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The Leadership That Shines Podcast

The Leadership That Shines Podcast

Natalie Davis 12 Episodes Oct 7, 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

Ted Kopecko on Mindset, Identity, and the Four Pillars of Joy
Ted Kopecko on Mindset, Identity, and the Four Pillars of Joy Oct 7, 2026 01:03:03 Finding Your Purpose in LeadershipGrowth begins when a leader stops asking how to get through the day and starts asking where the days are going, and author and commercial real estate broker Ted Kopecko builds an entire book around that question. Ted joins host Natalie Davis on Leadership That Shines to talk through his path from running a 25-person architecture firm to selling it, finding his pu
Growth in Leadership: Why Growth Requires Change
Growth in Leadership: Why Growth Requires Change Sep 24, 2026 00:28:20 Growth requires change, and host Natalie Davis spends this solo episode of Leadership That Shines breaking down why that connection caught her off guard this year even after a decade of running her own business. Natalie walks listeners through the real-time story behind one of her three core values, growth, using her own business as the case study: a scrapped business plan, a hard coaching convers
Influence in Leadership: Amira Barger on Finding Your Nerve
Influence in Leadership: Amira Barger on Finding Your Nerve Sep 16, 2026 00:46:52 Influence starts with who sits at the table before a single message ever goes out, and equity-first communications leader Amira Barger has built her entire career around that idea. Amira returns to Leadership That Shines a year after her first appearance to talk with host Natalie Davis about her work at DNA Communications, her new book, The Price of Nice, and the leadership-of-self practices that
Listening to Understand vs. Reacting: A Leadership Lesson
Listening to Understand vs. Reacting: A Leadership Lesson Sep 9, 2026 01:01:26 Most hard conversations do not fail because of what was said. They fail because one person was reacting instead of listening.In this episode of Leadership That Shines, host Natalie Davis talks with Dustin Shepherd, a nearly thirty-year military veteran turned leadership coach, about the difference between listening to understand and listening to react. Dustin explains why reacting carries an emoti
Leadership Development: Chris Majer on Team Cohesion, Organizational Transformation, and Nearly 50 Years of Disruptive Leadership Training
Leadership Development: Chris Majer on Team Cohesion, Organizational Transformation, and Nearly 50 Years of Disruptive Leadership Training Sep 2, 2026 00:56:33 Leadership development does not happen through remedial programs, compliance checklists, or business school frameworks borrowed from people who have never led anyone into anything that actually mattered.In this episode of the Leadership That Shines Podcast, one of the top rated leadership business podcasts for professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives, host Natalie Davis sits down with Chris Ma
Leading Self in Leadership with Parker Gates
Leading Self in Leadership with Parker Gates 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

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