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How Great Leaders Eliminate Team Silos | Mark Banfield, CRO of TeamViewer
Jun 28, 2026
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How Resource-Starved Teams Use AI to Beat Massive Budgets (CEO Bonterra, Scott Brighton)
Jun 24, 2026
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BNI COO: The Networking Mistake Costing Leaders Millions (Dave Collins)
Jun 22, 2026
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Why Energy Became a CEO Problem | SmartestEnergy US, CEO Andy Cormie
Jun 16, 2026
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Why Great Leaders Don't Trust Polished Reports | John Case, CEO of Acumatica
Jun 14, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/28/26 | ![]() How Great Leaders Eliminate Team Silos | Mark Banfield, CRO of TeamViewer | When growth pressure hits an organization, it triggers a hidden survival instinct: teams become political, siloed, and reactive.Most executives try to solve this by pushing harder—but driving pace without dignity is exactly how you destroy organizational trust.In this episode of Lead The Team, Ben Fanning sits down with Mark Banfield, Chief Revenue Officer at TeamViewer (and former CEO of 1e), to break down what it actually takes to scale a high-growth SaaS business across private equity and public markets without causing massive team burnout.Mark shares the exact framework required to create "constructive interference"—a powerful force multiplier that aligns every single employee, from the front lines to the C-suite, toward a singular North Star.This conversation covers:• The early warning signs that your company is becoming political instead of mission-driven• Pace vs. Dignity: How to demand high execution without breaking your team's culture• The transition from CRO to CEO: What leading revenue can never prepare you for• Trust vs. Surveillance: The reality of implementing autonomous tech and AI in the workspaceWhether you’re a CEO, executive, founder, or ambitious professional navigating modern leadership under extreme market pressure, this episode will fundamentally change how you balance performance with human relationships.Chapters00:00 – The growth pressure mistake most executives make02:18 – The CASE framework for authentic leadership trust05:15 – Early warning signs of toxic organizational silos07:45 – Pace vs. Dignity: Balancing pressure and human relationships09:35 – CRO to CEO: The brutal reality of total accountability14:10 – Lessons from competitive swimming: Mindset, monotony, and discipline22:14 – Trust vs. Surveillance: The future of autonomous AI workforce tech37:04 – Constructive Interference: How to build a true force multiplier Ben Fanning interviews top executives, CEOs, founders, and business leaders to uncover the real-world leadership lessons shaping modern organizations.Topics include executive psychology, high-performance teams, SaaS scaling strategy, crisis leadership, private equity growth, organizational transformation, and building trust in the AI era. Subscribe for weekly conversations on leadership under pressure, executive performance, team alignment, and building resilient organizations.Boost your productivity and decision-making—get vital insights from each episode delivered directly to your inbox at:http://benfanning.com/insight#leadership #ExecutiveLeadership #TeamAlignment #HighPerformanceTeams #SaaSLeadership #BusinessPodcast #LeadTheTeam-----Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben FanningSpeaking and Training inquiresSubscribe to my Youtube channelLinkedInInstagramTwitter | — | ||||||
