No Scripts. No Prep. Just Real Conversations. The Leader's Arena Podcast brings you into the minds of today's most resilient and authentic leaders, dissecting the challenging choices and defining moments that separate vision from execution. Hosts Clifford Starks & Nate Fochtman engage guests in unfiltered discussions about overcoming personal and professional adversity, highlighting how vulnerability and grit translate into long-term success. Tune in for candid conversations that re-define leadership, proving that your greatest struggles are the true foundation of your power.
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Recent episodes include "Servant Leadership Starts With Yourself | Margaret Lobo Fialho" (11 September 2026, 35 minutes), "Finding Your Purpose Through Real Conversation | Jeffrey Edwards, Founder of The Middle Ground with JLE" (10 September 2026, 52 minutes), and "Coach Jim Johnson on the Miracle Night That Changed a Life Forever" (21 August 2026, 54 minutes).
The Leaders' Arena Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 33 minutes across 23 episodes.
Booking probability for The Leaders' Arena Podcast is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Leaders' Arena Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Leaders' Arena Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Leaders' Arena Podcast is a business show with 23 episodes published.
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Margaret Lobo Fialho is Executive Secretary to the General Manager and Country Lead at Sanofi. She also coaches people on relationship management, boundaries and self-worth. In this episode she sits down with Clifford...
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Jeffrey Edwards is the founder and host of Middle Ground with JLE, now on season 14 with over 300 episodes reaching viewers in 42 countries. He joins Clifford and Nate on The Leaders' Arena Podcast for an unfiltered...
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Jim Johnson coached high school basketball for 30 years, the last 20 at Greece Athena High School in Rochester, New York. In February 2006 he put his team manager Jason McElwain, known to the world as J-Mac, into a...
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Tri Nguyen is the founder of The Wisdom Tri, a Vistage chair, and an executive coach who works with founder led and privately held businesses. She built her practice around one idea: business is personal. On this...
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What happens when life repeatedly pulls the rug out from under you? In this raw, unscripted episode of The Leaders' Arena Podcast, hosts Clifford Starks and Nate Fochtman sit down with Xavier Smith, Founder of Xcellent...
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<p>You can't force change before someone is ready.<br/><br/>That's the truth <b>Laurie Sharp-Page, MS, LPCC-S, CWC</b> dropped in our upcoming conversation on The Leaders' Arena Podcast and it stopped me...
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<p>"All my friends are at a lacrosse tournament in Ocean City and I'm sitting here setting up a Microsoft Link server with Jordan."</p><p>That one line from Mason Viener tells you everything you need to know about what...
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<p><b>Mason and Jordan Viener </b>grew up watching their father Wayne build an IT firm from the ground up in 1991. Now they're running it themselves, and the company looks nothing like it did then.</p><p>In this episode...
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<p>In our latest episode of The Leaders' Arena Podcast, <b>Rob Tracz MS, CSCS</b> joins <b>Clifford Starks</b> and I for a raw conversation on what it actually takes to scale without losing your soul in the...
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<p>High performance often comes at a high price. In this episode of The Leaders' Arena, hosts Clifford Starks and Nate Fochtman sit down with Rob Tracz, a former strength and conditioning coach turned high-performance...
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<p>The glory of business isn't found in your bank account - it is found in the autonomy and agency you gain over your life. </p><p>In this clip from The Leaders' Arena Podcast, we discuss why shifting your mission from...
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<p>We all love a good vision board, but putting a picture on a wall doesn't magically turn you into the person capable of sustaining that reality.</p><p>There is a massive gap between identifying what you want and...
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<p>I failed at getting sober. A lot.</p><p>We always tell people, "Don't be afraid to fail," but we rarely talk about what failure actually looks like in practice. On a recent episode of The Leaders' Arena Podcast, I...
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<p>Are you trying to build an online business using someone else's blueprint? In this clip from The Leaders' Arena Podcast, Ted McLyman explains why the "one size fits all" approach to business often fails. If a...
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<p>"We spend our whole lives trying to climb the ladder, only to find it’s leaning against the wrong wall."<br/><br/>In this episode of The Leaders’ Arena, Nate Fochtman and Clifford Starks sit down with retired Marine...
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<p>What actually changes a person: motivation, or pattern recognition?</p><p>In this episode of <b>The Leaders’ Arena Podcast</b>, I’m joined by my co-host <b>Clifford Starks</b> and our guest <b>Deevo The Storyteller...
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<p>What if the reason you keep “knowing what to do” but still can’t follow through… isn’t discipline?</p><p>In this episode, we sit down with Quentin McCain, co-owner of The Leaders Edge and a subconscious mindset coach...
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<p>Most people are waiting.<br/><br/>Waiting for the right moment.<br/>Waiting for less stress.<br/>Waiting for someone to show up and fix it.<br/><br/>But here’s the truth:<br/><br/>Nobody’s coming.<br/><br/>In this...
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<p>This episode is personal.<br/><br/>Rick Hendrickson isn’t a stranger to me. He’s my high school wrestling coach, a lifelong mentor, and one of the biggest reasons I understand what leadership actually looks like when...
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<p>Most people think entrepreneurship is about strategy, hustle, and execution.<br/><br/>It’s not.<br/>It’s negotiation.<br/>With people.<br/>With systems.<br/>And most of all, with yourself.<br/><br/>In this episode of...
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