Lead the Team (Top 2% of Podcasts)
May 5, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
Do you know BRUCE? Andy Freed, Chairman of Virtual, Inc. has seen Bruce Springsteen nearly 100 times, and was so inspired by what he saw that he wrote a book about it.... ...Lead Like The Boss: The…
What if Bruce Springsteen is teaching leadership better than most CEOs? What he does on stage explains exactly why your team isn't fully engaged.
One of the things that I noticed in his shows was the way he treats the band at the end of the show.
Bruce retreats to the back of the stage and he stands there and he shakes the hand of every band member as he leaves the stage.
andy freed is a ceo who's seen bruce springsteen nearly 100 times and he's turned those performances into a blueprint for leadership communication and building teams that actually perform
nobody's surprised when he's at the back of the stage he knows he's going there the band knows he's going there i started to send notes to my chief of staff and the notes would always have a video of him doing that and my note would say help me be this good
In this episode, you'll discover how to make people feel like the most important person in the room in seconds, why most leaders lose attention while Bruce holds it for three plus hours, and the simple settler strategy to make your message actually land.
What he understands more than anything is how it's not about him, it's about his audience.
I'm your host, Ben Fanning, and this conversation that you're going to hear is meant to challenge, inspire, and ripple out.
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What if Bruce Springsteen is teaching leadership better than most CEOs? What he does on stage explains exactly why your team isn't fully engaged.
One of the things that I noticed in his shows was the way he treats the band at the end of the show.
Bruce retreats to the back of the stage and he stands there and he shakes the hand of every band member as he leaves the stage.
andy freed is a ceo who's seen bruce springsteen nearly 100 times and he's turned those performances into a blueprint for leadership communication and building teams that actually perform
nobody's surprised when he's at the back of the stage he knows he's going there the band knows he's going there i started to send notes to my chief of staff and the notes would always have a video of him doing that and my note would say help me be this good
In this episode, you'll discover how to make people feel like the most important person in the room in seconds, why most leaders lose attention while Bruce holds it for three plus hours, and the simple settler strategy to make your message actually land.
What he understands more than anything is how it's not about him, it's about his audience.
I'm your host, Ben Fanning, and this conversation that you're going to hear is meant to challenge, inspire, and ripple out.
