Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness

Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness is a business leadership program that brings boardroom-level insight to today’s most complex and high-stakes corporate environments. Each episode explores real-world challenges in leadership, workplace culture, compliance, and organizational risk, offering candid conversations and practical perspectives on the pressures executives face when critical decisions must be made.

Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness is a business podcast hosted by Grace, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Grace hosts Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness, a business show with 15 episodes published.

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  Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness (Aired 10-01-26) Michelle Guisen: Leadership, Resilience, and Family Legacy

  Oct 2, 202646 min

  On Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness , host Vikita Poindexter welcomes Michelle Guisen to discuss her journey from teaching to leading her family’s restaurant business. Michelle shares how she challenged cultural expectations, navigated economic hardship and personal loss, and drew on faith and family support to build confidence and carry the family legacy forward. Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction and Guest Overview (00:01:18) - Growing Up First-Generation Mexican American (00:03:48) - Challenging Expectations as the 'Black Sheep' (00:06:42) - Finding Her Voice and Core Strengths (00:09:40) - Break: Teaser for Family Business Story (00:10:15) - Return to Leading with Grace, Grit and Greatness (00:11:00) - Origins of the Family Business, Tito's (00:12:15) - Working for Dad as a Kid and Leaving the Business (00:14:17) - Becoming a Teacher and Returning to the Family Business (00:16:40) - Learning Accounting from Her Father (00:18:26) - Resilience and Her Father's Pride in Her (00:21:24) - Break: Teaser for Recession and Marriage Story (00:22:20) - Return: Introducing the 2008 Recession Challenge (00:23:11) - The 2008 Recession and Opening Tito's La Familia (00:25:36) - Switching Leadership Roles with Her Husband (00:28:29) - Finding Confidence Through Her Husband's Support (00:31:19) - Taking Over Her Father's Business Independently (00:33:24) - Break: Teaser for Legacy and Family Segment (00:33:47) - Return: Where to Find Tito's (00:35:18) - Taking Over the Business on Her Own Terms (00:37:34) - Proving Herself Through COVID as CEO (00:38:34) - Losing Her Husband and Surrendering to Faith (00:40:36) - Preparing the Next Generation and God's Plan (00:42:20) - Advice to Young Women Finding Their Leadership (00:44:10) - Legacy and Closing Thoughts

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  Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness (Aired 07-23-26) Building Leadership Systems That Sustain Growth

  Aug 18, 202649 min

  Host Vikita Poindexter and leadership advisor Chris Meredith discuss leadership beyond titles, decision-making under pressure, systems thinking, mentorship, accountability, and trust. They explore how leaders can build organizational capacity, support healthy transformation, and create lasting impact beyond any single executive.

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  Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness (Aired 07-16-26) Water Equity and the Power of Relational Leadership

  Jul 16, 202647 min

  Host Vikita Poindexter welcomes Victor Griego for a conversation about water equity, community empowerment, and the systemic barriers affecting access to clean water. They explore accountability, education, resilience, and how service, relationships, and shared interests can create lasting leadership and meaningful change.

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  Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness (Aired 07-02-26) Water, Community, and Lasting Change

  Jul 7, 202647 min

  Host Vikita Poindexter welcomes Victor Griego , President of WELL, for an inspiring conversation about leadership, water equity, and community impact. Together, they discuss the importance of developing leaders, addressing systemic challenges through education, balancing immediate crises with long-term solutions, and empowering communities to advocate for meaningful change. Victor also shares personal experiences that shaped his leadership philosophy, emphasizing service, relationships, accountability, and building a legacy rooted in equity and compassion.

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  Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness (aired 06-18-26) Technology, Leadership, and Purpose in a Digital World

  Jun 18, 202648 min

  In this inspiring episode of Leading with Grace, Grit, and Greatness , host Vikita Poindexter sits down with Juan Guevara, CEO of NOW Media, Emmy-Nominated Technology Expert, and International Technology Journalist , for a powerful conversation about leadership, entrepreneurship, technology, and personal purpose. Drawing from more than two decades of experience in technology, media, cybersecurity, and business, Juan shares how leaders can use technology as a force for empowerment rather than division. He discusses the impact of social media on society, the importance of clarity and service-driven leadership, and why true success comes from focusing on purpose rather than profit.

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