Real Leadership
Hosted by Jim Weaver · real-leadership
4.8from 31 ratings
- 60
- Episodes
- 41
- Transcribed
- 31
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 8K
- YouTube views
About Real Leadership
Welcome to REAL Leadership, the podcast that takes you on a journey behind the scenes of some of the world’s most successful companies. Produced by The О̄nin Group and hosted by CEO Jim Weaver, our show is dedicated to exploring what it truly means to be a leader in industries that make, move and process. In each episode, Jim sits down with C-level executives to discuss their experiences and insights on leadership, as well as the challenges and opportunities that come with leading in dynamic environments. Our guests come from a range of industries, including logistics and manufacturing, and offer real stories and actionable advice to inspire you to take your leadership to the next level. If you’re a seasoned executive or aspiring leader looking to sharpen your leadership skills and stay ahead of the game, then this is the podcast for you. Join us as we dive deep into the world of REAL Leadership.
- Publisher
- real-leadership
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Apr 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
41 of 60 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Doug Hisel, Senior Vice President, Store Operations, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | Real Leadership
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Justin Golden - Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Gould | Real Leadership
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Robert L. Mason - CEO of SPOC Energy
Inside a recent episode
Doug Hisel, Senior Vice President, Store Operations, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | Real Leadership
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We have systems and processes. You have to follow the system and process. Here's what I'll tell you. If I knew half of what I knew after working a year at Cracker Barrel, and applied it to the businesses that Joe and I had before, we would have 600 of them. And so the two things that that frankly made me successful at Cracker Barrel was I embraced the systems and processes of the brand. I own the culture. I wanted to be part of the culture and I applied it at every level. So I was a general manager for about a year and a half, became a district manager. then a regional vice president, and you named them, but all of it falls back to two things, systems mastery, and you've got to be great to people. […]
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- Doug Hisel
- Justin Golden
- Robert L Mason
- Joseph DeMarco
- Mark-Hans Richer
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 8,061
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 12 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 19 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100
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- Quality
- 21
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 71
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