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The Leadership That Shines Podcast

The Leadership That Shines Podcast

Natalie Davis 12 Episodes Aug 20, 2026

The Leadership That Shines Podcast is for leaders who are tired of waiting to feel ready. Each week, it delivers leadership training centered on impact, influence, and growth. The show targets professionals managing teams and solopreneurs building businesses, helping them turn clarity into action and action into legacy.

Episodes

Leading Self in Leadership
Leading Self in Leadership Aug 20, 2026 01:00:30 Leading self comes before leading anyone else, and executive coach Parker Gates spends this episode of Leadership That Shines proving exactly how. Parker walks host Natalie Davis through a leadership journey that started by accident, running a deli kitchen at nineteen, moved through two decades in corporate IT, and landed in a coaching practice built around three daily practices: journaling, medit
Purpose-Driven Leadership: Blake Cooper Griffin on Resilience, Identity, and Building a Life Worth Telling
Purpose-Driven Leadership: Blake Cooper Griffin on Resilience, Identity, and Building a Life Worth Telling Aug 12, 2026 00:48:50 Purpose-driven leadership does not come from a clean story. For Blake Cooper Griffin, it came from bullying in South Carolina, conversion therapy at 16, an agency that told him to hide who he was, and a moment at 22 years old with no money, no representation, and a decision to make about who he was going to be on the other side of all of it. In this episode of the Leadership That Shines Podcast, h
Hilary Momberger Powers on Healing Trauma, Finding Joy, and Leading From the Inside Out
Hilary Momberger Powers on Healing Trauma, Finding Joy, and Leading From the Inside Out Aug 5, 2026 00:54:31 Resilience in Leadership: Hilary Momberger Powers on Healing Trauma, Finding Joy, and Leading From the Inside OutResilience in leadership does not start with a strategy. For Hilary Momberger Powers, it started at the bottom of everything, and the climb back up became the curriculum she now teaches.In this episode of the Leadership That Shines Podcast, host Natalie Davis sits down with Hilary Mombe
Building a $700M Beehive Team, Setting Boundaries, and Showing Up as Your Best Self with Adam Touni
Building a $700M Beehive Team, Setting Boundaries, and Showing Up as Your Best Self with Adam Touni Jul 29, 2026 00:52:57 Real estate team leadership looks completely different when you stop building for production numbers and start building for the person you are becoming. In this episode of the Leadership That Shines Podcast, host Natalie Davis welcomes someone she has known and coached for over six years: Adam Touni, Silicon Valley real estate leader, attorney-turned-agent, and co-founder of a beehive team structu
Immigrant Entrepreneur to Private Equity Leader: John Azar on Self-Discovery, Resilience, and Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Vision
Immigrant Entrepreneur to Private Equity Leader: John Azar on Self-Discovery, Resilience, and Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Vision Jul 22, 2026 00:52:53 Immigrant entrepreneur leadership is built differently. When you arrive with no language, no money, and no roadmap, the only option is to build the skill set that no setback can take from you.John Azar arrived in the United States from Syria at 16 years old without speaking English. His family had lost nearly everything. What he brought with him was a mentality his father had embedded early: as lo
Embracing Doubt and Building Authentic Leadership with Martin Watts
Embracing Doubt and Building Authentic Leadership with Martin Watts Jul 15, 2026 01:08:42 Discover how doubt can be a powerful signal for growth and leadership transformation. In this episode, Martin Watts shares his inspiring journey from instability to building multiple successful businesses, emphasizing the importance of authenticity, core values, and cultivating a positive culture in leadership.In this episode:Martin Watts’ story of overcoming childhood trauma and embracing his ent
Organizational Culture: Maladaptive Patterns Leaders Cannot See
Organizational Culture: Maladaptive Patterns Leaders Cannot See Jul 8, 2026 00:57:32 Structural burnout is about diagnosing the problem at the right level. Therapist, former arts executive, and founder of Meaning in Practice Ashley Gibson joins Natalie Davis on the Leadership That Shines Podcast to introduce the clinical framework she has built to help organizations finally understand what is actually driving burnout and what leaders are perpetuating without realizing it. What You
Natural Authority in Leadership: Natalie Bouchard on Returning to Center
Natural Authority in Leadership: Natalie Bouchard on Returning to Center Jul 1, 2026 00:55:33 Leading from your center is not a mindset shift. It is a nervous system skill most leaders never learn, and the cost of skipping it shows up everywhere from the boardroom to the home.In this episode of the Leadership That Shines Podcast, Natalie Davis sits down with Natalie Bouchard, mindset coach and former Bob Proctor consultant, for a conversation about what happens when a high-achieving leader
Community-Driven Leadership with Harrison Beecher
Community-Driven Leadership with Harrison Beecher Jun 24, 2026 00:48:51 Community-driven leadership is not a tagline for Harrison Beecher, it is the operating system behind everything he does. From co-founding Coalition Properties Group, which has served over 2,000 families and surpassed one billion dollars in sales across seven years, to serving as President of the DC Association of Realtors and Vice Chair of the NAR Young Professionals Network, Harrison has built a
Belonging in Leadership: Chrysta Bairre on Authenticity, Curiosity, and Showing Up Whole
Belonging in Leadership: Chrysta Bairre on Authenticity, Curiosity, and Showing Up Whole Jun 18, 2026 00:55:49 Belonging in leadership is not a policy, it is a practice. And Chrysta Bairre has spent over a decade building the evidence for that, first through her own story as a late-diagnosed autistic, disabled, queer woman who grew up in poverty, and now as the founder of She Goes High, a speaker, and an author working to help women and non-binary leaders show up fully in every room they enter.In this conv
Career Growth in Leadership: Courtney Intersimone on Curiosity, Courage, and Seeing Your People
Career Growth in Leadership: Courtney Intersimone on Curiosity, Courage, and Seeing Your People Jun 10, 2026 01:05:03 Career growth in leadership does not begin with a title or a plan. For Courtney Intersimone, it began with saying yes to things she was not sure she could do and discovering that figuring it out was the skill all along.Courtney spent 26 years in financial services, ultimately leading a global HR team of 200 people at a 50,000-person organization. She never planned to stay that long. She never plan
Stop Trying to Feel Like a Better Leader: Matt Johnson on Systems, Structure, and the Autopilot Principle That Builds Teams That Run Without You
Stop Trying to Feel Like a Better Leader: Matt Johnson on Systems, Structure, and the Autopilot Principle That Builds Teams That Run Without You Jun 3, 2026 00:49:28 Systems-based leadership is not a shortcut. It is the only way a team can keep moving when you are not in the room and Matt Johnson has spent over a decade building the proof for that inside his own agency.Matt is the founder of Get Micro Famous, a done-for-you production and strategy firm that helps coaches, speakers, and thought leaders launch and sustain flagship video shows. He runs a remote c

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