Sales Leadership Podcast

Episode 88: #88: Rob Jeppsen of Xvoyant — The Sales Leadership Crisis

March 2nd, 2020  |  37 mins 53 secs

building a sales team, culture, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, training

Max Altschuler interviews Rob Jeppsen on this episode of the Sales Leadership Podcast, talking about the crisis facing sales leaders today. Sales reps want to be coached on a path of high growth, but leaders think they are doing a great job, but the truth is they aren't good at coaching. Learn on this podcast how to give your reps the leadership they want and deserve.

Episode 87: #87: Tiffani Bova of Salesforce — Innovate Your Sales Team in 2020

February 24th, 2020  |  56 mins 56 secs

innovation, sales, transflormation

Tiffani Bova, the Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, joins Rob to discuss how sales leaders can add balance and inject passion for each member of their team by taking advantage of technology and managing time better. When 60 percent of a rep's time is spent on something other than sales, but 58 percent will not meet quota, your reps need you to help them in individual ways.

Episode 86: #86: Thiago Sa Freire of Hudl — Having a Growth Mindset

February 17th, 2020  |  54 mins 46 secs

building a sales team, culture, high growth, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, thiago, training

Thiago Sa Freire, SVP of Global Sales & Customer Success at Hudl, joins Rob on this episode to talk about his keys to having a high-growth mindset. Thiago shows us why you can't scale your business if you don't give up some control and trust the people on your team, and why the best leaders hire people who are better than themselves in some way. Find people who can level up the company, and together you are creating that high-growth culture.

Episode 85: #85: Shari Levitin of The Levitin Group — Empathy Builds Trust In Sales

February 10th, 2020  |  58 mins 16 secs

building a sales team, culture, empathy, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, training

Shari Levitin, CEO of The Levitin Group, joins Rob on Episode 85 of the Sales Leadership Podcast. In this time of information overload, Shari shows us how to become the "sense maker", and how to be the person who knows how to make the connection. While empathy and competency are both huge parts of sales, the order you bring them to the sales process matters. Learn how to make empathy your competitive advantage.

Episode 84: #84: Jonathan Graham of IRC Group — Hire For Skill, Then For Experience

February 3rd, 2020  |  53 mins 55 secs

coaching technology, culture, hiring, passion, quota attainment, rob jeppsen, sales coaching, sales goals, sales leadership, sales productivity, salesforce utilization, skills, training, xvoyant

Jonathan Graham, Managing Director of IRC Group, is an expert on hiring the right salesperson. He talks about how hiring managers can be seduced by the companies listed on a candidate's resume, and as a consequence, that person may not have the skills required to be successful for the job. Learn from Jonathan how to hire for skills first, then for experience, and how that can get you moving towards greater sales success faster.

Episode 83: #83: Ralph Barsi of Tray.io — Play the Long Game While Keeping Your World Small

January 27th, 2020  |  52 mins 57 secs

building a sales team, culture, gratitude, leadership, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, success, training

Ralph Barsi, VP of Global Inside Sales of Tray.io, joins Rob and talks about how sales leaders can earn the right to be a leader who is listened to. The best sales leaders are those who have created standards of excellence and who know what brings success for their reps and makes sure they are following a well-lit path to high growth. Ralph teaches us about how having an attitude of gratitude will help us keep things in perspective and make it through the tough times that are a part of being in sales.

Episode 82: #82: Richard Harris of Harris Consulting Group — What Great Sales Leaders Do

January 20th, 2020  |  56 mins 59 secs

building a sales team, culture, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, training

Richard Harris of the Harris Consulting Group joins the podcast to share what the great sales leaders do to be successful. First, sales leaders help their company leaders realize they don’t need to know it all. Sales leaders should utilize sales operations teams to manage the important sales data and make sure baseline metrics are tied to revenue. Richard also discusses his work with Uncrushed, and how the group helps sales leaders find better mental health.

Episode 81: #81: Max Altschuler of Outreach — Setting Goals That Work in 2020

January 13th, 2020  |  59 mins 8 secs

building a sales team, culture, goals, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, training

Max Altschuler joins Rob for the second time in the Sales Leadership Podcast to share his excellent method for creating goals and having a growth mindset. As we start this year, use Max's tactics for taking stock of what is important and beneficial for you, and plan out where you want to be in 2021 and beyond.

Episode 80: #80: John Barrows of JBarrows Sales Training — Getting Sales Right in 2020

January 6th, 2020  |  1 hr 10 mins

building a sales team, culture, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, training

John Barrows joins the podcast to talk about how companies can "get sales right" by starting with the leaders who are fully involved in creating that amazing sales culture and drive improvement for each individual rep. John warns that sales leaders who just chase a number will lose out on developing their teams and will end up not reaching the high growth levels that are possible. Learn how to define the core values that can unite your team and paint the vision that drives success.

Episode 79: #79: Greatest Hits Mark Smith — Trust: The Currency of Every Relationship and How a Sales Leader Can Earn It.

