Catalytic Leadership
Feeling overwhelmed by the daily grind and craving a breakthrough for your business? Tune in to the Catalytic Leadership Podcast with Dr. William Attaway, where we dive into the authentic stories of business leaders who’ve turned their toughest challenges into game-changing successes. Each episode brings you real conversations with high-performing entrepreneurs and agency owners, sharing their personal experiences and valuable lessons. From overcoming stress and chaos to elevating team performance and achieving ambitious goals, discover practical strategies that you can apply to your own leadership journey. Dr. Attaway, an Executive Coach specializing in Mindset, Leadership, and and Productivity, provides clear, actionable insights to help you lead with confidence and clarity. Join us for inspiring stories and expert advice that will ignite your leadership potential and drive your business forward. Subscribe to the Catalytic Leadership Podcast and start transforming your approach today. For more resources and exclusive content, visit CatalyticLeadership.net. ** Catalytic Leadership is ranked among the top 1.5% of podcasts globally on ListenNotes, thanks to our incredible listeners. Your support has made us one of the most popular shows out of over 3.4 million podcasts worldwide. Thank you for tuning in and being part of our journey! **
Episodes
Your strategy is solid. Your offer is dialed in. But something inside your growing team is quietly fracturing, and if you can't name it, you can't fix it.
In this episode, I sit down with Jenni Catron, bestselling author, speaker, and culture strategist, and founder and CEO of the 4Sight Group, who has spent over 20 years helping leaders in corporate, nonprofit, and ministry environments build the one thing that dete...
If your marketing budget keeps growing but your results keep flatlining, the problem isn't your ads; it's your foundation.
In this episode, I sit down with Paul Povolni, award-winning creative director, brand strategist, and founder of Voppa Creative, who has spent 34 years helping brands stop blending in and start owning the room. Paul unpacks his brand clarity framework, built around three foundational words: ident...
If you built a business to create freedom and it became the very thing consuming you, this episode is for you.
I sat down with Trapper Searles, strategic partner to high-performing entrepreneurs, and the founder who built and exited The Garage Doctor after nearly 20 years. Trapper's story isn't a highlight reel. It's raw, real, and deeply instructive for anyone trying to build a business not a job before life sends y...
You've delegated the tasks. You've hired the team. So why does everything still come back to you?
In this episode, I sit down with Jason Henneberry, creator of the Dependency Design Framework, author of Why Your Business Won't Let You Go, and senior partner at Tango, a national brokerage facilitating $5.7 billion in funded mortgages annually with over 600 professionals. Jason has spent more than 30 years building and...
If your agency stops the moment you step away, that’s not a client problem; it’s a systems problem. And it’s one that has a very clear solution.
I sat down with Taylor McMaster, founder of DOT & Company, to talk about the client account management model she built over nearly seven years that quietly freed hundreds of agency owners from the meeting cycle, the email threads, and the feeling that e...
If you've tried building a remote team and lost weeks to time zone gaps, miscommunication, and the slow grind of async feedback, this episode is your pivot point.
I sat down with Brian Samson, founder of Plugg Technologies, a leading nearshore firm connecting Latin American talent with US companies. Brian has spent over 10 years in the nearshoring space, lived as an expat in Argentina, and grown three separate compan...
If selling has ever felt like a betrayal of who you are, this episode will rewrite that story.
I sat down with Justin Janowski, founder of Faith to Influence, where he helps Christian entrepreneurs master high-integrity sales. Over thousands of sales calls and millions of dollars in deals closed, Justin has built a reputation for something rare: a sales approach that is generous, honest, and genuinely win-win, whethe...
If your agency's culture lives in your head and dies when you leave the room, this conversation is the reset you didn't know you needed.
In this episode, I sit down with Mark Miller, former VP of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A, principal architect of one of the most recognized leadership cultures in corporate America, and co-author of The Secret, 4th Edition with Ken Blanchard.
Mark breaks down...
