CEO Episodes

Reed Nyffeler on Entrepreneurship and Purpose Driven Business | 1,592 Reed Nyffeler believes business is at its best when it creates opportunity, develops people, and serves a purpose beyond profit. A lifelong entrepreneur, Reed has dedicated his career to building companies that empower others to lead, grow, and make a meaningful impact. As the founder and CEO of Signal, an international security services franchise, he has helped create a business centered on giving people peace of mind so they can focus on what matters most. His entrepreneurial vision extends beyond one company. Reed also founded Filtergo, a commercial air care franchise, and Framebrand, a technology and analytics company that helps franchise organizations scale with greater clarity and efficiency. Across every venture, his focus remains the same: equipping entrepreneurs with the tools, systems, and leadership they need to build businesses that strengthen their communities. As the author of Transform Thr…

Rita Rai on Business Strategy and Operational Excellence | 1,582 Rita Rai has spent her career solving the complex challenges that keep organizations from reaching their full potential. A senior executive and strategic advisor, Rita has led high impact transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, helping executive teams navigate growth, operational complexity, and organizational change. Her expertise spans strategic planning, operational excellence, process optimization, technology strategy, program leadership, and change management. Known for her ability to connect big picture vision with practical execution, Rita helps organizations improve performance, streamline operations, reduce costs, and create better experiences for both customers and teams. At the heart of her work is a simple belief: sustainable success comes from aligning strategy, people, and execution. Through thoughtful leadership and a talent for solving complex problems, Rita helps organizations m…

How Cody Lee Helps Small Businesses Grow Locally | 1,573 Cody Lee is building more than a marketplace. He's helping local entrepreneurs thrive, one event at a time. As the founder and CEO of Food Truck Club, Cody has transformed the way businesses and communities connect with local food vendors. Under his leadership, the company has coordinated thousands of events, served hundreds of thousands of meals, and created new opportunities for independent food truck owners across the country. Before launching Food Truck Club, Cody built his career in sales, an experience that shaped his practical approach to entrepreneurship, leadership, and business growth. Today, he shares real world insights on building marketplace businesses, scaling startups, developing high performing sales teams, and navigating the challenges every founder faces. At the heart of Cody's work is a simple belief: when small businesses succeed, entire communities benefit. His mission is to empower entrepreneur…

Christopher McKeithen on Avoiding Costly Cyber Breaches | 1,542 Christopher McKeithen learned in combat that the most dangerous threats are often the ones you never see coming. After serving in the U.S. Army, including a combat deployment to Iraq, he carried a simple lesson into the cybersecurity world: the difference between a manageable problem and a catastrophic failure often comes down to identifying vulnerabilities before an adversary does. That philosophy became the foundation of Aegis Cyber Defense. As founder and CEO, Christopher built Aegis to help organizations uncover the security exposures hiding in plain sight. His platform provides security and IT leaders with a clear understanding of their attack surface, prioritizing real world threats based on active exploitation data rather than overwhelming teams with endless alerts and noise. Built as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Aegis Cyber Defense specializes in helping lean security teams and r…

1,487 | Tom LeNoble on Rising Through Adversity Tom LeNoble is an international speaker, resilience coach, and executive leader who helps individuals and organizations navigate change, uncertainty, and reinvention with clarity and purpose. His career spans Fortune 500 companies, high growth startups, and mission driven ventures, including leadership roles at Facebook (Meta), Walmart.com, Palm (HP), and MCI (Verizon), as well as founding Taranga Enterprises. Across these environments, he has focused on one consistent theme: helping leaders adapt, innovate, and perform through disruption. Tom is the creator of the RiskAbility Factor™, a leadership framework designed to help people make bold, aligned decisions in uncertain conditions. His work blends strategic thinking with grounded human insight, making him a sought after voice on resilience, reinvention, and modern leadership. He currently serves as CEO of the Academy for Coaching Excellence and coaches global social entre…

1,450 | From F16 Pilot to CEO Anthony Bourke’s Story Anthony “AB” Bourke is a highly experienced F-16 fighter pilot who has flown tactical missions in countries all over the world. He has accumulated more than 3,000 hours of flight time in numerous high-performance aircraft and was one of the first pilots to fly his F-16 over New York City in the homeland defense efforts on September 11th. Following his impressive military career, “AB” took the tools and techniques that made him one of our nation’s premier fighter pilots and applied those to the competitive world of business. He ascended early in his career to become the top-producing mortgage banker in the Western US for a prominent lending institution. His success in the mortgage industry led to a new opportunity at a California-based start-up company where his team of 40 professionals dramatically grew revenue from $500,000 to $65M in three years. Following these two endeavors, “AB” partnered with two other fighter pilots …