December 30th, 2019  |  42 mins 24 secs

building a sales team, culture, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, training

This is one of our greatest hits from the Sales Leadership Podcast, original episode #5. Mark Smith is VP of Sales for Womply. Womply has not only entered high-growth mode….they’ve been there for awhile now. His secret to ongoing growth? It isn’t a sales methodology, technology, or process…though they certainly use all of those things well. The fuel that has helped Mark’s team succeed has been developing trust. Mark shares why trust is the currency of every relationship and how they’ve built a team where trust helps them execute, adapt, and smash all of their sales goals. Mark believes the biggest challenge each leader has is to get every team member to believe in themselves. And here’s an interesting twist: If you have to ask for their trust, you’re doing it wrong. Mark lays down a blueprint on how to create a team fueled by mutual trust. The results speak for themselves.

Episode 78: #78: Lisa Magnuson of Top Line Sales — How to Sell the Big Deal

December 23rd, 2019  |  56 mins 13 secs

big deals, coaching technology, culture, lisa, passion, quota attainment, rob jeppsen, sales coaching, sales goals, sales leadership, sales productivity, salesforce utilization, training, xvoyant

Lisa Magnuson of Top Line Sales joins us to talk about how you and your sales teams can get those big deals won. Lisa defines a "big deal" as a deal 5x over what is normal for your company, and she talks about the huge gap between the experience of sales leaders over the sales reps when big deals are in the pipeline. Learn how teams can rise above the challenges by focusing on the important issues and get those big deals won.

Episode 77: #77: Dave Kennett of Replayz — The Value of a Sales Coaching Culture

December 16th, 2019  |  53 mins 16 secs

building a sales team, culture, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, training

Dave Kennett, CEO of Replayz joins Rob to talk about the benefits of having a sales coaching culture. Less than five percent of sales teams have a coaching process, and Dave shows us how companies who coach their reps more often exceed their goals. He and his team have reviewed hundreds of sales calls, and he shares the best practices of the sales reps who are top performers.

Go to the link below to see the free coaching guides Dave has offered to listeners of the Sales Leadership podcast.

www.Replayz.com/SalesLeadershipPodcast

Episode 76: #76: Amy Volas of Avenue Talent Partners — How to Get Sales Hiring Right

December 9th, 2019  |  53 mins 4 secs

coaching technology, culture, passion, quota attainment, recruiting, rob jeppsen, sales coaching, sales goals, sales leadership, sales productivity, salesforce utilization, training, xvoyant

Amy Volas, the Founder & CEO of Avenue Talent Partners, joins Rob to discuss the ways sales leaders can attract, hire, and retain the top sales talent. Amy shows us how to learn what your company requires of its salespeople, and how to tailor your hiring to ensure the best fit for both the rep and the business. With the sales crisis of a higher percentage of salespeople leaving their jobs to find greener pastures affecting businesses across the globe, Amy has the answers to how to make sure you get the sales team that your business needs to reach and sustain high growth.

Episode 75: #75: Daniella Sardi of TriNet — Making an Impact as a Sales Leader

December 2nd, 2019  |  53 mins 21 secs

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Daniella Sardi, Director of Client Acquisition at TriNet, teaches us why coaching your reps is the key to high-growth sales. Daniella shows us how having an individual development plan for every rep on your team maximizes your impact as a leader. Focusing on the motives each rep has for success and then tailoring activity and skills can result in measurable improvement for both high-and-low performers, and bring explosive growth to your company's bottom line.

Episode 74: #74: Travis Huff of Wayfair — Individual Road Maps for Individual Reps: Moving Past the Minimums to Scale with Swagger

November 26th, 2019  |  40 mins 12 secs

building a sales team, culture, passion onboarding, practice, sales improvement, training

Travis Huff, Director of B2B Sales for Wayfair has driven growth that resulted in Wayfair being recognized as one of the fastest-growing stocks in 2017. His blueprint is simple: Talk is Cheap. Too many leaders talk about key things like onboarding, metrics, playbooks, and coaching. Travis builds process around them. Learn how you can build processes around onboarding and coaching that not only gets reps to revenue quickly, but create consistency in how your leaders connect to the development of each individual and help develop unique roadmaps for each rep’s success.

Episode 73: #73: Shep Maher, EVP of Global Sales at Betterworks — The State of the Sales Coaching World

November 18th, 2019  |  52 mins 58 secs

coaching technology, culture, passion, quota attainment, rob jeppsen, sales coaching, sales goals, sales leadership, sales productivity, salesforce utilization, shep, training, xvoyant

Shep Maher of Betterworks talks to Rob about the state of sales coaching in business today. Shep explains that while sales coaching is getting a lot of attention from companies right now, the skill of sales managers is not where it needs to be. One particular area that needs attention is the level of individualization each leader gives to each sales rep. Each coaching session needs to have a consistent time and a consistent focus on the individual, and each rep needs to know that the sales leader is invested in their success. Shep is a true champion of sales coaching, and we learn a lot from him in this episode.