Real Leaders

The Community for Impact

It’s hard to find leaders who have real experience and truly understand the journey you’re on.

That’s why we created Real Leaders, to curate and unite the most authentic leaders driving change in every corner of the world.

We started as a magazine sharing stories of real leaders and now we’re bringing them to life through our community and events.

We’re looking for the most impactful companies, speakers, and voices to recognize.

Consider applying for the 2026 Real Leaders Impact Awards and join an unstoppable movement.

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Be recognized for your effort in making the world a better place through business.

By winning an award, not only are you featured in Real Leaders magazine, you effectively reduce friction in finding other values-aligned CEOs, capital sources, speakers, conferences, and coaches in our community to grow your impact.

The Reviews

Richard Branson

Real Leaders see opportunities, where others only see challenges.

Jane Goodall 

Business needs to fill the gap of the harm we have done to the planet. Thank you for shining a light on this.

Paul Polman

This is an extremely impressive group of leaders.

Henk Rogers

Mahalo, Real Leaders magazine, for the profile! The work Real Leaders does puts a critical spotlight on the intersection of sustainability and business.

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