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…Social links:
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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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The Recovering HR Executive: Reimagining Capitalism and Human-Centric Leadership with Tara Jenkins
In this episode, Nathan Stuck sits down with Tara Jenkins, founder of Conscious Revolution, to discuss her 25-year journey through the "belly of the beast" in corporate HR. Tara shares her transition from a high-stakes executive to a "recovering HR person" who now helps businesses build cultures o…
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Steve Kruger
In this episode of The Steward Chair, host Jeff Bond sits down with Steve Kruger, the fourth-generation leader of L.E. Schwartz & Son—a commercial roofing legacy that has anchored the Georgia landscape since 1910. Steve shares the raw reality of earning respect on hot roofs rather than leaning on a…
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Good Growth: Leveraging Social Impact as the Ultimate Competitive Advantage
In today’s episode, Nathan Stuck sits down with his former professor, Dr. Sundar Bharadwaj, the Coca-Cola Chair of Marketing at UGA, to unpack how social impact can become a firm's most significant competitive advantage. Sundar shares his journey from working with Amul, an Indian dairy cooperative …
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Garry Ridge
In this episode of The Steward Chair, Garry Ridge, Culture Coach and Former Chairman and CEO of WD-40 Company, shares their journey of transitioning from a "command and control" leader to a servant leader, exploring how "the will of the people" drives meaningful, long-term success. We discuss the …
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Brad Herrmann and Hai Nguyen
In this episode of The Steward Chair, Brad Herrmann and Hai Nguyen, Co-founders of Text-Em-All, share their journey of rewriting the SaaS success script by prioritizing greatness over growth and people over profit. They explore how an audacious 100-year vision and the transition to an employee owne…
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Energy Justice: Why Seth Gunning is Democratizing Georgia’s Solar Landscape
In this episode, Nathan sits down with Seth Gunning, Founder of Sunpath Solar, Georgia’s only B Corp-certified solar installation company. Seth shares his 20-year journey from community organizing and fighting coal initiatives to leading a business that specializes in making clean energy access…
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Jason Dressel
In this episode of The Steward Chair, Jason Dressel, CEO at History Factory , shares his journey of helping iconic brands mine their heritage to drive future performance, exploring how preserving corporate memory drives meaningful, long-term success. We discuss the $1 trillion cost of corporate am…
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John Newland
In this episode of The Steward Chair, John Newland, CEO at JOMA Construction, shares his journey of transitioning from a small home-flipping operation to a 100% employee-owned firm, exploring how the Greek concept of eudaimoniadrives meaningful, long-term success. We discuss the philosophy of"gett…
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Success vs. Significance: Leading with Compassion and Authentic Connection with Rodney Bullard
How do you transition from leading in high-stakes environments like the Pentagon and Chick-fil-A to building a movement for community unity? In today’s episode, Nathan Stuck sits down with Rodney Bullard, CEO of The Same House, to unpack what he is doing to bridge social and economic divides in A…
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