| 6/24/26 | ![]() How Resource-Starved Teams Use AI to Beat Massive Budgets (CEO Bonterra, Scott Brighton) | What if the organizations doing some of the most critical work in the world are being held back the most by traditional technology?In this episode of Lead The Team, Ben Fanning sits down with Scott Brighton, CEO of Bonterra, to break down a massive paradigm shift: how resource-starved, underfunded teams are leveraging agentic AI to completely transform operations and defeat massive budgets.Scott reveals the exact operational playbooks behind "capacity amplification"—explaining how agentic AI can function like hiring five or six additional staff members to reactivate lost revenue streams at scale without increasing your headcount.But with rapid tech adoption comes severe executive pressure. We dive into the hard governance lines leaders must draw regarding data privacy, automation boundaries, and human accountability.You'll discover:Capacity Amplification: How agentic AI steps in to handle data and execution workflows for lean teams.The Long Tail Strategy: Using automation to deliver high-touch, personalized donor experiences to smaller accounts at scale.The Accountability Line: Why critical decisions regarding human service delivery must always remain human.The Subscription Death: Why the traditional SaaS seat-based pricing model is dying and shifting toward outcome-based value.Harnessing Passion: Managing the high kinetic energy and internal friction of mission-driven organizations.Whether you’re a CEO, executive, founder, or ambitious professional navigating leadership under pressure in the AI era, this episode will challenge you to think differently about scaling your team and your impact.Want to boost your productivity and decision making? Get vital insights from each episode delivered directly to your inbox at BenFanning.com/Insight.-----Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben FanningSpeaking and Training inquiresSubscribe to my Youtube channelLinkedInInstagramTwitter | — | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | ![]() BNI COO: The Networking Mistake Costing Leaders Millions (Dave Collins) | Most business leaders approach networking completely wrong—and it is costing them real revenue. They show up to events, hand out business cards, and try to sell directly to the room, wondering why nothing ever converts into sustainable growth.In this episode of Lead The Team, host Ben Fanning sits down with Dave Collins, the Chief Operating Officer of BNI.Dave oversees a staggering global network of 355,000 members across 76 countries that generated over $27 Billion in self-reported closed business over the last 12 months alone.Dave shares the exact structural behaviors and core mindset shifts required to transform casual interactions into a relentless, highly profitable referral machine. If you are relying purely on automated digital outreach or cold algorithms to scale your pipeline, this conversation will completely reframe your approach to modern leadership and business development.The "Selling Through" Mindset: Why you should never go to a room to sell to your network, but rather to teach them how to sell through them.The VCP Framework: A definitive breakdown of how deep Visibility leads to executive Credibility, which directly unlocks compounding Profitability.The Power of the Specific Ask: Why broad pitches fail and how targeting hyper-specific niche market seats transforms your sales pipeline.Human Networks vs. AI Disruption: Why face-to-face accountability is becoming a leader's ultimate defense against synthetic content, deep fakes, and automation fatigue.The 30-Day New City Playbook: Dave's exact operational strategy for leveraging an established network to seamlessly break into an entirely new market.[ABOUT THE GUEST]Dave Collins is the Chief Operating Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking and referral organization. With over 41 years of sustained global growth, BNI helps small businesses, solopreneurs, and elite executives build powerful, long-term relationship pipelines that drive massive revenue impact.