

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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May 9, 2021 • 26min
Interview with Shane Bender
Shane and Michael discuss the financial steps your small business needs to take every month, to give your business the opportunities to grow and expand.
Tips include:
Find out where you are financially right now, how to forecast your future income, how to reach your financial goals faster, and how your cash flow is going.
Many make the mistake of looking at their bank statement, to determine their financial picture. There's more to finances than that monthly report.
Book: Forecast your Future: https://amzn.to/2LVRcZD
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanefbender/
The Forecast your Future Course: https://www.bendercfoservices.com/forecast-your-future-course/

May 3, 2021 • 23min
Interview with Cliff Farrah
Cliff Farrah is President, CEO and Chairman of the Board at The Beacon Group, and a pioneer in the field of growth strategy consulting. Farrah founded Beacon in 2001, immediately after the tragedy of September 11th with the goal to help his clients, the United States and, by extension, the world, to recover, regroup and heal through business and economic growth. In the last 19 years, Cliff Farrah has grown Beacon to become one of the world’s premiere growth strategy consulting firms, studying trillions of dollars in global market opportunities and delivering over 1,400 projects for over 50 Fortune 200 clients, across major industry verticals and across 85 foreign markets. Mr. Farrah has spent more than 25 years advising hundreds of clients on organic and inorganic growth strategies and tactics in Healthcare, Technology, Industrial, Private Equity, Financial Services, Energy and Defense marketplaces. His thought leading, copyrighted work on growth strategy, innovation commercialization, market disruption, and services/business model design is successfully used by Fortune 100 clients around the globe today. His new book, “Growing The Top Line” from Wiley Press will be released in 2021, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the firm. For the first time he is sharing the playbook at the core of Beacon’s process with the reader. An alumnus of A.T. Kearney, Oracle, EDS, and Maister Associates, Mr. Farrah is the author of dozens of growth strategy and analytical frameworks, and is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business, where he received his MBA. At play, Cliff Farrah is a husband, dad, HS Sailing Coach, a former US national amateur champion and has been profiled on ESPN and in Sailing magazine.
https://www.beacongroupconsulting.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-beacon-group/?viewAsMember=true https://www.linkedin.com/in/clifford-farrah-0b59138/ #Growingthetopline; #CliffordFarrah; #CliffFarrah; #BeaconGroupConsulting; #TheBeaconGroup
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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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Apr 30, 2021 • 33min
Interview with Brian Bogert
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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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Brian Bogert is a human behavior and performance coach, speaker and author who teaches clients to raise their level of awareness and intentionality to become who they already are: their most authentic selves. Brian helps growth-minded individuals learn this transformative approach that cultivates perspective, motivation and direction to help them align their life with their true desires and defy their own expectations. Brian learned the wisdom of resiliency through his own early experiences with pain. As a child, he was run over by a truck and his left arm was detached from his body. Instead of succumbing to suffering because of the injury,
Brian embraced the pain necessary to fully recover and flourish with a reattached arm, thanks to his persistent and proactive focus. Brian has continued to develop mindful and actionable tools for growth in his personal and professional endeavors. Before coaching full time, he helped lead and grow the Phoenix location of global insurance brokerage firm Lockton Companies, where in just a decade they expanded the revenue from $250,000 to $15 million. Before that, he was a top earner as a sales professional and mentored new producers nationwide. His driving principle, “if and how I can help” led him to be a founding member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s professional advisory board, the Vinnies, and he holds positions on various other advisory boards and committees. Brian is a proud Phoenix native and even prouder father of two children with his beautiful wife. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Redlands. :
Personal Website, https://brianbogert.com/ Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/bogertbrian Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/bogertbrian/ LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbogert/ Twitter, https://twitter.com/BogertBrian Bogert’s Bullet’s YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmhaMgY8q-tMMCj0rpGg7iw

Apr 26, 2021 • 26min
Interview with Kyle Richey
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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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Kyle shows how people could set up habit trackers with Strides to reduce stress and help with burnout.
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Apr 23, 2021 • 29min
Featured Interview with Mickie Kennedy with eReleases
Mickie Kennedy founded eReleases 22+ years ago to help small businesses, authors, and startups increase their visibility and credibility through press release marketing.
We discuss:
1. What is a press release and how do they work?
2. What are tips for writing a winning press release?
3. Why do so many press releases fail?
4. How might a company use media coverage to improve conversions and get more sales.
Press Release Masterclass: https://ereleases.com/plan
Social Media links:
https://twitter.com/ereleases https://www.facebook.com/ereleases.press.release.distribution https://www.instagram.com/ereleasespr/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/publicity/