1,373 | Kathy Eastwood Reveals the E3 Leadership Code for Sustainable Results Kathy Eastwood is the CEO and creator of the human-first E3 Leadership Code, a leadership strategist, and executive advisor with more than thirty years of experience as an operator across Ernst & Young, Hewlett-Packard, high-growth startups, and private equity-backed companies. Her upcoming book, The E3 Leadership Code: A Human Approach to High Performance, offers real-world insights and actionable strategies to help executives achieve consistent performance, measurable ROI, and thriving cultures without burning people out. Through her work, Kathy reveals why trust must be built, not hired, and how leadership behavior shapes whether purpose turns into predictable results. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.eequalswhy.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmed…

1,347 | Brad Smith on Scaling Businesses With Insight, Strategy, and Intuition Brad Smith is the founder and CEO of Stellar Insight Inc., a business growth consulting and coaching firm dedicated to helping ambitious CEOs and organizations achieve extraordinary results. With over 29 years of experience spanning analytical chemistry, production design, business management, and executive coaching, Brad brings a rare blend of technical precision and human insight to every client engagement. He has guided leaders across industries to scale their companies, strengthen culture, and add consistent “extra zeros” to their revenue. A lifelong student of human development and mysticism, Brad also teaches a Master Class for Deep Intuition—a program for CEOs and R&D teams that bridges intuition and strategy to unlock breakthrough innovation. His guiding principle: “Everything is a theory until you experience it and can consciously repeat the experiment.” Through Stellar Insight Inc.,…

1,286 | The Cooper Culture Explained: Ron & Marty Cooper’s Proven Framework for Growth Ron Cooper is the founder and CEO of The Cooper Culture, a veteran-owned organization dedicated to helping companies build harmony, trust, and performance through effective leadership and human-centered culture. A graduate of Virginia Tech and a retired U.S. Air Force combat pilot with 300 missions and 22 years of active-duty service, Ron brings the discipline of aviation and the heart of a mentor to every organization he serves. As a certified leadership trainer, performance coach, and DISC consultant, Ron equips teams to communicate better, lead stronger, and thrive together. His work has been featured in trade publications, podcasts, and radio programs, earning recognition for both research and real-world results. Alongside his wife and business partner, Marty, Ron helps families and organizations develop connected relationships built on trust, growth, and purpose. Leadership. Cult…

1,285 | Lynn Whitbeck Teaches How to Build Repeatable Growth Lynn Whitbeck is the Queen of Joyful Sales. Business owners hire Lynn to ignite winning sales, because most fail to create consistent, repeatable, and scalable growth. So, Lynn helps sell with intent for maximum impact, influence, and income. Bottomline, sales love it or hate it, you won’t survive without it. Lynn is the Founder and CEO of Petite2Queen, Amazon Best-Selling Author, Speaker, and Host of Claim Your Career Crown and the Get More Clients shows. She has been seen in USA Today, HuffPost, Chicago Tribune, and more! When she is not working with clients, Lynn loves visiting National Parks, cooking, and playing Pokémon Go. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://petite2queen.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect…

Nancy Parsons is one of today’s foremost experts in combining the science of assessments with the art of developing people. As CEO & President of CDR Companies, LLC, she sheds new light on personality strengths, inherent risks and motivation and change performance, careers and lives. Esteemed author of the Amazon best-seller, Women Are Creating the Glass Ceiling and Have the Power to End It, Nancy is the 2019 MEECO International Thought Leader of Distinction in Executive Coaching and continues to break barriers in her field. In 1998, Nancy co-authored the breakthrough CDR 3-D Assessment Suite®. Combining this scientifically-validated assessment suite with cutting-edge technology, Nancy and her team launched CDR-U Coach in July of 2020. Nancy provides executive coaching services for the C-Suite and leaders across all sectors, facilitates strategic executive team development sessions, and instructs custom “Authentic Leadership” and “Women in Leadership” workshops. Additionally, sh…

