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Hosted by Alec McChesney · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 41 episodes
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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.
Alec McChesney hosts Activating Greatness: A Leadership Podcast, a business show with 41 episodes published.
Leadership and culture advisor Dymon Lewis joins host Alec McChesney to unpack the skills that separate good leaders from truly great ones. A first-generation American who navigated the corporate world without a roadmap,
For 30 years, Cheryl Grimaldi has placed leaders into some of the most private, high-trust environments in the world: family offices, where discretion, fit, and long-term impact matter more than any job description. Foun
Executive coach John DeMarco has spent 21 years helping leaders grow — not by fixing what's broken, but by holding up an "inquisitive mirror" to the feelings they'd rather avoid. In this episode of Activating Greatness,
Most 360 assessments end up in a drawer collecting dust. Executive coach and Velocity Advisory Group consultant Cindy Puchalski explains why — and what separates a 360 that changes how leaders show up from one that chang
What does leadership actually look like in the era of AI? In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Christine Miller — CEO, chemical engineer by training, and a leader known for building high
In this episode of Activating Greatness , Alec McChesney sits down with executive coach and author Patrick Manigault to challenge how we think about engagement, leadership, and the modern workplace. Patrick explains why
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Steve Thompson, a senior construction and program leader who has spent decades delivering complex capital projects at Intel and GlobalFoundries. Stev
In this episode of the Activating Greatness podcast, host Alec McChesney of Velocity Advisory Group sits down with Tom Wilson, Chief Commercial Officer at AmbioPharm, one of the world's leading peptide CDMOs. With 35 yea
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Melissa Pepper, founder of Lead(h)er and former Chief Strategy Officer at Russell Construction, to explore what it really means to be a transformatio
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Krista Robinson, VP of HR at The Weitz Company, to explore what it really means to bet on yourself as a leader. Krista shares how she stepped into a
In this episode of Activating Greatness , Alec McChesney sits down with Maggie Reed, Vice President and Business Leader at Gilbane Building Company, to explore what it really means to lead with relentless resilience. Mag
In this episode of Activating Greatness , Alec McChesney sits down with Jackie Fisher, Vice President of People and Culture at Juneau Construction Company, to explore how people strategy directly drives business growth.
In this episode of Activating Greatness , Alec McChesney sits down with Jeanne Hecht, CEO and Executive Chairwoman of Lexitas Pharma Services, to explore how culture becomes a true strategic value driver in high-performi
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Lisa Calicchio, Chief Human Resources Officer at WCG, to challenge conventional thinking about leadership, performance, and the modern workplace. Lis
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Lorri and Laura from the Mile 20 Podcast for an invigorating discussion about discipline, consistency, and community. The Mile 20 Podcast covers the
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Michael Dixon of UNeMed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center to explore what it takes to lead with intentionality, build culture by design, a
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Joe Crandall, CEO of Red Leviathan and Executive Chairman of Greencastle Associates Consulting, to explore what it really takes to build high-perform
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Laura London, Founder of Calocedrus and former McKinsey leader, to explore the critical shift from high achievement to sustained high performance. La
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Toni Burkard, Business Enablement Lead at Pfizer CentreOne, to explore what it truly takes to build high-performing teams through trust, mentorship,
In this episode of Activating Greatness, Alec McChesney sits down with Carolina Alarco, Co-Founder of Latinos in Bio, to explore how leadership development, representation, and intentional investment in people are shapin
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Activating Greatness: A Leadership Podcast is hosted by Alec McChesney. The show is categorised under business (careers) and has published 41 episodes.
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