WholeCEO With Lisa G Podcast

Lisa G
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Best selling author of The Boss Weight Loss, Lisa G. sits down with industry leaders in business, wellness, fitness and mindset and together they discuss their insider secrets to being unstoppable, wrapped around their own personal journeys to dreaming bigger and never giving up…no matter what. Lisa wants to inspire you to go from stuck to unstoppable in all areas of your life - wellness, weight loss, business and mindset!

  1. Gino Barbaro: $450M Real Estate Portfolio AND a Happy Family — Is It Actually Possible?

    1d ago

    Gino Barbaro: $450M Real Estate Portfolio AND a Happy Family — Is It Actually Possible?

    Most people think building a $450 million real estate portfolio means sacrificing everything else. Family. Health. The things that actually matter. Gino Barbaro proved that wrong. 1,900 multifamily units. $450 million in assets under management. Six kids. One remarkable marriage. And a legacy he is genuinely proud of. In this episode of WholeCEO, we talk about how he built all of it — without choosing between the business and the life. Tune in now.   Tags: Gino Barbaro · Jake and Gino · Multifamily real estate · Real estate investing · Legacy building · Values-based leadership · WholeCEO · Lisa Goldenthal · Happy Money Happy Family · CEO mindset · Family and business · Wealth building

    18 min
  2. Phillip Corey Roark: AI Is a Leadership Test. Are You Passing It?

    May 25

    Phillip Corey Roark: AI Is a Leadership Test. Are You Passing It?

    What if the biggest obstacle to AI success inside your organization is not the technology at all?   This week on WholeCEO With Lisa G, I am joined by AI strategy advisor, author, and founder Phillip Corey Roark. With more than 25 years of experience in enterprise technology and business transformation, Phillip has built the frameworks and playbooks that help executive teams do what most AI rollouts skip entirely: align their people, culture, and governance before the tools ever get deployed.   His book, Harnessing the Power of AI: A Roadmap for Successful Leadership, makes an argument that every leader needs to hear right now. AI adoption is not a technology decision. It is a leadership test.   We go deep on: . Why leaders, not tools, are the real constraint in AI transformation right now . How to talk about displacement and workforce development in a way that reduces fear without dismissing it . What executive teams need to assess for readiness before a single dollar gets spent on AI tools   Subscribe to WholeCEO with Lisa G and share this episode with one leader who needs to hear it.   #WholeCEO #ExecutiveLeadership #AILeadership #BOSSMethod #CEOMindset #LeadershipDevelopment #AIStrategy #ResponsibleAI #WorkforceReadiness #PhillipCoreyRoark

    19 min
  3. Lisa GoldenthaL: Stop Delegating. Start Architecting.

    May 20

    Lisa GoldenthaL: Stop Delegating. Start Architecting.

    Most leaders think their biggest problem is delegation. But what if delegation was never the real issue? In this powerful episode, Lisa GoldenthaL breaks down why so many founders, CEOs, and senior leaders stay trapped in operational chaos even after following every leadership and productivity framework they were taught. You will discover why tasks keep boomeranging back to you, why your team still depends on your approval, and why scaling becomes impossible when the leader remains the company's operating system. Lisa G. explains the critical shift from delegating tasks to architecting outcomes — and why sustainable growth only happens when businesses are built on leadership systems, emotional regulation, accountability, and decision-making structures that function without constant founder intervention. Inside this episode: • Why traditional delegation advice keeps failing • The hidden reason your team escalates everything back to you • The difference between managers and true leadership architects • How to stop becoming the bottleneck in your business • What companies need to scale beyond founder dependency • The leadership operating system every growing business requires If you are exhausted from carrying the weight of every decision, solving every emergency, and being the glue holding everything together, this conversation will change how you lead forever. Listen now and learn how to stop managing the chaos — and start architecting a business that can scale without you at the center of it.

    13 min
  4. Charlene Li: From AI Anxiety to AI Agency - The Human Skills That Win in an AI World

    May 18

    Charlene Li: From AI Anxiety to AI Agency - The Human Skills That Win in an AI World

    NYT bestselling author and Fortune 100 advisor Charlene Li joins Lisa G to talk about what it really takes to lead through AI transformation. Not the tools. Not the budget. The human architecture that makes everything else work.

    20 min
  5. Lisa Goldenthal: Warren Buffett's Best Question Has Nothing To Do With Money.

