{"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":"monday.com CRO - Why Great Mentors Push You to Leave, Case George","slug":"monday-com-cro-why-great-mentors-push-you-to-leave-case-george","published_at":"2026-05-03T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768/monday-com-cro-why-great-mentors-push-you-to-leave-case-george","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768","url":"http://www.benfanning.com/theceosessions/case","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/6fba33c6-1459-4a44-a44c-569337099e24.mp3","summary":"Why Leave Success? monday.com CRO Case George once got career advice he never expected. After decades at IBM a close mentor looked at him and said: “I’ll deny it if you tell anybody… but I think you should leave.” It was unexpected but that advice changed everything for Case. He went on to help scale billion-dollar revenue organizations and now leads global revenue at monday.com, a platform used by 200,000+ organizations worldwide. You'll also discover: • Why great mentors sometimes push you out of comfort • The strategy that grew monday.com into a $1.5B+ company • What happens when your response times drop from 24 hours to 2 minutes? ---- He shared with me that you don’t fully appreciate what you’ve learned… until you’re forced to use it somewhere new. Do you believe ambitious leaders leave successful companies earlier to grow faster, or can they do it where they are? ----- Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben Fanning Speaking and Training inquires Subscribe to my Youtube channel LinkedIn Instagram Twitter","meta_description":"Why Leave Success? monday.com CRO Case George once got career advice he never expected. After decades at IBM a close mentor looked at him and said: “I’ll…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2074,"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/monday-com-cro-why-great-mentors-push-you-to-leave-case-george/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/monday-com-cro-why-great-mentors-push-you-to-leave-case-george.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}