{"podcast":{"title":"Lead the Team (Top 2% of Podcasts)","slug":"lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768","podcast_index_feed_id":1064768,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/leadtheteam/","website_url":"HTTPS://benfanning.com/blog","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/10af0b95-04e6-42cc-b03d-73690ea3bb8a/QKJ4Hxs4kaKpd554m1ArvK6B.jpg","author":"Ben Fanning","episode_count":465,"summary":"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/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T04:21:29.253817+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768"},"episode":{"title":"Microsoft CEO Changed How I Lead My Company (Hayden Stafford Seismic CRO)","slug":"microsoft-ceo-changed-how-i-lead-my-company-hayden-stafford-seismic-cro","published_at":"2026-04-26T15:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768/microsoft-ceo-changed-how-i-lead-my-company-hayden-stafford-seismic-cro","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768","url":"http://www.benfanning.com/theceosessions/hayden","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/76862c00-2fca-444b-9c6c-f31b37162cb8.mp3","summary":"Inside the Room. Hayden E. Stafford, President & CRO at Seismic, had a front-row seat to Satya Nadella rebuilding Microsoft from the inside out. The world saw the outcome. Hayden saw the decisions. The ones that got challenged. The ones that got changed. And the ones leaders refused to change. He saw that alignment didn’t break all at once. It broke when signals said something isn’t working… and nothing changes. That’s when teams drift. Priorities split. And small gaps turn into real consequences. You’ll discover: - What it was really like in those rooms—and how Satya handled bad decisions. - What Hayden saw that changed how he leads. - What makes asmall misalignment turn into a million-dollar problem. And he’s now applying those same lessons across thousands of employees and customers at Seismic. So: When you know something isn’t working is your tendency to… Change it— or convince yourself it will? ----- Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben Fanning Speaking and Training inquires Subscribe to my Youtube channel LinkedIn Instagram Twitter","meta_description":"Inside the Room. Hayden E. Stafford, President & CRO at Seismic, had a front-row seat to Satya Nadella rebuilding Microsoft from the inside out. The w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2630,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768/episodes/microsoft-ceo-changed-how-i-lead-my-company-hayden-stafford-seismic-cro/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768/microsoft-ceo-changed-how-i-lead-my-company-hayden-stafford-seismic-cro.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}