    May 12

    Lisa Goldenthal: Warren Buffett's Best Question Has Nothing To Do With Money.

    Most leaders think the problem is delegation. It isn't. The real issue is leadership design — and whether your business is built to scale beyond you or collapse around you. In this episode, Lisa Goldenthal breaks down a provocative idea inspired by Warren Buffett: the most powerful question isn't about money — it's about structure, control, and leverage. Because in most companies, the CEO is either the engine of growth… or the system's biggest constraint. In this episode, you'll explore: Is your leadership creating a moat — or a bottleneck? What actually breaks if you disappear tomorrow? Does your team think independently — or wait for approval? Are you the highest-leverage player — or the most expensive dependency? Are you solving problems… or unintentionally reinforcing them? Why this matters: If every decision, escalation, and critical move still routes through you, the issue isn't effort — it's architecture. And no amount of delegation fixes a system that was never designed to scale. This conversation reframes leadership from doing more to designing better — so the business can grow without increasing dependency on the founder. Listen if: You're a CEO, founder, or operator who feels growth is stalling because the business still "needs you" in too many places. Your business is not limited by your ambition — it's limited by its design. Listen, then ask yourself one question: What would break first if I stepped away for 30 days?

    8 min
  6. Lisa Goldenthal: 95% of AI Projects Are Failing — The Real Reason Will Surprise You

    May 6

    Lisa Goldenthal: 95% of AI Projects Are Failing — The Real Reason Will Surprise You

    MIT reports that 95% of AI projects are failing—not underperforming, not delayed, but outright failing. So, what's really going wrong? In this episode, Lisa Goldenthal cuts through the hype and exposes a hard truth: the problem isn't your technology—it's your leadership. If your organization has an "AI strategy" but isn't seeing real results, this conversation will feel uncomfortably familiar. We break down the five questions every leader needs to be asking right now: Why are AI initiatives collapsing despite massive investment? What is leadership's real role in AI success? Why are top performers resisting AI the most? Where are companies going wrong in implementation? And what separates the 5% who win from the rest? This isn't about tools or platforms. It's about fear, identity, power, and leadership in the age of AI. AI isn't exposing tech gaps—it's exposing leadership gaps. Listen now and rethink what's really holding your AI strategy back.

    10 min
  7. Dr. Joe Nieusma: The Toxicologist Who Gets CEOs Off Medications and Adds Years to Their Life

    May 4

    Dr. Joe Nieusma: The Toxicologist Who Gets CEOs Off Medications and Adds Years to Their Life

    Chronic inflammation, environmental toxins, and the wrong medications are silently destroying CEO performance — and almost nobody is talking about it. Dr. Joe Nieusma is a Senior Toxicologist with 37 years of experience helping leaders reclaim their energy, clarity, and longevity from the inside out. In this episode, he reveals exactly what is eroding your performance — and the highest impact changes you can make starting this week. Subscribe to WholeCEO with Lisa G!

    28 min
  8. Lisa Goldenthal: I Tried Bezos's Rule. Three People Quit. Here's What Happened.

    Apr 29

    Lisa Goldenthal: I Tried Bezos's Rule. Three People Quit. Here's What Happened.

    Your meetings aren't broken. They're designed to reward the wrong behavior. In this episode, Lisa Goldenthal puts a bold leadership experiment to the test: removing slide decks entirely—just like Bezos. What followed? Three people quit. Not the quiet ones—the polished performers. This conversation goes straight to the fault line inside most executive teams: Are your meetings driving real thinking… or just showcasing confidence? Are you promoting clarity… or rewarding presentation theater? Lisa unpacks why 71% of executive meetings fail, how slide culture silences your sharpest minds, and the simple pre-meeting shift that reveals what actually matters—before anyone walks into the room. This is not about better meetings. It's about better decisions. Now the move: Before your next leadership meeting, send this question: "In two sentences—what is the most important problem we need to solve?" Then watch what changes. 🎧 Listen now. And if this challenges how your team operates, share it with every leader in your organization—because the cost of getting this wrong isn't time. It's losing your best thinking.

    9 min
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Best selling author of The Boss Weight Loss, Lisa G. sits down with industry leaders in business, wellness, fitness and mindset and together they discuss their insider secrets to being unstoppable, wrapped around their own personal journeys to dreaming bigger and never giving up…no matter what. Lisa wants to inspire you to go from stuck to unstoppable in all areas of your life - wellness, weight loss, business and mindset!

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