Chat With Leaders Media
Chat With Leaders Media
In a world defined by disconnection, human connection is your most powerful asset in building companies that last. At Chat With Leaders Media, we're dedicated to helping you unlock that power by delivering actionable insights from leaders who are leveraging business as a force for good. Through our podcasts – The Steward Chair, The People Experience Pulse, and B The Change Georgia – we cut throug…
BTCG085_Full Audio_Ben Colvin
In this episode of B the Change Georgia, Nathan Stuck sits down with Ben Colvin, co-founder of Devil’s Foot Beverage Company. Ben shares his unique transition from spending over 15 years in non-profit conservation to founding a craft, non-alcoholic beverage brand rooted in community impact and sust…
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Jim Wallace
In this episode of The Steward Chair, Jim Wallace, Retired CEO at BPM LLP, shares his journey of rejecting traditional "eat what you kill" corporate templates in favor of human-centered leadership, exploring how putting people first drives meaningful, long-term success. We discuss dismantling silo…
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Michael Whelchel
In this episode of The Steward Chair, Michael Whelchel, Founder & CEO of Big Path Capital, shares his journey of transitioning from traditional private equity to impact investing, exploring how values-driven capitalism and purpose-led business drive meaningful, long-term success. We discuss the la…
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Leading With Soul: Reimagining Clean Beauty With Amber Makupson
In today’s episode, host Nathan Stuck sits down with Amber Makupson, Founder and CEO of Meraki Hair Wellness and Executive Director of the Clean Beauty Coalition. Amber is an entrepreneur, policy advocate, and media founder working at the intersection of beauty, public health, and business. As the…
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What to Expect at BLD Southeast 2026 in Washington, D.C. with Eve London
Nathan sits down with Eve London, the host committee chair for Build Southeast 2026, Business Development Associate at Ecolytics, and a B Local Mid-Atlantic board member. Eve has spent nearly half of her life in the B Corp movement and is now leading the charge to bring the regional B Corp confere…
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Rick Plympton
In this episode of The Steward Chair, Rick Plympton, Corporate Fellow and Former CEO at Optimax Systems, Inc, shares their journey of transitioning to an employee ownership trust and empowering a local workforce, exploring how shared prosperity drives meaningful, long-term success. Rick and Jeff …
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Scaling Compostable Innovation and Fighting Burnout with Savannah Seydel
In today’s episode, Nathan Stuck sits down with Savannah Seydel to unpack what Better Earth is doing to eliminate petroleum-based plastics from our food systems and advance a truly circular economy. Savannah Seydel is Vice President of Sustainability at Better Earth, an Atlanta-based B Corp an…
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Where Leaders Go to Grow: Regenerative Culture and the Wisdom of the Forest with Elaine Dinos
Can you scale your corporate impact without completely running yourself into the ground? In today’s episode, Nathan Stuck sits down with Elaine Dinos, Founder of Kindred Lane, to unpack how to help leaders move past the exhausting cycle of over-extension and step into a more sustainable, aligned wa…
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Jackie Cardello
In this episode of The Steward Chair, host Jeff Bond sits down with Jackie Cardello, President of GRF CPAs & Advisors, to discuss how values, independence, and community impact drive sustainable success. Jackie shares how her background in English, philosophy, and psychology fuels human-centered le…
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Kevin Clegg
In this episode of The Steward Chair, Kevin Clegg, CEO of Clegg Auto, shares his journey of transitioning his family's auto shops into the first employee ownership trust holding company in the U.S., exploring how the care factor drives meaningful, long-term success. We discuss transitioning an exi…
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