Sales Leadership Podcast

Episode 265: Bronson Terry, District Manager at Sodexo - Quit Banging Your Head Against the Same Problems. Creating Capacity.

February 7th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins

bronson terry, capacity, growth, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, sodexo

Bronson Terry is a District Manager for Sodexo’s Campus Division. Bronson is the first operations manager to ever join the show…and for good reason. Bronson has had remarkable success leading a large team of leaders who support universities in their facilities management services across the Southwest United States. In our conversation today, Bronson shares how his commitment to excellence has led him to creating an approach that generates more leadership capacity and as a result…head-turning growth. Bronson’s blueprint is one every leader will find interesting and can learn from.

Episode 264: Philipp Humm, Founder of Power of Storytelling: Stand Out with Stories

February 1st, 2024  |  54 mins

philipp humm, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, stories, storytelling

Philipp Humm teaches salespeople and sales leaders worldwide how to perfect one of the most important skills in sales: Storytelling. Philipp is the founder of Power of Storytelling and has helped thousands of sellers, leaders, and business executives worldwide use stories to build trust, stand out, and inspire in Business. Philipp works with some of the most iconic organizations in the world.

Episode 263: Sarah Downs, Co-Founder and CRO of Doqaru: Look Inward FIRST

January 24th, 2024  |  58 mins 19 secs

doqaru, growth, intentional improvement, predictability, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, sarah downs, thrive

Sarah Downs is the Co-Founder and CRO of Doquaru. Sarah and the Doqaru team help sales leaders worldwide add predictability to the performance process. And in a day where the pressure to perform has never been higher…they help teams step away from the “Grind, Cross Your Fingers and Hope” plan and start adding predictability that can only come through systems. Sarah is a former Trauma Nurse turned Sales Leader. She takes many of the lessons learned in the hospital that help humans recover and thrive and apply these principles to sales teams…so they can help their companies thrive. Today Sarah shares how leaders can create growth and consistency by looking inside first and why this matters so much.

Episode 262: Hannah Huesman, Founder of Mental Sweat: Success Comes in DOING. Secrets to a Championship Mindset

January 18th, 2024  |  57 mins 10 secs

growth, hannah huesman, intentional improvement, leadership, mental health, mindset, rob jeppsen

Hannah Huesman is the founder and CEO of Mental Sweat. Hannah is a mental performance coach who has made a huge impact with Sales Leaders, Professional Athletes, and First Responders. For the last 2 years Hannah has been the Mental Performance Coach for the Texas Rangers Baseball team and her work played an important part in their recent World Series Championship. Today Hannah joins the show in an encore performance. She shares how sales leaders can…and should…include mindset development as part of their 2024 strategic plan. Hannah’s first episode on the show was one of the top 3 most downloaded episodes of that year…and she does not disappoint as she shares insights to help every leader learn how they can make the development of bullet-proof, titanium-grade mindsets one of their key advantages in the 2024 year.

Episode 261: Mike Hoffman, Founder and CEO of PastSight: How to Have the Answers to the Sales Test

January 10th, 2024  |  58 mins 2 secs

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Mike Hoffman is the CEO and founder of PastSight. Prior to founding PastSight he led revenue teams in 6 different organizations and helped close over 2,000 deals. And while he celebrated those wins…it was the 8,000 losses that he REALLY wanted to understand better. After learning that most resources don’t provide the clarity an elite sales leader needs…he founded PastSight to create tools and insights to help sales teams learn from wins AND losses. Today he joins the show and shares how sales leaders can tap into the almost immediate growth that comes when sales leaders help their teams STOP losing for the same reasons over and over again…and how to create systems in your company to make sure your team wins more…and loses less.

Episode 260: Rob Jeppsen, Founder of Sales Leadership United: SKO 2024 - The Performance Pyramid

January 3rd, 2024  |  1 hr 22 mins

growth, performance, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, sko

To kick off 2024, Rob Jeppsen shares some elements from SKO's he's delivering to sales teams around the world. His model, the Performance Pyramid features 5 areas leaders can be intentional about to create the greatest year of their career. Check out the Performance Pyramid and use it to help get off to a fast start.

