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Naked at the Top
You’ve built the business. You’ve got the title. And yet there are things you’ve never said out loud about the cost, the loneliness, the version of yourself you had to leave behind to get here.
Naked at the Top is the podcast where successful business owners and leaders get real and have a lot of fun doing it.
Each episode, host Aleyx Ward gets guests to strip back the polished version and share what leadership actually looks like behind closed doors.
Expect honest stories, unfiltered reactions from the people who know them best, and a finale where — layer by layer — we find out just how naked they’re willing to get.
Come for the stories. Stay for what comes off next.
Naked at the Top
Latest Episodes
Boundaries without the guilt: How people-pleasers learn to say no
You can be the most capable person in the room and still have no idea how to say no without guilt.In this episode of Naked at the Top, an AI ethicist and founder who advises global businesses on equity gets honest about the one thing she...
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What to tell yourself at night when the self-doubt won't shut up
Have you ever had a season where everything in your life fell apart at once and you couldn't catch your breath?Then this episode is for you. Today I'm sitting down with Nicholas Howe. He's the founder of Howe United Games and Software, a...
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Leadership for Introverts: Building an AI Company When You Can't Sell Yourself
You can be brilliant at what you do and still feel like the kid no one picked — and starting a business doesn't always fix that.In this episode of Naked at the Top, Gabriele Sanguigno, founder of Tooth Fairy AI, shares what it takes to ...
How to actually make it safe for your team to fail — Authentic Leadership, Risk & the "Insurance Policy" Rule
Everyone tells you to "just be yourself" at the top — but nobody warns you how exposed that can leave you, or how lonely it gets being the one who's supposed to have the answers.In this episode of Naked at the Top, Leadernomics author, ...
What Working With Nike, Adidas and Global Agencies Taught Me | Christopher Asahara
Belonging, identity, power, and the courage to build something new.In this episode of Naked at the Top, Aleyx sits down with Christopher Asahara for a deeply honest conversation about growing up between cultures, being told you ...
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