Activating Greatness: A Leadership Podcast
Hosted by Alec McChesney · Alec McChesney
4.9from 11 ratings
- 51
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 11
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About Activating Greatness: A Leadership Podcast
Welcome to Activating Greatness — the show where we dig into what it really takes to lead with purpose, inspire performance, and create lasting impact. I’m your host, Alec McChesney, and every episode, we sit down with extraordinary leaders, thinkers, and changemakers who are unlocking potential in themselves, their teams, and their organizations. Here, we talk about the real stuff — leadership that drives culture, strategy that creates momentum, and the mindset that turns good intentions into game-changing results. Because greatness isn’t a title — it’s a choice. It’s something you activate every single day. Thank you for listening, for showing up, and for being part of a community of leaders who refuse to settle for “good enough.
- Publisher
- Alec McChesney
- Category
- business · business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Jan 2026
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 51 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026
It Can Be Done: Seth Ingall on Execution, Attitude, and Why Greatness Is a Journey
24 Sept 2026
Autopsy Without Blame: David Esposito on how great teams actually debrief failure
21 Sept 2026
We're Not Hiring Salespeople: Chad Foster on recruiting entrepreneurs into financial services
Inside a recent episode
The Magnifying Glass: Jenny Gattari on finding the strengths your people can't see in themselves
Published 14 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Right. And again, it's easy to get people to follow you if you give the direction. But really, a successful leader is about grooming and getting others to lead. I adore that, Jenny. One of the main things that we talk about in our management trainings and in our leadership trainings is how difficult it is to go from up and coming high potential individual contributor to a manager of people. And you go from being the next star to a star maker. And your default is I can solve that. I can tackle that. I can solve that. And now it is, I need to let Jenny handle it. […]
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- Seth Ingall
- David Esposito
- Chad Foster
- John Worden
- Jenny Gattari
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