Live Like a Leader
Hosted by John Bates · John K. Bates
5.0from 10 ratings
- 153
- Episodes
- 19
- Transcribed
- 10
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Live Like a Leader
Live Like a Leader is where accomplished leaders explore what it takes to communicate with clarity, earn trust, and move people to meaningful action. L=f(c): Leadership is a function of communication. Great leadership is a function of great communication. Hosted by John K. Bates, executive communication coach, keynote speaker, TED/TEDx speaker coach, and founder of Executive Speaking Success, the show features candid conversations with NASA astronauts, Navy SEALs, global executives, entrepreneurs, authors, and other remarkable leaders. Each episode turns lived experience into practical insight you can use to communicate with greater clarity, credibility, humanity, and impact. John’s WHY is to bring out what’s awesome inside every person so it can live in the world and make a real difference.
- Publisher
- John K. Bates
- Category
- business · business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Sept 2020
- Latest episode
- 28 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
19 of 153 episodes have a transcript.
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Matt Hunter: How to Be Tough Enough Without Becoming a Jerk
17 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why AI Needs Taste, Not Just Prompts with Kelly Abbott
1 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Near-Death, Extreme Sport, and Bullying to Building Character in 10,000 Children a Week with Sebastian Bates
Inside a recent episode
Matt Hunter: How to Be Tough Enough Without Becoming a Jerk
Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] People are going to leave. People are going to burn out. You know, I did read a study. In fact, I've I've I've got this book on my desk to take breaks, work better by John Briggs, who's a friend of mine. And he just beats up the hustle culture and shows that, you know, if you work for three hours, you're going to be way more productive if you take that fourth hour off and then work for three more hours. Right. putting breaks in, but you know, if you try to get your whole team to go that fast all the time, it's going to break people. And I read a study that showed that when people work more than 40 hours, most of the time spent after 40 hours is fixing stuff. […]
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- Matt Hunter
- Dr Nicole Butts
- Joel Steele
- Freddie Pullen
- Camden Francis
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 88
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 81
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Who hosts Live Like a Leader?
John Bates host the show. Published by John K. Bates.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Live Like a Leader take guests?
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