Leadership Maturity Unlocked: How Romie Montpeirous Builds Authentic Leaders

After two decades in operations leadership, Romie Montpeirous recognized a critical gap: leaders were expected to perform without proper development. As the founder of Leadership From The Heart, Romie empowers leaders to truly embody their roles, transforming organizational culture and decision-making. In this Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Spotlight, Romie shares how embracing ownership and clarity revolutionized his business journey—from structuring offers to raising prices. His story highlights the power of depth over tactics, proving that sustainable leadership begins with internal evolution and responsibility, not just strategy and aesthetics.

Hi, Romie! Thanks for joining us today. Tell us about your business. Who do you serve, how do you serve them, and what's the impact that your business and work makes?

I’m the founder of Leadership From The Heart, where I help leaders close the gap between their title and their leadership maturity.

I primarily serve department heads, COOs, founders, and newly promoted leaders who are strong operators but were never formally developed as leaders. They’re competent. Driven. Capable. But often overwhelmed, overextended, or operating below the level their title demands.

I serve them through:

1:1 and group mentorship (Next Level Leader Mentorship)

Enterprise leadership development programs

My book Better Than You Found It

The Leadership Circle community

And the Leadership From The Heart podcast

The impact?
Leaders stop performing leadership and start embodying it. Teams stabilize. Culture strengthens. Decisions become cleaner. And organizations move from reactive to intentional.

I align leaders with the reality of their role — and that changes everything.

Tell us about the moment you finally felt like you went from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur.

The shift happened when I stopped trying to look like a business owner — and started operating like one.

For a while, I was in “idea mode.” Building. Tweaking. Thinking. Planning.

But the moment I raised my prices, structured my offers clearly, and confidently said, “This is the transformation and this is the investment,” everything changed.

Entrepreneurship isn’t about having a logo or a website.

It’s about ownership.
Of your value.
Of your positioning.
Of your outcomes.

The moment I took full responsibility for revenue generation instead of waiting for validation — I crossed over.

Describe the moment or period in your life/career that motivated you to make the entrepreneurial leap.

After 20 years in operations leadership, managing multimillion-dollar budgets and teams of over 200 employees, I realized something:

Organizations expect leaders to perform without properly developing them.

I watched brilliant people burn out.
I watched promotions become punishments.
I watched culture suffer because no one was taught how to lead — only how to execute.

I didn’t leave corporate because I was angry.
I left because I saw a gap.

Entrepreneurship wasn’t rebellion.
It was responsibility.

If I knew how to build systems and scale people inside corporations, I knew I could build something that developed leaders before they broke.

Describe a tool, service, or software that has been a game-changer for your business. How does it contribute to your success?

Honestly? Riverside for podcasting has been a game-changer.

High-quality audio and video matter when you’re building authority. The ability to produce professional, clean, shareable content has elevated the entire brand experience.

Beyond that, structured systems Bloom.io — CRM tracking, automated onboarding, clear workflows — have been the real multiplier.

As an operations person, I don’t believe in chaos-built businesses. Systems create freedom. And freedom creates scale.

We know that success is very often a non-linear path. Tell us about a failure, pivot point, or lesson that changed your course or direction and helped to get you where you are today.

Early on, I underpriced my work.

I thought being accessible meant being affordable.
What I learned is that mispricing doesn’t serve anyone.

When clients don’t invest meaningfully, they don’t engage meaningfully.

The pivot was realizing that premium positioning isn’t ego — it’s alignment.
When the investment matches the transformation, the work deepens.

That shift alone changed the caliber of conversations I was having — and the results my clients were getting.

What unconventional strategy did you employ that significantly impacted your business?

I talk about leadership maturity more than tactics.

Most people sell hacks, strategies, or frameworks.

I focus on the internal evolution of the leader.

I teach that leadership is descriptive, not prescriptive. That you must grow into your title. That resentment is often unspoken expectations. That alignment matters more than competence.

It’s unconventional because it’s deeper work.
But depth builds sustainability.

What’s something you wish you knew sooner that you’d give as advice for aspiring or newer entrepreneurs?

Revenue follows clarity.

Not hustle.
Not volume.
Not aesthetics.

Clarity of:

Who you serve

The problem you solve

The transformation you deliver

The identity you stand in

And second — don’t wait to feel ready. Readiness is earned through movement.

The world doesn’t need more polished entrepreneurs.
It needs more honest ones.

Want to dive deeper into Romie's work? Check out the links below!

• Visit Leadership From The Heart's website: leadershipfromtheheart.co
• Get to know more about The Leadership Circle.
• Follow Leadership From The Heart on Apple Podcast: Leadership From The Heart
• Connect with Romie on LinkedIn: Romie Montpeirous
• Follow Romie Montpeirous on Instagram: @romiemontpeirous
• Get a copy of Romie's book here: Better Than You Found It