[CONNECT WITH BEN]Get vital leadership insights delivered straight to your inbox: benfanning.com/insightDiscover our 5-step Profitable Podcast Framework for your organization: BenLeads.com/schedule-----Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben FanningSpeaking and Training inquiresSubscribe to my Youtube channelLinkedInInstagramTwitter | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() Why Energy Became a CEO Problem | SmartestEnergy US, CEO Andy Cormie | ENERGY GOT STRATEGICAndy Cormie, CEO and Board Chaiir of SmartestEnergy US, shares how one hurricane, one geopolitical conflict, or one AI-driven demand spike can send a company’s energy costs from $2M a month… to $12M almost overnight.That’s not a utility problem anymore.That’s a REAL leadership problem.Most companies still think about energy as a line item on a bill.But according to Andy, energy is rapidly becoming:a margin issuea board issuea risk issueand potentially a competitive advantage.One line that hit me hard:“Boards shouldn’t be giving you a pass…”Especially as AI, data centers, aging infrastructure, and geopolitical instability continue reshaping global energy demand.The leaders who win over the next decade may not be the ones who react fastest after disruption.They may be the ones who planned before it arrived.What’s an operational risk most companies still underestimate right now?-----Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben FanningSpeaking and Training inquiresSubscribe to my Youtube channelLinkedInInstagramTwitter | — | ||||||
| 6/14/26 | ![]() Why Great Leaders Don't Trust Polished Reports | John Case, CEO of Acumatica | The bigger your company gets, the more polished reports can distort vital truth.In this episode of Lead the Team, Ben Fanning sits down with John Case, CEO of Acumatica and former Microsoft executive who helped scale Office 365 into one of the most successful cloud businesses in the world.John shares why one of the most important responsibilities of leadership is creating direct access to truth before critical information gets filtered on its way up the organization.From customer conversations to strategic decision-making, he explains how great leaders stay connected to reality as their companies grow.Along the way, he shares lessons from helping drive Microsoft's transition to the cloud, scaling high-growth companies, building executive teams, and navigating the opportunities and risks of AI.You'll learn:• Why leaders must create unfiltered feedback loops with customers• How scale can separate executives from the truth they need most• Lessons from helping grow Office 365 into a global cloud powerhouse• The biggest mistakes leaders make during periods of rapid growth• Why "the job will outgrow everyone"• How to identify when a problem is really a leadership problem• Where AI should accelerate decisions—and where humans must remain in control• Why trust may become the most valuable competitive advantage in the AI eraTIMESTAMPS00:00 – What Happens When Truth Gets Filtered01:44 – How John Case Built Unfiltered Customer Feedback Loops08:40 – Lessons From Scaling Office 365 at Microsoft13:36 – The Biggest Mistake Leaders Make During Rapid Growth16:22 – "The Job Will Outgrow Everyone"18:04 – How to Tell When a Problem Is Really a Leadership Problem20:05 – Where AI Should (and Shouldn't) Make Decisions22:45 – The Biggest AI Risk Most Leaders Overlook24:16 – Why Trust Is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage25:15 – The Career Setback That Changed Everything27:50 – Leaving Microsoft After 16 Years30:17 – Why AI May Be the Biggest Technology Shift in 20 Years34:35 – Leadership, Trust, and the Future of AI35:00 – John's Advice for Leaders Navigating What's NextWhether you're a CEO, executive, founder, or ambitious professional navigating leadership in the AI era, this conversation will help you think differently about customer insight, executive decision-making, organizational trust, and leading through rapid technological change.Subscribe to Lead the Team for weekly conversations with top executives, founders, and business leaders on leadership, AI, organizational transformation, and high-performance teams.-----Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben FanningSpeaking and Training inquiresSubscribe to my Youtube channelLinkedInInstagramTwitter | — | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | ![]() The AI Mistake Costing Companies Millions (iMerit CEO Radha Basu)✨ | AI leadershipoperational blindspots+3 | Radha Basu | iMerit | — | AIleadership+3 | — | 37m 01s | |
