The Warrior Servant Leader Podcast

It's T.L.T. (Tough Love Thursday) A message you may not want to hear, but need to! Buckle Up! Most high performers don’t burn out from pressure — they burn out from misalignment. They don’t crash dramatically — they drift quietly. It’s a slow erosion: The identity they’ve outgrown. The expectations they carry. The responsibilities that never end. The success that looks impressive but feels heavy....

REV: RESPOND, EXPAND, VENTURE℠ Today’s guest is a master in the keys to resilient leadership. He is a resilience expert with PhDs from both Harvard and Oxford (UK). His signature speeches, consulting, and coaching, REV: RESPOND, EXPAND, VENTURE℠ , equips leaders for peak mindset, agility, and performance. Our guest is a Fulbright Fellow and Harvard Horizons Scholar who has taught extensively at Ha...

It’s TACO Tuesday….Take Action Crush Obstacles! Today’s guest was a USMC leader, international spy catcher with the FBI and a Behavioral Analysis Expert. The man, the myth, the legend, Robin Dreeke! The Military Leader: Although Robin always aspired to become a great leader, he realized from his time at the United States Naval Academy and in the United States Marine Corps that leadership was much...

A little Tough Love Thursday episode. Yes, you can master your morning routine, if you are willing to not make excuses. If you want to be a champion you need to start thinking like one! Join us for part 2 of our conversation with Chris Natzke, an 8th Degree Black Belt/Master Instructor and former national Taekwondo champion. In this episode we take a deep dive in going from a chubby 10 year old to...

Wednesday Wisdom Edition If success is measured by accomplishments, material possessions, and stable relationships then, as a successful business woman, mother and partner, today’s guest should have been happy and fulfilled. But like many a shiny apple, you need to cut it open to see the worms and rot inside.  Despite the outer trappings of success she couldn’t shake the growing angst and depress...

It sucks being a mediocre "success", right? Sometimes you feel like a real poser, drowning in your own pool of imposter syndrome. You are craving for a real answer to becoming the best. /well, today is your day! Dropping TACO Tuesday (Take Action Crush Obstacles) on Monday night because I CAN'T wait for you to hear this episode! Today’s guest, George Pesansky, has provided training, coaching and s...

Special Edition of a Wednesday Wisdom! Sean Hayden's life reads like a story that couldn't have been written without God.  He started his career as an engineer at Boeing, working on power systems for rockets, satellites, and lasers — including NASA's Space Launch System. But his path took a hard turn when he felt called to leave engineering behind, move his family across the country, and step into...

It's time for a little Wednesday Wisdom! Today’s guest, Hans Eric Hageman was raised in Harlem and East Harlem in the Grant Housing projects, the Wilson Housing projects, East 100th Street, and finally, in a home that housed "Exodus House," a ground-breaking residential community for drug addiction treatment. The program was founded and run by Hans’ father.  Through Exodus House and his parents, h...

It’s TACO Tuesday… T ake  A ction  C rush  O bstacles! Creating Value for Others Through GRIT  Our guest today takes TACO to an all new level. Resilient, open, authentic and positive. These words begin to describe Diana Fritz's characteristics as an executive leader, cancer thriver, board member, wife, mother, and committed volunteer.  Diana's personal mission is to create value, through authentic...

After 20 years in law enforcement, from police officer to federal agent to federal prison executive, our guest today learned what it truly means to lead under pressure. Every shift demanded composure, clarity, and trust. But his greatest lessons came outside the uniform: overcoming homelessness, watching family suffer from mental health issues, and raising his son as a single father. Those moments...

Today’s guest hates the fluffy "find your purpose" wellness coaches just as much as you do. He is a former COO at Jarrett Companies where he led hundreds of high-stakes, emotionally charged conversations. He learned how to navigate intense human dynamics in corporate environments before he ever touched meditation or breathwork. That's when he realized something.  Everyone he worked with - successf...

Chris Natzke is an 8th Degree Black Belt/Master Instructor and former national Taekwondo champion. As a life-leadership coach, keynote speaker and Amazon #1 best-selling author, he transforms lives through his unique brand of Black Belt Leadership. Join us as we discuss going from a chubby 10 year old to the 6 M’s of Morning Mastery and taking Inspired Action with the Mind of a Champion.  To learn...

