Live Like a Leader with John Bates

Luis Gomez Cobo is the Founder and Director of SLC Holdings , a family-owned investment holding company based in Barbados, focused on building and scaling companies with clear sustainable vision, consistent growth, and innovative business models. Luis brings success through experience, enthusiasm, time, and financial investment. He has more than 20 years of experience in principal investment in La...

As CEO of Million Dollar Coach (marketing for coaches/consultants) and Founder/Global Advisor & Strategist at Decision Velocity® Global an organization made up of three enterprises - #DecisionVelocity #theLEADERSMOVEMENT.com #VOICEadvocay Foundation, Kiri-Maree brings a wealth of experience to the decision table. She began theLEADERSmovement.com to create this platform. A leadership movement for l...

Dr. Joanna is the Editor-in-Chief of HEALM magazine , a quarterly publication from women leading the change. As founder of One of many™ , she leads a movement of grassroots leadership training and coaching for women managers and entrepreneurs changing their corner of the world, with coaches in over 11 countries. A successful entrepreneur, she has started and grown three successful small businesses...

Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson is a former Alabama state trooper, Air Force veteran, and world-renowned chess champion. He is the author of the  #1 Amazon bestseller, One Move at a Time, How to Win at Chess and Life . He is a captivating speaker/facilitator and is the founder of Be Someone, a Georgia-based nonprofit which provides a youth-focused leadership skills development program on how to win in li...

As the co-founder of 34 Strong Darren Virassammy has been building great places to work for nearly a decade.  Through this experience, he's learned that greatness has its own set of operating principles.  Darren has seen people step into their greatness in numerous ways.  This caused him to examine how purveyors of greatness have collaborated with nature as a regular practice to not only get into...

Greg Koch is executive chairman & co-founder of Stone Brewing, the 8th largest craft brewing company in the United States. An avid craft beer enthusiast and world traveler, he can often be found among imbibers across the planet, enjoying and extolling the virtues of great beer.  Since Greg started the company with President and co-founder Steve Wagner in 1996, Stone has become one of the fastest-g...

Sir Steven Wilkinson has been involved in business finance and investment for the best part of 30 years having started working for Merrill Lynch Investment Bank in Munich, Germany in 1987 at the tender age of 24. He now runs an investment company and a knowledge platform teaching finance to entrepreneurs which goes by the name of Good & Prosper . His focus has always been on Small & Medium-sized E...

Viral filmmaker-turned-life coach, Imari Anderson has always had an ability for shifting perspectives and provoking thought. With the philosophies of an ancient guru and the playfulness of a rambunctious child, Imari’s charisma, passion, and sense of humor has left ripples in the universe and in the lives of the hundreds of people he’s worked with Imari has lots of ideas. Lots. He used to turn the...

Dr. Sabrina Starling is the author of the How to Hire the Best series and co-host of the Profit by Design Podcast . Dr. Starling has coached thousands of entrepreneurs to overcome the day-to-day struggles of business growth by getting out of their own way and developing a success mindset that propels them to higher and higher levels of success (and profitability). With a passion for bringing entre...

Dr. Shauna Springer is a graduate of Harvard University and is one of the world's leading experts on PTSD, Trauma, and Moral Injury among veterans. She co-hosts a weekly podcast on these topics in collaboration with MilitaryTimes. Her work has been featured on CNN, VICE, Dr. Oz, NPR, NBC, CBS Radio, Forbes, The Philadelphia Tribune, Washington Post, and Military Times. She is a regular contributor...

Peter Lacy is senior managing director for Europe as well as for UK and Ireland within Accenture Strategy . Additionally, he is a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council and leads Accenture’s relationship with the World Economic Forum, and it's Digital Transformation of Industries program. Peter advises senior leaders of Fortune 500 companies and public organizations such as the United Nat...

Dr. Maria Church  knows what it is like to lead a team. With over 25 years working for Fortune 500 companies, local governments, non-profits, and academia, she is intimately familiar with  all  the ups and downs of holding a senior leadership position in both the public and corporate worlds.   Today, as CEO of  Dr. Maria Church International,  including Government and Corporate Leadership division...

Joshua Spodek Ph. D. MBA is a three-time TEDx speaker , #1 bestselling author of Initiative and Leadership Step by Step , host of the award-winning Leadership and the Environment podcast, and professor and coach of entrepreneurship and leadership at NYU and Columbia Business School. He speaks on leadership, entrepreneurship, and environmental leadership at institutions such as Boston Consulting Gr...

Mike Hulvey is the Chief Operating Officer for Neuhoff Communications, Inc which owns and operates 20 radio stations in Illinois and Indiana along with 18 revenue-generating websites.  Mike serves nationally on the Executive Committee of the RAB and is Vice President of the International Broadcasters Idea Bank Board of Directors. He is active in many local, state, and national organizations.  Mike...

Capt. Oscar Rojas is the Commodore of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1 (EODGRU1). Capt. Rojas was raised in Dumas, Texas, and enlisted as a Hospital Corpsman in June 1990.  After graduating from Wayland Baptist University in 1996, with a Bachelor’s of Science, he attended Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida, and commissioned as an Ensign in November 1997. After completing Surface War...

Jordan Paris is an author, podcast host, and entrepreneur featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Men’s Health, Yahoo! Finance, and Market Watch. Jordan’s podcast,  Growth Mindset University , was ranked #6 in Apple’s Self-Improvement category, #3 in the Training category, #5 in the How-To category. In Education, one of Apple’s most competitive categories, the show was ranked #15. The show has also rank...

Welcome to the Speak Like a Leader Podcast .   -------- John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com ....

As Global Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS (JLABS), Melinda Richter fosters the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies external R&D engine and supports the innovation community by creating capital-efficient commercialization models that give early stage companies a big company advantage. Follow Melinda on Twitter .   -------- John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching...

Mike Michalowicz is the entrepreneur behind three multimillion dollar companies and is the author of Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, and his newest book, Fix This Next. Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and regularly travels the globe as as an entrepreneurial advocate. To learn more about Mike and get access to a treasure trove of entrepreneurial tips...