UnScripted: Authentic Leadership Podcast

  💪 🔥 🤯 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Michael Unbroken. Michael is an entrepreneur, coach, podcast host, award-winning speaker, best-selling author, and advocate for adult survivors of childhood trauma.  Within the conversation Michael unpacks how we all can be the hero of our own story through community, connection, commitment, discipline, dedication, de...

👨‍💼💰📈 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Jay Razzouk, a California business attorney with over 10 years experience litigating across 20 states in matters involving legal compliance at Fortune 500s. Jay stops by to share how business owners can employ legal strategies to protect their business, how to avoid excessive taxation,  the importance of copyrighting, ...

💰 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Rory Douglas of Woodland Hills, CA. Rory is a Financial Educator, High Performance Life Coach and Int'l Best Selling Author of  "Cracking The Rich Code".  Within the episode Rory drops several gems about What No One Will Tell You About Money! Gems such as  you don't need money, money needs you!, why banks...

 🔥In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Vamsi Polimetla of Pittsburgh, PA. Vamsi is a High-Performance Mindset Coach, and Founder & CEO of Make More Leaders. Within the conversation Vamsi begins to share how the greatest investment we will ever make is the investment in ourselves! Vamsi emphasizes not allowing others to place a price tag on who you are, but und...

  🔥 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Kaliym Islam,  NY Times best selling author of The 12-Inch Rule of Leadership, owner of a boutique educational consulting firm, and an assistant professor of practice at Southern Illinois University. Kaliym unpacks why it's important to have organizational development in your organization,  how you can use the agile me...

🤯 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Samreid Manez, CEO & founder of Valearnis App and ManezCo. Samreid joins us all the way from Perth, Western Australia to have a conversation about how to launch a startup. Seeing the need for a better education system in Australia , Samreid decided to reinvent education by designing an educational platform that is fully d...

🔥 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Vivian Acquah, an inclusive workplace wellness advocate, DEI consultant, trainer, strategist, and keynote speaker! Vivian gives key principles on how we can amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace! Having the tough conversations, breaking down corporate systems, and creating new cultures that will benefit ev...

💰 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Gill Hyson's, the youngest son of immigrant parents from Haiti, a military vet, and financial expertise professor in the areas of generational wealth building and transfer. Have you ever considered that the financial troubles that we have experienced are because we don't have the discipline within ourselves to throw...

  🏘️ In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Dwan Bent-Twyford, a Real Estate Investor, Podcast Host, Best Selling Author and keynote speaker. Dwan started as a broke, single mom, who had been fired from Denny's. Having nowhere to go but UP, she climbed her way to the top of the real estate investing food chain owning rentals, commercial buildings, becoming an In...

🎤 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Tyler Foley, a managing director of Total Buy In and author of the #1 Bestselling book The power to Speak Naked from Calgary, Alberta.  Within the episode Tyler begins to tell us how his passion for communication was birthed from a place of tragedy that he used to propel him to a place of triumph to help others.  Tyler also l...

  👮 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Jesus Eddie Campa from EL Paso, TX. Jesus is a retired chief of police and current CEO of Leading Through Adversity and AB Strategic Group.  John, La'Fayette, and Jesus have a discussion about the current state of law enforcement and how leaders can help!  Within the conversation John, La'Fayette, and Jose discuss...

🗣 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Amy Lynn Durham from Clovis, CA, Founder of Create Magic At Work, Executive Coach, Author and Keynote Speaker. John, La'Fayette, and Amy have a discussion about spiritual and emotional intelligence in the workplace! Did you know in order to be a wholistic leader you need more than IQ? You need emotional awareness, emotion...

🗣 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Rusty Chadwick, Director of Winshape Teams , Co-author of Team Work: 13 Timeless Principles for Creating Success and fulfillment as a Team Member, and adventure enthusiast. La'Fayette, John, and Rusty discuss how making minor adjustments can make a major impact within your team, community, family, and business. Did you kn...

🗣 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Maria Nebres. Maria has provided strategic tactical coaching and delivery services in human resources/employee relations for three decades!  Maria provides for us how to maintain your  workplace performance while also balancing the people and business leadership components to business operations. It's easy to lead when ev...

🚨 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Mark Villareal,  a Corporate America coach and business consultant and author of 8 published books, including "The Millennial Factor" 10 Steps To Managing Millennials To Success. Within the conversation Mark debunks some of the myths that have been told about millennials. Myths such as millennials have a sense of en...

In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Dr. Jeffrey Magee, A C-Suite Advisor, Human Capital Strategist, Best-Selling Author, and Performance Magazine Publisher! Leaders, Are you trying to strategize on how to effectively move forward with your business? Dr. Magee gives 5 immediate proven business strategies to business success and more within the episode that will pro...

🚨 In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Rodney H. Dixon, solar energy guru, international business consultant, and Author of the new book 'The Making of Atoma Merc: Fighting the Ghost of White Supremacy.  John, La'Fayette, and Rodney have a discussion about sticking to the vision plan! Without a vision or plan, you will go through life wandering aimlessly...

🗣In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by special guest Brenden Kumarasamy of MasterTalk! Brenden is the founder of MasterTalk, a YouTube channel he started to help the world master the art of public speaking and communication. Brenden shares how communication begins not with the words we speak, but how we listen! Within the conversation, Brenden breaks down how we can effectively c...

🗣In this episode, John and La'Fayette are joined by two special guest,  their fathers, Dr. Peter Lane and John Lebrun Jr. They have a discussion about leaving a lasting legacy! Dr. Peter Lane (Chaplain & Minister),  John Lebrun Jr. ( Business Entrepreneur & Veteran) open up about the challenges of fatherhood, building a foundation and legacy for your family, and the importance of pivo...

🤯 In this episode, John & La'Fayette are joined by special guest Bobby Henline & Jamie Burton.  Bobby Henline,  a war veteran who survived an IED Explosion while serving in Iraq details how he turned his tragedy into triumph.  Within the conversation Bobby explains how he found purpose within his pain and from this experience he discovered his mission, forge forward! A mission that i...

🚨 In this episode, John & La'Fayette are joined by special guest Dr. Lloyd C. Williams.  They have a thought-provoking conversation about overcoming depression.  As leaders, we can easily become so externally focused that we dismiss the needs that we have internally.  When was the last time that you had a conversation that wasn't centered around  organizational goals, company-growth...

🤯 In this episode, John & La'Fayette are joined by special guest Dr. Ted Sun. They have a conversation about how everything we do as leaders starts within our mind.  As a leader, what systems do you have in place that challenges the way people think in your organization? We must not make the mistake as leaders assuming that just because it's what we want, then that's what the p...

🤔 Can you not stand being happy for someone else's success? Do you have misplaced fears about your family, friends or colleagues? Are you possessive of information and resources others need to succeed? Are you vindictive and a gossiper?  Well, those are all signs that you are a envious leader! Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, o...

❗ One of the hardest things to be as a leader is vulnerable. You may feel as if you're on the mountaintop one day but in the valley the next. The truth of the matter is every leader has  experienced this in some form, shape, or fashion. We must understand this all stems from not dealing with the mental aspects of leadership. Leadership begins and ends in the mind. To lead effectively we must...

🔥 Unscripted Family! In this episode,  La'Fayette and John have an incredible conversation about how God doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called! Every person has been called to fulfill a purpose. Within that calling we can feel as if we are inadequate in our own abilities to fulfill that call and purpose that we have been commissioned to do. The reality is that our call (pu...