Michael D. Levitt

Breakfast Leadership Show

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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 performan...

Author

Michael D. Levitt

Category

Business

Podcast website

bfastleadership.podbean.com

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Tailored to You: Discovering the Power of Personalized Fashion and Love Activism with Asta Jakubson 06.08.2024

- Are you getting stressed & frustrated trying to find the perfect dress for your mum[especially now when is not safe to drive around]? -Do you want to feel confident & look good in a perfectly tailored suit at your business conferences on Zoom video & make a powerful impact on your colleagues or potential customers? -Are you tired of hearing shop assistants say “ we don’t have that in...

Motivation Monday: Revolutionizing Food Security: Marc Plinke on Sustainable Year-Round Greenhouse Solutions 05.08.2024

Marc is the Founder of Ceres Greenhouse Solutions, LLC®, an innovative design company that partners with residential and commercial food growers to help build extremely energy-efficient greenhouses with advanced climate-control technologies. Marc has a PhD in chemical engineering, giving him a unique perspective on food production and climate optimization. His in-demand book The Year-Round Solar G...

Founder Friday: Creating Immersive Experiences: A Conversation with Geoff Thatcher, Founder of Creative Principals and Author of The CEO’s Time Machine 02.08.2024

Known by his peers for his infectious creativity and enthusiasm, Geoff Thatcher is an experienced creative leader who knows how to take a project from concept to reality. For most of his career, these projects have involved creating world-class experiences in theme parks, museums, visitor centers, brand experiences, and live events. Geoff’s eclectic background always delivers a fresh perspective....

Paths to 2X to 10X Revenue: Embracing Change, Passion, and Creativity with Paul Lemberg 01.08.2024

      Pablo's Journey to Business Coaching Pablo shared how he invented the term "business coaching" in 1996 after a significant career change. He had been working as a consultant for large tech companies, but left his job to pursue his life's work after a voice in his head urged him to get busy. His friends suggested he become a coach, which initially didn't interest him, but after realizing he c...

Wednesday Wisdom: Leadership Strategies for Thriving Organizations with Oddi Aasheim from FirstHuman 31.07.2024

About Oddi: Partner - Performance Interventions   I feel privileged getting to spend my days working with people that are up for making our world a truly exciting and fulfilling place. I partner with leaders and executives committed to transforming their organisations, develop groundbreaking strategic solutions, mobilising executive teams and organisations into passionate and purposeful action.  ...

Tuesday Tips: The V-Formula: Building Multi-Million Dollar Businesses with Christopher Volk 30.07.2024

Christopher is the author of the highly rated book The Value Equation, which teaches entrepreneurs how to create profitable businesses that generate multi-million dollar wealth for them and their investors using a simple formula he made in 1999. Using his V-Formula, entrepreneurs can determine their companies' pre-tax return on equity and wealth creation potential in advance. Christopher, a recogn...

Motivation Monday: Addressing Healthcare Burnout: Resilience, Leadership & Creating Positive Work Cultures with Nurse Entrepreneur Phyllis Quinlan 29.07.2024

President of MFW Consultants & a successful nurse entrepreneur, Phyllis is a healthcare consultant and has been a Legal Nurse Consultant specializing in defense since 2004. During her nursing career, Phyllis has practiced in clinical, educational & administrative positions in various venues, including critical care/emergency trauma, professional development, and Subacute Care/LTC. As a cer...

Founder Fridays: Thriving in Change: Ryan Kugler's Journey of Diversification and Adaptation in Business 26.07.2024

Summary Introductions and business overview @ 0:00 Ryan introduced his layered business model of running three companies with shared staff and discussed how it allows for diversification and flexibility. He described his event production, marketing materials, and wholesale liquidation businesses. Pivoting businesses during the pandemic @ 3:51 Ryan discussed pausing his event business during the pa...

Thoughtful Thursdays: Harmonizing Family and Business: Insights from Avadhi Dhruv, Bestselling Author of The Family Business Guru 25.07.2024

Avadhi is an International Bestselling Author, YouTuber, and Business Guru. She helps leaders of family legacy businesses run their companies in a way that fosters healthy family relationships. Avadhi is also the Chief Transformation Officer at Prabhat Industries, a three-generational family business involved in rubber product manufacturing and distribution. Founded in 1966, the global brand is a...

Thoughtful Thursdays: Julie Cropp Gareleck’s Journey from Corner Booth to Corner Office | ‘Dare to Become’ Book Insights & Entrepreneurial Success 25.07.2024

Julie is a CEO, Author, and entrepreneur. Julie is a respected and trusted leader in business communities that extend from the Northeast (Philadelphia, New York City, and D.C.) to the Southeast (including the Greater Atlanta region and Charleston, South Carolina.), and that includes CEOs and entrepreneurs of small to midsize businesses as well as the Fortune 1000. In her 25-year career, she has co...

Wisdom Wednesdays: Develop Multiple Streams of Passive Income: A conversation with Allen Lomax 24.07.2024

I inspire professionals to escape the tyranny of exchanging time, energy, expertise, and talent for money by empowering them to develop multiple passive income streams. Time and economic freedom are core liberating forces that allow us to passionately engage in our calling and significantly impact humanity and the planet. My Story: I'm a seventh grader, and an unexpected TV special on homosexualit...

Tuesday Tips: Bruce Piasecki: Unveiling the Intersection of Climate Change and Conflict, and the Rise of Social Response Capitalism 23.07.2024

Summary Intersection of war and climate change @ 1:51 Bruce Piasecki discusses research showing that the top two global concerns are now war/conflict and climate change. He believes these issues are deeply interconnected, with climate change contributing to resource scarcity and instability that can lead to military conflicts. He emphasizes the need for leaders to recognize and address this relati...

