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Lead the Team (Top 2% of Podcasts)

Lead the Team (Top 2% of Podcasts)

Real CEOs. Real Stories. 2025 Gold Stevie Award winner Ben Fanning reveals tools from 600+ interviews with leaders at Honeywell, HP, IBM, Dunkin’ & L’Oréal—playbooks for thriving through growth, high-stakes calls, and make-or-break moments.

Ben Fanning

462 episodesEN

Show overview

Lead the Team (Top 2% of Podcasts) has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 462 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 310 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 35 min and 45 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 39 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 98 episodes published. Published by Ben Fanning.

Episodes
462
Running
2020–2026 · 6y
Median length
39 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Real CEOs. Real Stories. Hosted by Ben Fanning—2025 Gold Stevie Award winner for Best Business Podcast and ranked in the Top 2% globally—Lead the Team draws on over 600 CEO interviews to take you inside the minds of leaders from brands like Honeywell, HP, IBM, Dunkin’, and L’Oréal. In each episode, you’ll hear raw, unfiltered stories of leading through rapid growth, high-stakes decisions, and make-or-break moments—plus the CEO-tested tools and strategies they use to build high-performing teams. From turning around billion-dollar brands to sparking innovation at scale, these leaders share lessons you can put into action right now to lead your own team better. Subscribe now. ------------- https://www.benfanning.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfanning/

Latest Episodes

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How Resource-Starved Teams Use AI to Beat Massive Budgets (CEO Bonterra, Scott Brighton)

Jun 24, 202641 min

BNI COO: The Networking Mistake Costing Leaders Millions (Dave Collins)

Jun 22, 202650 min

Why Energy Became a CEO Problem | SmartestEnergy US, CEO Andy Cormie

Jun 16, 202637 min

Why Great Leaders Don't Trust Polished Reports | John Case, CEO of Acumatica

Jun 14, 202635 min

The AI Mistake Costing Companies Millions (iMerit CEO Radha Basu)

Jun 10, 202637 min

How to Build an AI-Native Company (KK, CEO of Ascendion)

May 27, 202613 min

Why Safe Leaders Stall (CEO Greene Tweed, Magen Buterbaugh)

May 26, 202645 min

I Fight AI Fraud with Military Tactics (Socure President, Matt Thompson)

May 20, 202643 min

The Biggest Mistake Leaders Make in a Crisis (CEO of Cygnet, Keval Hutheesing)

May 16, 202635 min

Why Most AI Initiatives Are Failing Before They Start (Ascendion CCO, Arun Varadarajan)

May 13, 20261h 3m

The Best-Scaling Teams Share One Leadership Lesson (Josh Kanagy, Hightouch CRO)

May 10, 202641 min

Bruce Springsteen Revolutionized My Company (Chairman at Virtual, Andy Freed)

May 5, 202647 min

monday.com CRO - Why Great Mentors Push You to Leave, Case George

May 3, 202634 min

From NYSE to DailyPay: The Risk That Reshaped a COO’s Career (Andrew Brandman)

Apr 30, 202643 min

ZOOM COO Admits Fastest Tech Adoption in History (Leadership Talk with Aparna Bawa)

Apr 28, 202657 min

Microsoft CEO Changed How I Lead My Company (Hayden Stafford Seismic CRO)

Apr 26, 202643 min

You Still Own It: The Leadership Skill You Can’t Delegate to AI (with PROS CRO Eileen Sweeney)

Apr 21, 202635 min

The Automation Mistake That Costs Millions (CEO Americas HAI Robotics, ex-Target, GXO, Adrian Stoch))

Apr 19, 202648 min

Why Charisma Fails Leaders (After 10,000 Interviews) CEO Rod McDermott, McDermott + Bull; Activate 180

Apr 13, 202638 min
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