Going Long Podcast with Billy Keels

Are you a senior enterprise executive, VP, or elite sales director performing at the absolute top of your game, yet feeling an inner friction about what your next logical career step should be ?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Kate Turner, a veteran sales leader with over a decade of corporate experience, including five years executing strategic goals at S...

Are you an overachieving director, VP, or enterprise executive who has been told your entire career to climb the ladder, hit age 65, and magically "retire" to a quiet beach?   In this provocative solo episode, host Billy Keels breaks down a recurring, honest realization that surfaces during client onboarding: high achievers are simply wired differently. Traditional retirement—sitting around sippin...

Are you a high-performing corporate leader or tech executive sitting on decades of valuable skill capital, wondering how to channel your energy into projects that create a profound, real-world impact?   In this inspiring guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Tim Lockyear—two-time "Zoogler," former Google global founder advocate, and founder of the Supporting Kids Foundation. Tim shar...

Are you an overachieving director, VP, or enterprise leader who is constantly presented with new promotions, side deals, and business opportunities, yet feels completely paralyzed and overwhelmed by having too many choices?   In this practical solo episode, host Billy Keels addresses the hidden challenge that high performers rarely talk about: being "drowned in success." When you excel in corporat...

Are you an overachieving sales director, VP, or enterprise leader wondering how to channel your day-to-day client execution and operational discipline into high-impact independent assets?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Kevin Devanney—founder and president of Incentive Travel Solutions and the Devanney Hospitality Group. Kevin shares his 27-year trajectory...

Are you a high-performing corporate director, VP, or enterprise leader who genuinely enjoys your job, yet feels a quiet, unshakeable urge to see what else you're capable of building on the side?   In this reflective solo episode, host Billy Keels shares a relatable, real-life story about his youngest son's decision to leave a comfortable, winning basketball team to try out for a higher-level squad...

Are you an overachieving tech leader, account director, or enterprise strategist sitting on valuable skill capital, wondering how to channel your expertise into independent assets without sacrificing your corporate career?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Izu Nwachukwu—Senior Client Solutions Manager at LinkedIn (MENA), founder of IN Marketing Consultancy,...

Are you an overachieving corporate director, VP, or enterprise tech leader who constantly says "yes" to every special project, initiative, and request—only to end up completely exhausted and stretched thin?   In this practical solo episode, host Billy Keels breaks down a powerful insight inspired by a conversation between entrepreneur Jesse Itzler and podcaster Joe Rogan. Billy examines the corpor...

Are you an overachieving director, VP, or enterprise leader sitting on specialized market knowledge, wondering how to transition your corporate reps into a lifestyle-focused firm that serves you and your family first?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Stephen Slater—former city planner, Verizon corporate real estate manager, and founder of Blue Croix. Stephe...

Are you an overachieving director, VP, or enterprise executive who has accumulated the traditional markers of success—the luxury watches, the high-end gifts, the big compensation packages—yet feels a persistent pull toward owning more of your actual time?   In this deeply personal solo episode, host Billy Keels reflects on his 26-year corporate trajectory, including 17 years in the enterprise soft...

Are you a high-performing corporate executive, VP, or C-suite officer who has achieved massive success, yet feels a quiet, steady pull toward building something you completely own?   In this powerful guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Marcus Phillips, executive advisor, keynote speaker, author, and creator of The Zone Shift. Marcus pulls back the curtain on his 18-year corporate t...

Are you an overachieving director, VP, or senior corporate leader experiencing a shift in your personal or professional life, feeling the persistent itch to build an asset you completely own?   In this reflective solo episode, host Billy Keels shares a powerful story from a family celebration along the Hudson Bay looking over the New York City skyline—a true "balcony moment" that crystallized why...

Are you a senior corporate leader, director, or enterprise tech VP who has climbed to a high-paying salary, yet you find yourself completely exhausted from putting 60 to 70 hours a week into the machine?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Derek Schutz—a senior director leading a massive services team and a multimillion-dollar account portfolio at a market-lea...

Are you an overachieving sales leader, director, or enterprise tech executive feeling trapped by the assumption that your only choices are grinding up the rigid corporate ladder or risking everything by walking away?   In this thought-provoking solo episode, host Billy Keels explores the profound lessons hidden inside Rick Rubin's book The Creative Act: A Way of Being, drawing a direct parallel be...

Are you an overachieving director, VP, or enterprise leader who wants to take the high-level communication habits you mastered in the corporate world and turn them into a sovereign, global career?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Derek Smith—a public speaking coach and veteran MC of over 5,000 events who used his corporate foundation to engineer an internat...

Are you an overachieving director, VP, or senior AE burning the candle at both ends because you're forcing a cookie-cutter side business that doesn't fit your background?   In this highly strategic solo episode, host Billy Keels breaks down why choosing the wrong side venture model leads to intense overwhelm, wasted energy, and a loss of your most critical asset—your time. Drawing from his 26-year...

Are you a high-performing senior director, marketer, or brand strategist operating at the pinnacle of international luxury or management consulting, yet feeling an unshakeable urge to redirect your elite corporate execution into your own independent assets?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Katrina Logie, an international community strategist, startup mentor...

Are you a senior director, VP, or elite account executive completely nose-down in your career, chasing corporate accolades, status, and wealth while your family's attention slips away?   In this highly reflective solo episode, host Billy Keels breaks his own rules to make a mandatory recommendation: anyone managing a demanding multinational career needs to watch George Clooney's movie J. Kelly. Fo...

Are you an overachieving director, VP, or enterprise tech leader who has spent decades climbing the corporate ladder, yet feels an unshakeable urge to stop postponing the personal legacy projects that matter most?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Rupinder Mangat—a veteran technology executive with over 30 years leading enterprise sales, business strategy, a...

Are you a senior executive or elite tech leader spending all your working hours riding a corporate treadmill, sacrificing deep presence with aging parents or growing children just to secure the next title?   In this transparent and deeply reflective solo episode, host Billy Keels breaks down a powerful life lesson on how life experiences fundamentally reshape a high performer's priorities. Billy r...

Are you a senior tech leader, architect, or enterprise sales executive sitting on high-value technical acumen, wondering how to channel your skills into an independent venture without sacrificing your corporate career?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Diwas Timsina, a Customer Success Architect at a market leading enterprise software and services company, f...

Are you a senior corporate leader or high-performing director relying on your company's learning and development budget to dictate your personal growth and future security?   In this empowering solo episode, host Billy Keels reacts to a powerful life lesson from fellow podcaster Chris Williamson: no one is coming to save you. Billy pulls back the curtain on why market-leading multinationals consta...

Are you a senior executive or elite corporate leader who thinks achieving true career optionality means you are forced to quit the corporate game you actually enjoy?   In this highly unique guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Chad Greenlee, a partner at Creative Planning and one of the very first members to go through what is known today as the Executive Edge Advisory Program. Chad...

Even the greatest leaders in the world eventually hit the end of the road. Pep Guardiola, for the decade that he was at Manchester City, won 20 titles. But when it was time for him to walk away, it was the inner voice inside of him that told him it was that his time was up. This episode reveals exactly why every corporate relationship ends and what you can do to make sure that you don't have compl...

Are you an overachieving general manager or country director running massive turnaround strategies, yet realizing your body is sending signals that your schedule is completely out of alignment?   In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Roger Simo, a veteran corporate executive with over two decades of experience leading world-class brands across Europe and West Afri...