I’m Jeff Brown – podcaster, mentor, and speaker. My goal: to help you bridge the gap between intention and implementation.

More than anything else, I love helping others realize their full potential. I do that primarily through public speaking, the mastermind groups I facilitate, membership platforms I’ve created, my courses, coaching, and consulting.

Before beginning Read to Lead, I spent 26-years in the radio and music industries. I even co-hosted an award-winning and nationally syndicated morning show from 2002 to 2008.

Since January 2014, I have leveraged my radio background to coach numerous podcasters and business owners, helping dozens create, launch, grow, and monetize their shows.

People like Travis Chappell, Brendan Hufford, Liz Covart, Harry Duran, Darrell Darnell, Ben Castleberry, and Michelle McQuaid have all been clients. I’ve even been blessed with the opportunity to consult with the US government, two of the largest churches in the US, and several multi-million dollar companies.

In May of 2020, my podcast led to me signing a book deal. Read to Lead: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career will release on August 31, 2021.

I live just outside Nashville, TN with my wife of 19 years, Annie, and our three Dachshunds, Fritz, Frank, and Charlie Brown.

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The Read to Lead Podcast began in 2013. Since then I’ve been fortunate to interview a number of New York Times bestselling authors including actor and author Alan Alda, John Maxwell, Seth Godin, Dan Miller, Daniel Pink, Simon Sinek, Brian Tracy (not once, but twice), Mark Victor Hansen, Stephen M. R. Covey, Liz Wiseman, Nancy Duarte and over 300 more.

The Read to Lead Podcast has been a top #10 Business and top #3 Career podcast in iTunes, is an iTunes Essentials podcast (Book Lovers), and has been nominated Best Business Podcast no fewer than four times. Read to Lead has also been featured in Entrepreneur, Inc., SethGodin.com, ChrisBrogan.com, Goins Writer, Social Media Explorer, Nashville Business Journal, the Tennessean, and more.

As well, Read to Lead made Inc. magazine’s list of 20 Best Business Podcasts of 2015 and Hubspot Marketing’s 10 Best Business and Management Podcasts of 2016.

With each successful and inspiring business book author I interview, we dive into their latest book and their unique insights on Leadership, Personal Development, Productivity, Business, Career, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship.

If you love reading, then you’ll love this podcast. If you desire to stretch and grow by reading more but haven’t been able to make it happen, then you’ll find encouragement here. And in the meantime, learn more than you ever thought possible.

I have seen from personal experience the important role intentional and consistent reading can play in honing leadership skills and advancing personal growth. I am a firm believer in the mantra, “Leaders Read and Readers Lead.”

I would like to personally thank Dan Miller, John Lee Dumas, Michael Hyatt, and Jon Acuff, without whose inspiration and encouragement this podcast would not exist.