1,279 | Dr. LaSharnda Beckwith Shows What Faith-Driven Leadership Looks Like Dr. LaSharnda Beckwith is a visionary leader, author, and faith-driven CEO whose mission is to ignite transformation through service, empowerment, and purpose. As President and Chief Executive Officer of Lutheran Social Services, she leads nearly 200 employees across 16 offices and six counties, driving real change for vulnerable individuals, families, and communities. A former Provost and Chief Academic Officer at California Southern University and a 27-year executive veteran of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, Dr. Beckwith blends business strategy with heart-centered leadership. Her lifelong work through Professional Christian Women in Service and other empowerment programs reflects her unwavering commitment to faith, equity, and impact. At her core, Dr. Beckwith believes in turning compassion into action and leadership into legacy—transforming lives one community at a time. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━…

1,243 | Kate Lowry Reveals the Secret to Unbreakable Leadership Kate Lowry is a CEO coach, venture capitalist, and author based in Silicon Valley. An expert in fear-based leaders, Kate developed her methodology growing up in a personal hierarchical family, then refined her approach in the elite worlds of start-ups, private equity, management consulting, and big tech at McKinsey, Meta, and Insight Partners. She is the author of Unbreakable: How to Thrive Under Fear-Based Leaders. In her free time, you can find her writing comedy and music and cuddling her service dog, Annie. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.katelowry.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite pa…

1,239 | The Power of Connection with David Homan David Homan is the founder and CEO of Orchestrated Connecting, a global community of connectors; Orchestrated Opportunities, an impact-focused advisory firm; and SOAR CONNECT, a start-up focused on the strength of authentic relationships. He hosts a podcast called Orchestrated Relationships focused on developing relationship value, is an active classical composer, and is a proud father of two. From middle-class beginnings as the son of a college professor father and nonprofit-focused mother, he has built a network reaching into the most private and incredible circles globally while maintaining a code of purposeful community building called Orchestrated Connecting. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://orchestratedconnecting.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality witho…

1,228 | Cheryl Stelte on Moving Beyond Emotional and Energetic Barriers Cheryl Stelte is a spiritual coach, master healer, speaker, and bestselling author of three transformative books. She is the founder and CEO of the Star of Divine Light Institute and creator of the Azarias Energy Healing Certification Program. With more than 30 years of experience in energy healing, spiritual leadership, coaching, shamanism, yoga, and meditation, Cheryl guides mature women who know they are meant for more but feel stuck. She helps them break free from subconscious blocks, move beyond emotional and energetic barriers, and step into their most authentic, powerful selves, especially when nothing else has worked. Through her proven methods, Cheryl empowers women to gain clarity, embrace their purpose, and create a life of freedom and fulfillment. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://starofdivinelight.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, cl…

1,200 | How Jennisue Jessen Turned Survival Into a Global Fight Against Human Trafficking Jennisue Jessen, a survivor of human trafficking and Founder & CEO of Compass 31, has dedicated over 25 years to combating human trafficking globally. Her remarkable journey, from being sold into the sex trade at the age of 4 to becoming a key figure in shaping federal counter-trafficking policies, reflects her passion for justice and resilience. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://compass31.org/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations Monday to Friday! #PositiveTalkRadio #Inspiration #Podcast ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Jim Tracy is the “Curator of Culture” who grew up in rural South Dakota as the 6th of 8 children. He was a welder working in remote locations when he fell head over heels in love and attended University with his new wife Sarah. Together they have built a family, successful business exits and worked through 45 years of change and growth. They are the parents of 5 kids and grandparents to 16! Jim spent over 3 decades in senior management including 23 as CEO of Legacy Telecommunications, Inc. Jim is a type rated jet pilot who was inducted into the Wireless History Foundation’s Wireless Hall of Fame Class of 2021. He spent time in private firms, family enterprises and private equity owned ventures. Today he is a high demand keynote speaker, author, and award winning podcaster who helps executive teams execute through strategy, coaching, board membership and advisory services. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://thejimtracy.co…

1,159 | Delphia L. Howze's Mission: Leading Inclusion From Anywhere You Are Delphia L. Howze has emerged as a new author with her new book, "Including You! Leading Inclusion From Where You Are." She is the CEO and Founder of D. Howze Solutions, LLC, a consultancy specializing in inclusion strategy, and serves as an executive for a large-scale national laboratory. With over two decades of experience, she is recognized as a forward-thinking leader in Human Resources and inclusion strategy, adept at helping organizations harness human capital and diversity to cultivate inclusive environments. Known as the Inclusion Strategist, Delphia's expertise lies in developing and implementing HR and inclusion strategies, facilitating talent development through training, mentorship, and leadership coaching, managing compliance, and delivering impactful keynote presentations. As a thought leader in the field, Delphia is often sought after for her insights and expertise on diversity and inclusion …