| 5/27/26 | ![]() How to Build an AI-Native Company (KK, CEO of Ascendion)✨ | AIleadership+3 | KK | AscendionIT services companies | — | AIleadership+5 | — | 13m 38s | |
| 5/26/26 | ![]() Why Safe Leaders Stall (CEO Greene Tweed, Magen Buterbaugh)✨ | leadershipcareer growth+4 | Magen Buterbaugh | Greene TweedDuPont | — | leadershipcomfort zone+5 | — | 45m 13s | |
| 5/20/26 | ![]() I Fight AI Fraud with Military Tactics (Socure President, Matt Thompson)✨ | AI fraudmilitary tactics+3 | Matt Thompson | Socure | — | AI fraudmilitary tactics+4 | — | 43m 27s | |
| 5/16/26 | ![]() The Biggest Mistake Leaders Make in a Crisis (CEO of Cygnet, Keval Hutheesing)✨ | leadershipcrisis management+3 | Keval Hutheesing | Cygnet.One | — | leadershipcrisis+5 | — | 35m 51s | |
| 5/13/26 | ![]() Why Most AI Initiatives Are Failing Before They Start (Ascendion CCO, Arun Varadarajan)✨ | AI initiativesleadership+3 | Arun Varadarajan | Ascendion | — | AIleadership+3 | — | 1h 03m 15s | |
| 5/10/26 | ![]() The Best-Scaling Teams Share One Leadership Lesson (Josh Kanagy, Hightouch CRO)✨ | leadershipscaling teams+3 | Josh Kanagy | Hightouch | — | leadership lessonscaling systems+4 | — | 41m 28s | |
| 5/5/26 | ![]() Bruce Springsteen Revolutionized My Company (Chairman at Virtual, Andy Freed)✨ | leadershipinspiration+3 | Andy Freed | Virtual, Inc. | — | Bruce Springsteenleadership+5 | — | 47m 36s | |
| 5/3/26 | ![]() monday.com CRO - Why Great Mentors Push You to Leave, Case George✨ | mentorshipcareer advice+4 | Case George | monday.comIBM | — | mentorshipcareer growth+5 | — | 34m 34s | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() From NYSE to DailyPay: The Risk That Reshaped a COO’s Career (Andrew Brandman)✨ | leadershipcareer decisions+3 | Andrew Brandman | DailyPayNew York Stock Exchange | — | leadershiprisk+5 | — | 43m 29s | |
| 4/28/26 | ![]() ZOOM COO Admits Fastest Tech Adoption in History (Leadership Talk with Aparna Bawa)✨ | leadershiptechnology adoption+4 | Aparna Bawa | Zoom | U.S. | Zoomleadership+5 | — | 57m 15s | |
| 4/26/26 | ![]() Microsoft CEO Changed How I Lead My Company (Hayden Stafford Seismic CRO)✨ | leadershipcompany culture+3 | Hayden E. Stafford | MicrosoftSeismic | — | leadershipMicrosoft+5 | — | 43m 50s | |
| 4/21/26 | ![]() You Still Own It: The Leadership Skill You Can’t Delegate to AI (with PROS CRO Eileen Sweeney)✨ | leadershipAI accountability+3 | Eileen Sweeney | PROSAI+1 | — | leadershipAI+5 | — | 35m 10s | |
| 4/19/26 | ![]() The Automation Mistake That Costs Millions (CEO Americas HAI Robotics, ex-Target, GXO, Adrian Stoch))✨ | automationleadership+4 | Adrian Stoch | Hai RoboticsTarget+1 | — | automation mistakecosts millions+5 | — | 48m 40s | |
| 4/13/26 | ![]() Why Charisma Fails Leaders (After 10,000 Interviews) CEO Rod McDermott, McDermott + Bull; Activate 180✨ | leadershipcharisma+3 | Rod McDermott | McDermott + BullActivate 180 | — | leadershipcharisma+5 | — | 38m 36s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() Why Great Leaders Ignore Noise and Direct Attention (Clear Channel Outdoor CRO Bob McCuin)✨ | leadershipattention economy+3 | Bob McCuin | Clear Channel Outdoor | — | leadershipattention+3 | — | 33m 13s | |
| 3/29/26 | ![]() Why Leaders are Losing Their Best People (Adam Block CRO, Motive)✨ | leadershipemployee retention+3 | Adam Block | Motive | — | leadershipemployee engagement+3 | — | 41m 29s | |
| 3/22/26 | ![]() The AI Leadership Choice Every Leader Must Make (CEO Abhijit Mitra, Outreach)✨ | AI leadershipteam operations+3 | Abhijit Mitra | Outreach | — | AIleadership+4 | — | 39m 03s | |
| 3/17/26 | ![]() When Mistakes Cost Lives, How to Lead (Fluke CEO, Parker Burke)✨ | leadershiphigh-stakes environments+3 | Parker Burke | Fluke CorporationMarines | — | leadershipsafety+5 | — | 39m 15s | |
| 3/15/26 | ![]() Nuclear Submarines and a $22B Merger Shaped a CEO (Deltek's, Bob Hughes)✨ | leadershiptrust+4 | Bob Hughes | Deltek | — | leadershiptrust+5 | — | 47m 04s | |
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