You can hit every revenue milestone and still run a broke agency. I've seen it, and so has Andrew Brockenbush. Andrew is the founder of Beefy Marketing, creator of the AI-powered Wingman platform, and host of the Business Growth Hacks podcast. With 13 years in the trenches building a brand that clients have made their own — literally calling him "Beefy" — he's done the work, made the mistakes, and now sh...
Your clients already know you're using AI. The question is: do they trust you with it? This week, I sat down with Vinnie Fisher, founder and CEO of SiteTrust, a former M&A attorney with a 26-year career, and a leader who has built and exited three 7-to-8-figure companies generating over $400 million in sales. Vinnie isn't theorizing about the AI trust crisis. He's building the solution to it. What started as a s...
If your business can't run without you in the middle of it, the problem isn't your team; it's the seat that's still empty.
In this episode, I sit down with Alec Broadfoot, founder and CEO of VisionSpark, a premium executive search firm in Worthington, Ohio, with a 99% placement rate and a spot on the 2023 Inc 5000. Alec has spent 14 years helping entrepreneurial companies make the one hire that changes everything: th...
If you’re building new offers, investing time, and still questioning whether it will actually convert, you don’t have a scaling problem. You have a validation problem.
In this episode, I sit down with Anya Cheng, Founder and CEO of Taelor, an AI-powered menswear rental platform backed by early investors in companies like Nvidia, TikTok, Facebook, Lyft, and Spotify, to unpack how to validate your business ...
If your team is performing, but not owning outcomes… if turnover keeps showing up right when you need stability… the issue usually isn’t effort. It’s design.
In this episode, I sit down with Chris Dyer, Inc Magazine’s #1 leadership speaker, former CEO of People G2, and current CEO of Hopetape USA, to unpack the real driver behind employee retention strategies that actually work.
What he...
At a certain point in your agency’s growth, visibility becomes the constraint. You’ve built the systems, the team, the client results. But the question becomes: how do you scale influence without scaling your time?
In this episode, I sit down with Chandler Bolt, CEO of SelfPublishing.com, Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, and author of seven bestselling books, who has helped more than 7,000 people publish ...
If you’re still the one closing every deal, reviewing every proposal, and carrying the weight of revenue growth, the issue isn’t effort; it’s structure. Without a clear sales system, growth eventually stalls.
In this episode, I sit down with Chris Cocca, President of Strategic Sales in Frederick, Maryland. Chris serves clients across the U.S. and brings more than 25 years of sales leadership experie...
If scaling your agency feels heavier than it should… if every fix creates two new problems… you may be facing a Founder Bottleneck.
In this episode, I sit down with Simon Severino, the CEO of Strategy Sprints, author of Strategy Sprints, and advisor responsible for $2 billion in additional sales for his clients over 21 years.
We unpack the shift from advisor to CEO, why scaling gets lonely at the top, an...
If you’re stuck working in the business while trying to scale it, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, I sit down with Bill Reynolds, founder of Element 502, a creative agency helping businesses find their authentic voice and connect meaningfully with their audiences. Bill has led through acquisition, financial pressure, operational chaos, and the daily reality of the Agency Owner Grind.
We unpack the ...
Scaling has a way of exposing pressure points. Revenue grows, but so does decision fatigue, team friction, and the feeling that you’re still the bottleneck.
In this episode, I sit down with Rajesh Nagjee, CEO mentor and business physicist, creator of CEO Freedom OS, to unpack what he calls the “velocity crisis”: the widening gap between your company’s systems and your capacity to run them at s...
If everything still runs through you - decisions, approvals, follow-ups - it’s not a motivation problem. It’s an ownership problem.
In this episode, I sit down with Mike Michalowicz, author of Profit First, Clockwork, and his newest, All In, to unpack why capable teams stall and what actually causes people to step up. We go far beyond culture, perks, or performance pressure and get into Psychological Owne...
If your agency has grown—but the pressure hasn’t eased—this episode will hit close to home. I sat down with Calvin Correli, founder of Simplero, an all-in-one platform that’s generated over $857 million for creators, to unpack why scaling often feels heavier instead of lighter.
Calvin operates from a single premise: your business is a reflection of your inner code. And when that code is off, n...
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