Apr 19, 2021 • 31min
Interview with Henry Daas
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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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Henry Daas is a serial entrepreneur, business and financial coach, screenwriter, avid traveler, golfer and tennis player. He also actively trades the financial markets and manages a few select people’s (think family) money. He resides, for the time being, in NJ, has been married for almost 30 years (to the same woman) and has three mostly adult boys.
www.daasknowledge.com www.henrydaas.com www.noisycandy.com

Apr 16, 2021 • 23min
Interview with Vikram Rajan
Learn how our Vikram's video blogging community nurtures marketing habits of cross-promotion, shareable soundbites, experimentation & growing with feedback.
https://videosocials.net/
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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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Apr 12, 2021 • 23min
Interview with Alex Chausovsky
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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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Alex’s keynote addresses at leading industry events regularly earn rave reviews. His charisma, engaging personality, and refreshing on-stage demeanor always surpass the expectations of his audience. Management teams of companies large and small value Alex’s extensive consulting expertise. ITR Economics’ clients rely on his input when developing strategic plans for the future, as he helps them plan for risk conditions and identify areas of opportunity. Alex is currently responsible for providing reliable industry and company forecasts, presentations, webinars, and economic consulting services for small businesses, trade associations, and Fortune 500 companies across a spectrum of industries. In his prior role, Alex led a group of analysts covering the industrial manufacturing domain. He was also the lead analyst for 3D printing at a major international firm.
https://www.facebook.com/ITREconomics77/ https://twitter.com/itroutlook https://www.instagram.com/itreconomics/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/itr-economics https://www.youtube.com/c/itreconomics

Apr 9, 2021 • 33min
Interview with Karen Sands
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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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Meet Karen Sands Shaping the New Story of Our Age Recognized by Forbes as one of the Top Leading Global Female Futurists (March 8, 2020) Karen Sands is a leading-edge GeroFuturist™ at the intersection of the future of work and longevity, creator of the new field of GeroFuturing, empowering professionals and executive leaders to rock their AGE at every age & meet the Greatness Challenge of our times.
As a high-impact Certified Master-Mentor Coach and strategic partner, she offers tools, principles, and strategies for radical reinvention through her signature Future by DesignTM programs that have catalyzed positive change for hundreds of visionary change agents, CEOs, executive leaders of all sectors,
social-entrepreneurs, and trusted advisors who reshape the world. Sands is a best-selling author, firecracker speaker, game-changer, and thought leader on the Longevity Economy, future of Longevity & aging, 40+ market, the business of aging and the aging of business.Karen’s specialties:Visionary coaching to fulfill potential and blaze new trails in these VUCAtimes by growing leadership style, high performing teams, and new careers andlegacies at the intersection with what the world needs now and into the future.Consulting and educational programs for entrepreneurs, professionals, academia, enterprises (non-profits and businesses,) who want to capture the hearts and minds
of professionals over 40 and ready to hit delete on ageism. Leveraging the
aging of business and turning the business of aging on its head!
Karen guides others to discover how age is an asset, not a liability…and adult development & gerontology the New AGE career specialty! KarenSands.com & AgelessWayAcademy.com offer webinars, facilitation, training
, and certifications for accomplished professionals and executive leaders in the exponentially exploding aging & health care sectors & Longevity Economy.
WEBSITE : karen@karensands.com More info can be found on the MEDIA page of the website. SOCIAL MEDIA Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karensands Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KarenSandsMCC Instagram : karensandsmccbcc Twitter: https://twitter.com/karensands

Apr 5, 2021 • 28min
Interview with Adi Redzic
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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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From the war-torn Balkans to the halls of power at the White House, Adi Redzic has demonstrated a keen ability to get to the core of any issue and help you and your organization succeed. Serial entrepreneur, book author, sought-after coach and speaker, Adi will offer you guidance and support you never knew you needed, but will be glad you got. Send audience to: adiredzic.com -- they should mention MichaelLevitt and get 10% my services. I am on a mission to help as many people as possible live the best life they can and build healthy organizations that contribute to society. This is very personal to me, because I believe that the greater the number of people who live meaningful, enlightened, courageous lives, the less fear and violence (like what I saw as a kid) will there be. So I'd love to connect with as many people as possible whether via social media, blog, or by offering my coaching, consulting, or speaking services.
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