Creating Space for Everyone: How Maggie Kane Leads with Purpose and Passion

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Best Ever Podcast

Scott Eblin

14 episodes

5 days ago

The Best Ever Podcast with Scott Eblin is your insider’s guide to what it takes to lead at the highest level at work, at home, and in your community. Each week, Scott sits down with remarkable leaders for real, revealing conversations about the mindset shifts, self-management habits, and everyday routines that fuel extraordinary leadership impact. Drawing on his 25 years of experience as a top executive coach, Scott brings a coach’s lens to every episode to help you bridge the gap between intention and action.

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Creating Space for Everyone: How Maggie Kane Leads with Purpose and Passion

Best Ever Podcast

1 hour 3 minutes

3 months ago

Creating Space for Everyone: How Maggie Kane Leads with Purpose and Passion

What does it take to build a restaurant where everyone has a seat at the table, no matter what’s in their wallet? In this episode of Best Ever, Scott sits down with Maggie Kane, founder and executive director of A Place at the Table, Raleigh, N.C.'s first pay-what-you-can nonprofit café. Maggie shares how a conversation at a Golden Corral sparked a radical vision for dignity, choice, and community and how she turned that vision into a beloved downtown institution. They talk about what it means to lead with empathy, why asking for help is a superpower, and the powerful self-management habits that help Maggie show up with purpose and positivity day after day.

Explore A Place at the Table: tableraleigh.org | @tableraleigh

Follow Maggie on Instagram: @table_mags

Learn about One World Everybody Eats: oneworldeverybodyeats.org

Mentor café in Boone, NC: farmcafe.org

(01:48) The A Place at the Table Experience
(07:10) The Golden Corral Story That Changed Everything
(10:38) Starting a Restaurant Without Industry Experience
(21:11) Why the “Tip” at Table Is a Donation
(23:56) How 150 Volunteers a Day Keep the Café Running
(26:20) Creating Consistency with a Volunteer Workforce
(33:55) Maggie’s Daily Routines for Energy and Impact
(36:45) Hiking the Camino and Taking Sabbaticals
(47:52) The Power of Asking for Help and Building Community
(50:53) What It Really Means to Love People Well

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