Tuesday Tips: The Fit CEO Mindset: Boundaries, Balance and Peak Performance with Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann 23.07.2024

Quick recap Summary CEO Fit Book and Boundaries Discussion Michael and Rebecca discussed the importance of the CEO Fit book, with a particular focus on the concept of boundaries. Rebecca shared her extensive career experience in financial services and her recent shift to advising startup CEOs. She also highlighted her passion for small businesses. Michael emphasized the significance of self-care a...

Motivation Mondays: Dance with Your Dragons: A chat with Brad Axelrad 22.07.2024

My name is Brad Axelrad, and for over a decade now, I’ve worked with coaches, consultants, and business owners to transform struggle into strength. By helping them face their fears and dance with their dragons, I help leaders like you step into their power and create a thriving coaching business in the process. I’ve produced over 200 live events, spoken from nearly 300 stages (live and virtual), a...

Founder Fridays: Streamlining Consulting Operations: Bizinta's Integrated System with Real-Time Reporting and Staffing Tools with Matt Lentzner 19.07.2024

Matt is a 20-year expert in Business Management of Professional Services Companies. He has the rare ability to understand both the technical and business sides, mapping one to the other. He took that expertise and built Bizinta ( www.bizinta.com ) so the system and the business became one. https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-lentzner/ Bizinta's Integrated Back-End System for Consultants Matt, the co-...

Thoughtful Thursdays: Leadership Lessons from Fiction: Melanie Bell's Journey in Fostering Growth and Empathy 18.07.2024

Melanie is the Founder of Leaders Who Fiction, an online book club and community that offers a unique way for people to acquire and develop leadership qualities through reading and discussing novels. On this fast-growing platform, leaders meet on the last Wednesday of each month for intellectual, business-oriented conversations centered around a selected novel. Melanie is also the Co-Founder of St...

Wisdom Wednesdays: Leading Through Turbulence: Strategies for CEO Success with Katy Trost 17.07.2024

Katy coaches and advises CEOs and founders at Series B and beyond. She helps them become more effective leaders and navigate the challenges of scaling people and operations.   Her clients include some of the fastest-growing companies in the US and UK tech ecosystem, backed by leading investors, including SoftBank, First Round, Felix, Octopus, Inflexion, and more.   Katy is also a coach and judge f...

Tuesday Tips: Designing Workplaces for Boosting Productivity and Culture. A Conversation with Rebecca Swanner 16.07.2024

Rebecca is the Workplace Sector Leader of HED , one of the largest architectural and engineering design firms in the US, serving clients nationally in a broad range of market sectors including Healthcare, Higher Education, Mission Critical, Housing and Mixed-Use, Pre-K 12, Science, Manufacturing and Product Development, Workplace, Community and Government..    Her sector specializes in designing w...

Motivation Mondays: Design Your Career Success Blueprint: A Chat with Tammy Alvarez 15.07.2024

Tammy Alvarez, CEO and Founder of the Career Winners Circle, a world-class coaching organization. Tammy has an unwavering commitment to advancing ambitious business leaders so they can grow their careers as far as their drive will take them. She is the creator of the Career Success Blueprint – the ultimate executive career strategy framework, Own Your Power!   https://careerwinnerscircle.com/    ...

Founder Friday: Global Insights and Trust in Research: Navigating Change with Anne Brown of Gazelle Global 12.07.2024

Anne is a founding partner of Gazelle Global Research and has over 30 years of experience leading a team of global research experts with international data collection, processing, and fieldwork management. She is a PRC-certified member of the Insights Association. She has been a longtime member of WIRe, AMA, PMRG, WBENC, WBE, and ESOMAR—where she was the organization's first member to donate a mem...

Thoughtful Thursdays: Interview A Top 50 Powerful Woman in Technology Jeanine Charlton 11.07.2024

Jeanine Charlton serves as Senior Vice President & Chief Technology & Digital Officer at   Merchant's Fleet .  A leader in her field she has was recently named one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council and has even been featured in a book focusing on Women Executives.  She joined Merchant’s Fleet in 2018 and provides strategic leadership to all o...

Wisdom Wednesdays: Evolving Leadership through Wellbeing and Spirituality: Insights from Renee Moorefield 10.07.2024

Leadership Development and Workplace Well-Being Focus Renee discussed her company's focus on supporting leaders and creating workplaces that foster growth and well-being, mentioning that they have trained around 250 guides worldwide. Michael commended Renee and her team for their 25-year milestone and highlighted the significant changes in work practices over the past quarter-century. In response...

Motivational Mondays: Improving High Performance Teams with Kendall Wallace 08.07.2024

Quick recap Michael and Kendall discussed the complexities of the current work environment, emphasizing the importance of creating unique team building experiences, fostering open communication, and prioritizing personal well-being for a high-performing team. They also shared their experiences and observations about team dynamics in both hybrid and remote work settings, and the role of psychologic...

Fitness Fridays: Compound Gains: Nick Shaw on Fitness, Mental Health, and YouTube Success 05.07.2024

Nick Shaw is the Co-Founder and CEO of RP Strength. RP is a fitness technology company that has helped millions of clients worldwide. They are the world leaders in Hypertrophy Training, and their YouTube channel helps tens of millions every month. Nick has helped transform RP from a bootstrapped company to over $100M in revenue over the last decade. https://rpstrength.com/pages/nick-shaw https://w...

Thoughtful Thursdays: Cybersecurity with Darren Gallop 04.07.2024

Darren is the Co-Founder and CEO of Carbide . This cyber security firm provides businesses of all sizes with the tools they need to adopt a robust cybersecurity and privacy posture, enabling them to protect their data from cybercriminals, transform security from a potential liability to a competitive advantage, and accelerate their growth.   A TechStars alum, Carbide has raised 7M+ , and its clien...

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