Understanding The Leadership Level Where You’re At Your Best

by Jeff Bond

At the core of Jeff's work is helping servant leaders use their influence as a force for good. As the Co-Founder of Chat With Leaders Media and Executive Partner at People First Elevation Team, he empowers organizational leaders with media solutions that spark collaboration and shared purpose with their teams and customers.

Together with his team, Jeff delivers event production, podcast production, content creation, cross-cultural training, and strategic advisory solutions. They are committed to unlocking the power of inclusive storytelling, shared experiences, leadership development, and feedback integration to ensure their media solutions meet the needs of their clients' stakeholder groups.

Their core values—Partnership, Inclusion, and Empowerment—guide everything they do. By fostering strong partnerships, embracing diverse perspectives, and equipping leaders with the tools to succeed, they aim to transform the way people engage while getting meaningful work done.

Outside of work, Jeff cherishes time with his wife and three kiddos, balancing his roles as a husband and father with his professional life in Atlanta, GA. Connect with Jeff to explore how impactful media solutions can drive success and engagement.

In this episode, Jeff chats with Joe Yi, EVP at Apogee Financial Partners, about how important it is to build leadership character in our youth, his lessons learned at West Point and active military service, his transition into civilian life as a sales leader, and what he’s learned along the journey about the requirements of a servant leader. In the end, this has helped him realize the importance of knowing where the striving for rank ceases in order to arrive at the leadership level aligned with your giftedness.

About Joe

Joe Yi is the Executive Vice President of Apogee Financial Partners. He leads a team of interdisciplinary specialists to advise the leaders of industry and community. Joe’s clients have been blessed with talent and entrepreneurship that have sourced their wealth and influence. He strives to deliver the best that Apogee has to offer so that his clients may further their high impact in philanthropy, business development, and generational planning.

Joe has been an Atlantan since 1977 when he called Stone Mountain home. Upon graduating from West Point and a stint in the Army, he returned home and married Kae. They now call Alpharetta home where they are active in their church, Alpharetta Rotary, Grace@Work, and Walk to Emmaus communities.

They are blessed with two adult children, Joshua and Jessica, who are aspiring in their own careers.