1,140 | From CEO to Mindset Mentor: Jacqueline Young on Resilience & Brain-Based Breakthroughs After retiring as CEO from a highly successful career in education, Jacqueline Young continued her learning into neuroplasticity, neuroscience and brain research. She developed an award winning hypnosis business recognized by the Canadian Business and North American Business Awards and is a known international speaker addressing best communication practices when the chips are down, breakthroughs in resilience and mindset shifts for leaders when facing overwhelm, frustration and challenges that cause immobilization, and, the importance of aligning the mind, body and spirit for optimal balance in work and more happiness and positivity in life. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://openmindshypnosis.ca 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-t…

Professionally, my journey spans more than three decades, during which I've held pivotal roles in sales, marketing, operations, and P&L management within large public companies. As the Founder and CEO of BluChip Solutions, I have steered the company to become a leader in workforce management solutions, serving a diverse range of industries. My position on the board of directors at Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. further intertwines my personal experiences with my professional endeavors, as we work to develop advanced cancer therapies. ​My involvement with What's Good About Today, a non-profit organization born from Christian's enduring spirit, is a testament to my dedication to spreading kindness and generosity. My career, marked by guiding companies through significant growth and championing impactful organizations, reflects a deep-seated commitment to leaving a positive mark on both the business world and the broader community. ​Support our podcast show by: https://kmmedi…

Professionally, my journey spans more than three decades, during which I've held pivotal roles in sales, marketing, operations, and P&L management within large public companies. As the Founder and CEO of BluChip Solutions, I have steered the company to become a leader in workforce management solutions, serving a diverse range of industries. My position on the board of directors at Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. further intertwines my personal experiences with my professional endeavors, as we work to develop advanced cancer therapies. ​My involvement with What's Good About Today, a non-profit organization born from Christian's enduring spirit, is a testament to my dedication to spreading kindness and generosity. My career, marked by guiding companies through significant growth and championing impactful organizations, reflects a deep-seated commitment to leaving a positive mark on both the business world and the broader community. ​Support our podcast show by: https://kmmedi…

John Miles is a master at guiding individuals on a transformative journey to unlock their ultimate potential and embrace their authentic selves. As the visionary CEO of Passion Struck®, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and host of the #1 Alternative Health Podcast, John merges deep insights from peak performance and behavioral science with an innate understanding of the human psyche. His mission is to inspire and empower a global community to live intentionally, moving beyond conventional success to lead lives of profound meaning, passion, and authenticity. Support our podcast show by: https://www.positivetalkradio.net/support/ https://kmmedia.pro/our-store Patreon - patreon.com/positivetalkradio Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/positivetalkradio Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/positivetalkradio/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@positivetalkradio?lang=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/positivetradio Affiliate(s): Lyric Vids - https://positivetalkradio…

Kate McKay, a Certified High-Performance Coach and founder and CEO of Kate McKay LLC, has seen too many powerful, high-level performers flounder for want of feedback and direction. Her work involves coaching others to give them, and those who rely on them, the best chance of succeeding. She counts CEOs, business owners, and aspiring leaders among her list of clients. Support our podcast show by: https://www.positivetalkradio.net/support/ https://kmmedia.pro/our-store Patreon - patreon.com/positivetalkradio Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/positivetalkradio Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/positivetalkradio/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@positivetalkradio?lang=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/positivetradio Affiliate(s): Lyric Vids - https://positivetalkradio.net/Lyricvids

Barry LaBov is the founder and CEO of LABOV Marketing Communications and Training. He is a two-time Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year recipient and an inductee into the Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame. He is also a Better Business Bureau Torch Awards for Ethics recipient. Under his leadership, LABOV Marketing Communications and Training has received the Indiana Growth 100 Award six times, was named Small Business of the Year and recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana. Additionally, LABOV’s client work has been honored with nearly 100 national and regional awards. Support our podcast show by: https://www.positivetalkradio.net/support/ https://kmmedia.pro/our-store Patreon - patreon.com/positivetalkradio Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/positivetalkradio Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/positivetalkradio/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@positivetalkradio?lang=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/positivetradio