Duncan
My book's website is www.marketdetective.com. My bio: David Duncan is a managing director at Innosight, where he works with leaders to create customer-centric teams, strategies, and organizations.
He is the coauthor of two previous books, including the Wall Street Journal bestseller Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice, written with the late Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen. A leading authority on the theory and application of jobs to be done, Duncan has extensive experience conducting market investigations around the world. Prior to Innosight, he worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and earned a PhD in physics from Harvard. He lives with his family in Rhode Island.
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidscduncan/
https://twitter.com/davidsduncan1

Sep 29, 2021 • 28min
Featured Interview with John Meese
Survive AND Thrive by Rethinking Your Business Building Strategy. I'd love to share what it means to build a thriving business, with profit as much more than just the bottom line on a P&L. Business is creating a real solution to a real problem for real people, and once you get clear on that and follow my playbook to thriving business you can build a business that fuels your life (rather than the other way around).
John Meese is the author of the #1 bestseller Survive and Thrive: How to Build a Profitable Business in Any Economy (Including This One). An entrepreneur himself, John is on a mission to eradicate generational poverty by helping entrepreneurs create thriving businesses. He is the CEO of Cowork Inc, co-founder of Notable, and host of the Thrive School podcast.
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-meese/

Sep 27, 2021 • 22min
Interview with TIm Coan
Tim is a healthcare expert and founder and CEO of ALN Medical Management, which provides training, and ongoing support to physician practices.
Since founding the company 20 years ago, today, they have over 130 employees in five states and service over 500 physicians and mid-level providers.
On the podcast, he could talk about why he is bullish on the future of independently owned medical practices and how they can make the case for offering the best actual value in the market to patients and payers alike. He could also talk about the tajor strategic shifts underway in healthcare - what, why, implications, and how to go forward.
alnmm.com

Sep 22, 2021 • 23min
Interview with Lisa Bodell
FutureThink CEO Lisa Bodell ranks among the Top 50 Speakers Worldwide and is the best-selling author of Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins. She’s a global leader on simplification, productivity, and innovation, whose keynotes leave audiences inspired to change and arm them with radically simple tools to get to the work that matters.
Bodell brings a compelling perspective to the sought-after topics of simplification and innovation to over 100,000 people each year. A thought leader and serial entrepreneur, her transformational message has inspired executives at top-ranked organizations such as Google, Cisco, Citigroup, and the U.S. Navy War College.
Based on her best-selling books, Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins, Lisa provides a provocative yet practical approach that enables organizations and individuals to eradicate the unnecessary complexity and time-sucks that hold them back from more meaningful work, and allow simplicity to become their new operating system.
Bodell has contributed her expertise to a wide variety of media. She is a monthly contributor to Forbes and has frequently appeared in other media including Fast Company, WIRED, The New York Times, Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek, Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, FOX News, and CNN. She has also been featured in many major books such as Warren Berger’s A More Beautiful Question, Adam Grant’s Originals, and After Shock, the upcoming 50-year celebration based on futurist Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock.
Bodell has taught innovation at both American University and Fordham University and has a TED talk on the topic. She has served on the board of advisors of several organizations, including the Global Agenda Council for the World Economic Forum, the United States National Security Agency, the Association of Professional Futurists, and the Novartis board of Diversity & Inclusion.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/futurethink
Twitter: @futurethinktank
YouTube: www.wyoutube.com/user/futurethink

Sep 20, 2021 • 24min
Interview with Frederick Bell
CEO and Director Frederick co-founded Elemental Royalties in 2016 following his role as Managing Director of a listed gold exploration company, Goldcrest Resources plc, where he assembled a portfolio of gold licences in northeast Ghana to take to AIM. He has wide experience in the mining industry, including as General Manager of an ASX-listed uranium company from the age of 25. Frederick received the ‘Young Rising Star’ Award at Mines & Money 2018, read history at the University of Edinburgh and is on the Committee of Young Mining Professionals in London.
https://mailchi.mp/805182596b28/may-2021-elemental-royalties-delivering-exponential-growth-in-gold-space-4893314
https://www.elementalroyalties.com/_resources/presentations/corporate-presentation.pdf
https://www.elementalroyalties.com/media/
Social Media Links:
https://ca.linkedin.com/company/elementalroyalties
https://twitter.com/Elemental_Royal
https://www.facebook.com/ElementalRoyalties/

Sep 15, 2021 • 29min
Interview with Lenwood Ross
Lenwood M. Ross, an attorney and family game night aficionado turned entrepreneur, founder, digital transformation expert, coach and CEO. Lenwood trains sellers to accelerate pipeline and meaningful virtual conversations using social media. Lenwood focuses on helping professionals overcome the barriers to successful virtual selling, as well as helping enterprises with more than 50 sales and marketing professionals manage global sales transformation at scale.
About Me: https://www.accelery.com/about-lenwood
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenwoodmross/
Twitter: @lenwood_ross
5 Practical Steps to a Likeable Social Presence Before You Say A Word
https://www.accelery.com/breakfastleadershipshow
Strategic Social Selling: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lenwoodmross_innovate-to-win-responding-to-digital-disruption-activity-6806234917870080001-s_yI


