Show Your Value with Lee Benson

Every business problem is a human problem. The companies that win are the ones that learn to decode it. In this episode of Show Your Value, Lee Benson sits down with Johanna Faigelman, anthropologist and founder and CEO of Human Branding, a global consultancy trusted by Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Visa, and Logitech. She's spent 25 years studying why humans actually do what they do, and sh...

What if you could multiply the value of your business without adding a single dollar of new revenue? In this episode of Show Your Value, Lee Benson sits down with Alex Osterwalder, the mind behind the Business Model Canvas and one of the most influential business thinkers alive, to unpack the part of business most leaders quietly ignore: the business model itself. Alex explains why the best compan...

Bryan Clayton scaled a landscaping company to eight figures, sold it into a private-equity rollup, then built GreenPal into an app used by roughly 300,000 people a week, all without a coding background. He sits down with Lee Benson to argue that AI isn't going to erase jobs, it's going to erase the meaningless busywork inside them, and that the people who refuse to retool are the ones wh...

Today, we explore the art of value creation across material, emotional, and spiritual buckets with our special guest, Colin C. Campbell. Colin is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience building and scaling internet companies that have collectively reached a valuation of nearly a billion dollars. He is also the Amazon number one best-selling author of Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.: Se...

What if the success you worked so hard to build is the very thing making you feel stuck? In this episode of Show Your Value , Lee Benson sits down with Whitney Johnson , bestselling author of Smart Growth and one of the leading voices on personal disruption, growth, and leadership. Whitney explains why high achievers often become restless after reaching mastery, why starting something new feels so...

Did you know that 70% of men report feeling deeply lonely, and over 85% say they don’t have a single "3 a.m. friend" they could call in a true emergency? In this episode of Show Your Value , Lee Benson sits down with Larry Hagner, founder of The Dad Edge, author, and host of a 1,500+ episode podcast movement. Larry shares his powerful journey from a chaotic, broken childhood to breaking...

Businesses do not die. Founders quit. In this masterclass, we pulled twenty of the most impactful moments from seven incredible guests and packed them into one honest episode.  This is the unvarnished truth on what it actually takes to scale a company, lead through deliberate discomfort, and avoid the traps that destroy CEOs. You will learn why high-performing teams actually report more mistakes. ...

If AI eventually performs our jobs, how will we define who we are? Today on Show Your Value , Lee Benson is joined by Mauro Porcini, President and Chief Design Officer at Samsung. Mauro argues that as technology accelerates, the ultimate competitive advantage isn't scale or patents. It is human-centricity. In this conversation, Mauro explains his philosophy that design is an act of love and g...

What happens after you achieve the "big exit"? For many high-performing entrepreneurs, the transition from running a massive operation to managing a massive portfolio is surprisingly isolating. In this episode, Lee Benson sits down with Tim Daniels , CEO of TIGER 21 , the world’s premier peer membership network for high-net-worth entrepreneurs, investors, and executives. Tim shares his j...

"A bad team culture will destroy a high performer every single time." In this episode of Show Your Value , Lee Benson talks with David Burkus , one of the world’s leading business thinkers and author of Best Team Ever . They dive into the "crunch time" of business growth: that pivotal moment when a founder can no longer have a direct connection to every employee. Lee and David...

What happens when a seasoned entrepreneur takes a 15-month trip around the world with his family only to come back and build an AI-driven powerhouse? In this episode of Show Your Value , Lee Benson sits down with Jason Smith , co-founder and CEO of Klue , to discuss the seismic shift toward "AI-first" business models and the timeless importance of human connection. Jason shares the origi...

What if the struggle you're running from is the exact thing that makes you who you're meant to be? In this episode of the most powerful insights from the Show Your Value podcast, Lee Benson brings together six world-class thinkers on leadership, value creation, and what it really takes to build something meaningful. From the butterfly cocoon metaphor that will change how you see every ha...

In this episode, Lee Benson sits down with David Simnick, co-founder and CEO of Soapbox. David shares the incredible journey of building a mission-driven personal care brand that competes with industry giants while creating measurable global impact. From brewing soap in his college kitchen to reaching nearly $100 million in annual revenue, David unpacks the raw realities of scaling a consumer busi...

