

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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Nov 23, 2020 • 23min
Interview with Dr. Kathleen Smith
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Dr. Kathleen Smith is a licensed therapist and author of the book Everything Isn't Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down. She's an associate faculty member of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family and runs a private therapy practice in Washington, DC.
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Nov 20, 2020 • 25min
Interview with Nick Jankel
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With over 24 years hard-won insights working with C-Suite leaders and fast-growth entrepreneurs on the front lines of disruption—and 16 years mastering embodied wisdom as a leadership development guru—Nick Jankel has a Triple First from Cambridge University in medicine, is a professional top motivational speaker, and co-creator of Bio-Transformation Theory & Practice®, a pioneering methodology for leading transformation as fast as humanly possible. Nick has worked with senior leaders from organizations like HSBC, Unilever, Diageo, Nike, Merck, Wal-Mart, NHS; led systemic change programs with WWF and Oxfam; worked with entrepreneurs and social innovators on 4 continents; and lectured at world-class universities including Yale, Oxford, SciencesPo, UCL, and London Business School. He started his first business age 24 to disrupt the marketing industry with a solution-neutral creative agency; and has founded 3 successful long-term businesses with no investment or backers of any kind.
https://medium.com/@nickjankel https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickjankel/ https://www.instagram.com/switchon_now/ https://www.facebook.com/switchonworld https://twitter.com/nickjankel

Nov 18, 2020 • 21min
Interview with Sande Golgart
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A husband and proud father of two boys. Sande is an avid mountain biker and skier. He is a disruptive technology and business enthusiast.
He is passionate about helping companies solve for their biggest issues. Prior to his role as Chief Sales Officer at Emagispace, Inc., Sande held the roles of SVP, Corporate Sales as well as Regional Vice President during his 16-year career at Regus, the world’s largest provider of flexible work space.
Golgart is often quoted on real estate issues and trends affecting businesses from start-ups to the Global 1000. He has been featured on Fox Business News, ABC News, Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Puget Sound Business Journal and various other media outlets.
Golgart holds a Bachelors Degree in Business from the University of Colorado and studied post graduate Leadership at Stanford University.

Nov 16, 2020 • 21min
Interview with Professor M.S. Rao
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Professor M.S. Rao
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India
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http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.com/2015/10/things-you-dont-know-about-professor-m.html
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India
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Global Top Gurus 30: https://globalgurus.org/upcoming-leadership-gurus/
Soft Leadership: https://www.amazon.com/Soft-Leadership-Innovative-Negotiation-Prosperity/dp/1628655909

Nov 13, 2020 • 29min
Interview with Joe Florentine
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Joe Florentine Sr. has studied the teachings of the most prominent self-help experts over the past 40 years. Not having the opportunity to attend college, he was first given a copy of Think and Grow Rich by Dr. Napoleon Hill as a young adult and utilized those principles, among others, to become a multi-millionaire and establish success in all facets of life.
Joe has achieved every personal and professional goal he’s set for himself through the application of the teachings of Dr. Hill, Abraham and Ester Hicks, Og Mandino, Earl Nightingale, Anthony Robbins, Sharon Lechter, Wayne Dyer, Dale Carnegie, John Maxwell, Norman Vincent Peale, Don Green, W. Clement Stone, Joel Osteen, Anthony Parinello, David J. Schwartz, Marta Hiatt and more.
Joe was the founder, president and majority owner of a commercial Real Estate Investment & Development company, Florentine Holding Company, LLC, operating in in Florida, New Jersey, Virginia, and Georgia, USA. Under Joe’s direction, the company achieved over $100,000,000 in Real Estate acquisitions and sales from 2010 to 2018, in addition to building and operating a large Special Needs Housing business.
In 2019, Joe retired from his Real Estate business with a new goal of giving back to others by sharing the success lessons he’s used throughout his life. He established Success Cornerstone, dedicated to helping people live a more successful life.
In addition to being a licensed builder and realtor since 1979, Joe is the recipient of the Bersheba Award for best commercial development project, winner of the Anthony Robbins Salesmanship Award and a certified instructor with The Napoleon Hill Foundation.
Joe was co-founder of Safe Kids International, dedicated to helping to locate and recover missing children, and co-inventor of the Internet Emergency Broadcast System, the foundation of the current Amber Alert system.

Nov 11, 2020 • 33min
Interview with Elizabeth Gaines
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Elizabeth Gaines is a Functional Health Practitioner and Burnout Recovery Expert that specializes in understanding how stress and disempowerment lead the body out of balance and into disease. Certified through Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, Elizabeth combines lab testing that analyzes the body's core systems with holistic lifestyle changes to bring about long-lasting and personalized healing to her clients. Driven by a belief that health is the ultimate form of self-empowerment, she helps those in service-based professions to reclaim their energy and tackle the root cause of their health issues so they can return to their naturally vibrant state of being. For more information on the different test types offered, or to book a free consultation with Elizabeth, please visit: www.breakthruburnout.com.
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Nov 9, 2020 • 29min
Interview with Lynn Whitbeck
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Lynn Whitbeck is the Founder and CEO of Petite2Queen, and she helps the world by providing women virtual mentoring leadership programs and tools to achieve more, faster. Building on her successes and experiences in executive leadership roles, Lynn shares the lessons learned along her journey to supercharge your career. She teaches women to tap into their inner tigress, transform habits, unleash self-assurance, and emerge a leader.
Lynn is the co-author of the highly regarded book, Practical Wisdoms @ Work. This quick-read guide provides insights to navigate situations, challenges, and opportunities that arise every day in business. Teaching you how to broaden your career with skills that will set you apart.
You may have seen Lynn in USA Today, HuffPost, Chicago Tribune, and more!
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Nov 6, 2020 • 31min
Interview with David Contorno
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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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David Contorno is a nationally recognized thought leader and author on disrupting health care and delivering better care at lower costs for employers and their employees. David spends much of his time educating the industry, including his competition, on how to bring these cost effective healthcare solutions to the masses. In 2016, Forbes named David as “One of America’s Most Innovative Benefits Leaders.
http://www.epoweredbenefits.com/

Nov 4, 2020 • 3min
Post US Election Update
Michael checks in, to remind us no matter what, we need to focus on the basics to keep ourselves happy and healthy.
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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
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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Nov 2, 2020 • 26min
Interview with Jenny Harkleroad
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