Many men in our world today are struggling. From confusion over what it means to be a man, to loneliness and isolation from one another, to addiction and despair in the face of challenges that never go away. Being a man is hard, and it's only getting harder. Don Ross is the founder and creator of Manhood Tribes. Don has served as a pastor and ministry leader for the past couple decades, and has le...

Our guest today is the very talented, and funny (at times), Bob Smiley. Bob is a  Writers Guild of America award-winning writer who has written with success in TV, film, and books.  He is a partner in the Humble Picture Company with fellow writer/producer Grant Nieporte. Bob is also the founder of Silver Cord Stories, where he writes original stories and essays that feed the soul.  Bob penned the...

Dr. Matthew Harmody is a retired ER physician, living kidney donor, and record-setting mountaineer who proves that saving a life can be the beginning of a new adventure. After donating his kidney to a stranger, he joined a team of fellow donors to summit the highest peaks in all fifty U.S. states, setting a Guinness World Record while raising awareness for living kidney donation. Drawing on his de...

Today is a Special Edition of The Warrior Servant Leader Podcast: Wednesday Wisdom! Today's guest, Chad Coe, went from being in a Special Education Institution, kept in a padded room and on the wrong end of a cattle prod, to the founder of Coe Financial Group and a leadership and mindset coach. His story and enthusiasm is an incredible one of creating opportunity through confidence, connection and...

A Complex or Complicated Puzzle. Which is Your Life? In 2017, Scott Maderer and his wife Carrie started Inspired Stewardship as a business to serve Christian men and couples that are struggling to live out their calling. His book Inspired Living: Assemble the Puzzle of Your Calling by Mastering Your Time, Your Talent, and Your Treasures was published by Morgan James July 2nd 2024. Scott is an expe...

Tough Love Thursday is here! T.L.T. is a day to share some insights and messages that just might ruffle your feathers - get over it. that's why it is called Tough Love. There are some myths and misunderstandings surrounding what it means to be a Warrior, a Servant and a Leader. Today we are going to set the record straight. So buckle up, Tough Love is about to reach out and grab you. Join us at ht...

Today’s guest is Lin Green — an award-winning community advocate, columnist, author, speaker, and business and nonprofit consultant.  Lin didn’t start out with a polished plan — she started out with a strong willed Matriarch of a Mother. And oh boy, did she give Lin a ton of material. Her memoir, Enough with the Secrets, Mama!, is about the messy, hilarious, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptiv...

Dr. Matt Kutz - Ph. D. in Global Leadership, award-winning author, award-winning educator, researcher, and speaker. Matt is most excited about being a husband, dad, and grandpa and in his spare time is insanely passionate about helping people gain perspective and overcome the adversity and uncertainty that life brings. He does that through helping other to develop an EPIC mindset and practice Cont...

Today’s guest leads with strength and humility. Dusty Holcomb is a former CEO, five-time Ironman, and now an entrepreneur helping leaders trade burnout for clarity and chaos for alignment. But titles don’t define him. What does? A 28-year daily practice of sharing leadership quotes, a belief that self-leadership comes first, and a mission to help leaders build lives, not just companies, that refle...

Life is like GPS - you can't get to where you want to go until you enter your current location. Our guest today shares how his life long speech impediment was an obstacle and challenge in his life and how physical fitness, martial arts, faith and transformational coaching changed everything. He didn't grow up with a clear picture of faith or healthy leadership. His early years were marked by broke...

Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, Chad Hufford grew up in the financial industry, but also developed a strong background in athletics, nutrition and performance psychology. Leveraging a background in biochemistry and two decades of high performance athletic training and sports psychology, Chad has blended these seemingly disparate skill sets into elite wealth coaching, helping people create a...

6 Tips to Finding Your True North  with Robert W. Mixon, our guest today on The Warrior, Servant, Leader Podcast. A West Point '74 Class President and Major General (Ret.), with 33+ years military service including divisional command, Robert has some incredible leadership and culture building insights to share today. Robert is the author of “Cows in the Living Room: Developing an Effective Strateg...

Holly Porter is a transformational leader, keynote speaker, 17x best-selling author, and creator of 11 startup companies. She’s the CEO of Retreat RnR, a Prop-tech, and concierge platform helping retreat leaders and entrepreneurs build profitable, purpose-driven experiences.  After surviving a 70-day near-death experience with COVID-19, Holly turned her story into a mission to help others align sp...