In this article, author Mostafa Sayyadi interviews the CEOs of seven large organizations in Australia and the United States to identify the characteristics of highly impactful, transformational executive leaders. These leaders have a clear roadmap for the future and inspire both themselves and their workforce to achieve it, using culture as a tool to facilitate change. Culture change and storytelling are also key to their success, as is the ability to optimize their current business and create new innovations to renew its strength.