Angela Gill Nelms
Angela Gill Nelms is a founder, board leader, podcaster, and award-winning entrepreneur with a career spanning SaaS, medical devices, biotech, and clinical research. She builds high-impact teams and organizations rooted in culture, resilience, and strategic execution—helping innovators move ideas from lab to market and leaders grow with intention. She hosts three podcasts that reflect her mission to elevate leadership and accelerate biomedical innovation: Badass Leaders Podcast, Holy Shift! Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow, and Recovery Advocate Network: Coffee & Conversation. Across each show, Angela creates space for honest conversations that drive impact, reduce stigma, and shape the future of leadership and health. A Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Alumni honoree and INC 500 award recipient, Angela serves on multiple boards across innovation and mental health ecosystems. Outside of work, she’s beekeeping, blacksmithing, turning wood, or training—6× IRONMAN and lifelong advocate for humans being human.
Appears in 74 Episodes
If Your Emotional Intelligence Is Weak, Your Leadership Will Be Too | Chris Salem
In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela Gill Nelms sits down with business acceleration strategist, keynote speaker, and emotional intelligence expert Ch...
The Truth About Narcissistic Leaders | Brandon Smith
In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela Gill Nelms sits down with Brandon Smith, leadership coach, TEDx speaker, professor at Emory University, and autho...
The Leadership Secrets Behind The 4 Disciplines of Execution | Jim Huling
In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela sits down with leadership expert, executive coach, and bestselling author Jim Huling, co-author of The 4 Discipli...
How Alternative Healing Changed My Life and Leadership | Jessica Tracy
In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela sits down with Jessica Tracy, Certified Jungian Coach, consultant, speaker, and former corporate executive, to ex...
How to Build Success Without Burning Out | Angela Gill Nelms & Gia Ganesh
In this special re-release of one of the most personal episodes in Badass Leaders Podcast history, Gia Ganesh takes over the host chair and turns the tables on Angela ...
The Startup Founder Rebuilding Menopause Care | Sam Smith
In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela Gill Nelms sits down with Sam Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Amissa Health, to unpack the massive gaps in women’s h...
How One Nonprofit Is Changing Lives & Rebuilding Confidence for Thousands | Bonni Pomush
What if the biggest thing holding people back from success isn’t lack of skill — but the belief that they’re not worthy of a second chance?In this episode of the Badas...
Blue Angels, Combat, and Leadership Under Pressure | Scott “Intake” Kartvedt
What can fighter pilots teach us about leadership, trust, accountability, and high-performance teams?In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela Gill Nelms s...
Why Smart Leaders Say “No” to Paying Clients
Not every client is worth keeping—and the best leaders know when to walk away.In this powerful compilation episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela Gill Nelms bri...
Why High Performers Stay Stuck (And How to Break Through) | Hilary Porta
What if the real reason you feel stuck isn’t your strategy, your team, or your execution—but your identity?In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela Gill N...
Why Successful Leaders Still Feel Unfulfilled | Susanne Biro
In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Susanne Biro, executive coach to CEOs and senior leaders, shares what she’s learned after decades of working behind the ...
AI Won’t Replace You… But This Will (Lessons from Microsoft) | Allister Frost
What if the biggest threat to your career isn’t AI… but your comfort zone?In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela Gill Nelms sits down with Allister Fros...
You Don't Have a Funding Problem—You Have a Strategy Problem | Dr. Rebecca Sutherns
What if your leadership team isn’t actually aligned, even though everyone thinks they are?In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, we sit down with Rebecca Suthe...
PR Expert Exposes Why You’re Not Getting Clients | Barrie Cohen
What if the reason you’re not getting opportunities has nothing to do with your talent—and everything to do with your visibility?In this episode of the Badass Leaders ...
Most Leaders Avoid This Skill — And It's Costing You
Great leadership advice rarely comes from textbooks. More often, it comes from a single moment, a hard conversation, or a piece of feedback that changes how someone se...
Too Nice to Lead? The People-Pleaser Trap | Russell Harvey
In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela Gill Nelms sits down with leadership advisor Russell Harvey to unpack the deeply human side of leadership resilie...
Why the American Dream Isn’t Working – and What Leaders Must Do Next | Alfredo Mathew III
In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela Gill Nelms sits down with entrepreneur, educator, and systems thinker Alfredo Mathew III to explore a provocative...
What Most Leaders Get Wrong About Transformation | Dr. Ekanjali Dhillon
What does leadership actually look like when the stakes are real and failure isn’t an option?In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, physician and digital trans...
Why Talent Isn’t Enough to Lead at the Highest Level | Randall Thames
What actually separates leaders who rise from those who quietly stall out?In this episode of the Badass Leaders Podcast, Angela sits down with Randall Thames, CEO of I...
How to Lead in a Toxic Work Environment Without Losing Yourself | Anne Chow
In this powerful leadership conversation, Anne Chow joins the Badass Leaders Podcast to discuss her book Leading Bigger: The Transformative Power of Inclusion and what...