Is your business "heavy" or "high-value"? In this episode of Show Your Value, Lee Benson sits down with Adam Callinan, the founder of Bottle Keeper and Pentane, to discuss the radical efficiency required to build a $10M+ business with a skeleton crew. Adam shares his journey from "working his face off" in a 80-person medical device company to mastering the art of the...

Are you leading your team through chaos, or are you just trying to survive it? In this episode of Show Your Value , Lee Benson sits down with Wall Street Journal bestselling author and Vanderbilt professor Patrick Leddin to unpack the reality of constant disruption in business and life. Drawing from his book Disrupt Everything (co-authored with legendary writer James Patterson), Patrick reveals wh...

Is your nervous system hitting its breaking point? As AI accelerates, our biological capacity to process data is being tested like never before. In this episode, Lee Benson sits down with AI visionary Manuj Aggarwal to discuss why the real danger of AI isn't job loss, it is the internal breakdown of the human mind. Manuj shares his incredible journey from a factory floor in India to becoming...

Why do the vast majority of companies die within 15 years, while tens of thousands in Japan last for over a century? In this episode of Show Your Value, Lee Benson sits down with Eric Becker, co-founder of Cresset Capital. Eric took a simple philosophy about building 100-year organizations and used it to scale his firm to $240 billion in just eight years. Whether you are an entrepreneur looking to...

Are you leading your team, or just managing them? In this episode of Show Your Value, Lee Benson sits down with Mark C. Crowley to dismantle the myth that leading from the heart is a soft skill. After a highly successful 25 year career in financial services, Mark walked away from a major bank acquisition because of a repelling corporate culture. That pivotal moment sparked a journey to discover th...

In this episode of Show Your Value , Lee Benson sits down with Doug Stephens , one of the world’s leading thinkers on the future of retail, business innovation, and consumer behavior. Doug is the founder of Retail Prophet and the author of multiple bestselling books on the transformation of commerce. For decades he has advised global brands and leaders on how shifts in technology, culture, and cus...

In 1979, a 19-year-old Noel Massie was walking out the door of his first job at UPS. Frustrated, falling behind in college, ready to quit. Then a 22-year-old supervisor stopped him, bought him a Coke, and made one simple promise. That moment changed everything. Noel went on to spend 40 years at UPS, rising to Vice President of US Delivery Operations, overseeing 200,000 employees led by 12,000 supe...

What separates entrepreneurs who build lasting companies from those who fail? In this episode of Show Your Value, Lee Benson sits down with Neri Karra Sillaman, immigrant entrepreneur, academic researcher, and author of Pioneers , to unpack the mindset behind long term business success. Born into the Turkish minority in communist Bulgaria, Neri’s family fled the country when she was 11 years old....

Giorgos Tsetis, co-founder and former CEO of Nutrafol, joins Lee Benson to share the real story behind building one of the most successful wellness brands in the world. What started as a personal health crisis turned into a mission-driven company now impacting millions, but for Giorgos, it was never about the exit or the valuation. In this conversation, he reveals how long-term thinking, ethical l...

Power changes what you see. Culture changes how you’re treated, and systems rarely look the same from the inside as they do from the top. This episode brings together women leaders who have spent years building, operating, and deciding inside real organizations. Across industries and roles, the pattern is consistent. Leadership is not neutral. Culture is not objective. And value is often created i...

What separates businesses that stall from those that scale, endure, and matter? This special episode brings together some of the sharpest thinkers, operators, and leaders we’ve ever had on the show to answer that question head on. Across vision, leadership, systems, culture, and execution, these conversations reveal the real levers behind sustainable business growth. Not hacks. Not trends. Princip...

Scaling a business eventually forces one uncomfortable question. Is the company stuck, or has the CEO stopped evolving? In this episode of the Show Your Value podcast, Lee Benson talks with Luke Peters about what changes as a business moves from early traction to real scale. Luke shares the story of building a company from his garage to more than $80M in annual revenue, what shifted as the busines...