{"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":"Why Safe Leaders Stall (CEO Greene Tweed, Magen Buterbaugh)","slug":"why-safe-leaders-stall-ceo-greene-tweed-magen-buterbaugh","published_at":"2026-05-26T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768/why-safe-leaders-stall-ceo-greene-tweed-magen-buterbaugh","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-the-team-top-2-of-podcasts-1064768","url":"http://www.benfanning.com/theceosessions/magen","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b9aeb74e-f59c-4d56-8b12-48b9e7d4ec9e.mp3","summary":"Comfort Stops Growth. Magen Buterbaugh, President & CEO of Greene Tweed, walked away from leading a billion-dollar business at DuPont because she realized something… Success can become a trap. Her role was secure. The path was clear. The reputation opened doors. But she knew she had stopped growing. So she left the corporate safety net to help build a startup with one employee, real payroll pressure, and no guarantee it would work. That decision completely changed how she leads. In this conversation, we get into questions every ambitious leader eventually has to face: • How do you know when your career has become too comfortable? • What happens to your leadership when the safety net disappears? • Are you actually growing… or just getting better at protecting what you’ve already built? She told me: “Until your back is against the wall, you really haven’t faced adversity.” I think a lot of leaders spend years trying to avoid discomfort. But discomfort is usually where the real growth starts. When has leading outside of your comfort zone helped you grow? ----- Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben Fanning Speaking and Training inquires Subscribe to my Youtube channel LinkedIn Instagram Twitter","meta_description":"Comfort Stops Growth. Magen Buterbaugh, President & CEO of Greene Tweed, walked away from leading a billion-dollar business at DuPont because she real…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2713,"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/why-safe-leaders-stall-ceo-greene-tweed-magen-buterbaugh/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/why-safe-leaders-stall-ceo-greene-tweed-magen-buterbaugh.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}