Episode 259: Rob Jeppsen, Founder of Sales Leadership United: Using the Reflection Process to Create the Best Year of Your Career.

December 29th, 2023  |  30 mins 47 secs

growth, intentional improvement, leadership, reflection, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership

In the final episode of 2023, Rob Jeppsen shares his favorite leadership system to fuel a reflective process that will create new energy and confidence, sharpen the focus on the year ahead, and identify the positive and limiting beliefs that can often be elusive for a sales leader. James Clear has told us that winners and losers have the same goals…winners just have better systems to help them accomplish their goals. This episode will give you a simple system to help engineer the greatest year for yourself and each member of your team.

Episode 258: Kim Ades - Cofounder and CEO of Frame of Mind Coaching: Belief is the Foundation of All Change

December 20th, 2023  |  58 mins 26 secs

belief, growth, intentional improvement, kim ades, mindset, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership

Kim Ades is the co-founder and CEO of Frame of Mind Coaching. For over 20 years she has been leading the charge in teaching leaders about coaching and mindset with remarkable success. Kim helps people change how they think…so they can change how they perform. She’s helped create record performances worldwide and joins us today to share how leaders can help those they lead intentionally “trade up” their beliefs that fuel performance.

Episode 257: Frank Dale, SVP of Product Management at Salesloft: What are we REALLY Capable of?

December 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 56 secs

ai, capacity, frank dale, grind, growth, intentional improvement, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, salesloft

Frank Dale is the SVP of Product Management for SalesLoft, where he helps shape how SalesLoft fuels growth for best-in-class sales teams worldwide. Frank has been helping sales leaders succeed for a long time and is also the founder and CEO of Costello, which was ultimately acquired by SalesLoft. Frank joins us today in an important conversation around myths associated with AI and sales and ways we can use modern tools to help teams accomplish more than they may have ever dreamed was possible. This is an important episode for every leader as they help each member of their team choose growth…not just the grind.

Episode 256: Ali Cudby, Founder and CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies: Creating Moments that Matter and Keeping Your Customers.

December 6th, 2023  |  52 mins 59 secs

ali cudby, alignment, alignmint growth strategies, growth, keep your customers, loyalty, retention, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership

Ali is the Founder and CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies. For over 9 years her team has fuel growth with external and internal customers by aligning companies for growth.

Ali’s approach is about creating alignment to the Customer Experience. By aligning every part of an organization, she has helped all kinds of organizations achieve remarkable growth. The result isn’t just predictability in revenue. Ali helps teams get TRANSFORMATIONAL loyalty through an approach I am excited to discuss today.

Ali the author of the #1 best seller, Keep Your Customers. She works with organizations in every key industry across 6 continents. Her work has been featured in major media from the TV networks to American Express, Top Sales World, Yahoo and many others.

Episode 255: Chet Lovegren AKA The Sales Doctor - Fueling Performance…not just Participation

November 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 30 secs

chet lovegren, grind, growth, performance, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, the sales doctor

Chet Lovegren is known by many as “The Sales Doctor.” He works with sales leaders and sales teams worldwide shaping a fresh, modern approach to every part of the sales ecosystem. His approach to engineering systems that fuel performance has made him a go-to resource for sales leaders, leading venture capital teams, and top organizations around the world. Today Chet joins the show to discuss how sales leaders everywhere can create intentional performance without turning to more of the grind.

Episode 254: Dr Yekemi Otaru, Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at Doqaru: Creating an Environment that Fuels Massive Growth

November 21st, 2023  |  56 mins 59 secs

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Dr. Yekemi Otaru is the co-founder and Chief Growth Officer for Doqaru. Yekemi and her team help sales organizations create ecosystems that facilitate head-turning growth by using data to avoid unnecessary mistakes and to double down in areas of greatest impact. Yekemi is an award-winning business leader, an accomplished speaker, mentor to leaders worldwide and a published author. Today she joins us to share how the most impactful leaders create environments where motivated team members thrive…not just survive.

Episode 253: Monica Stewart, Founder and CEO of MSP Consulting: Changing Your Performance Starts by Changing Your Beliefs.

November 13th, 2023  |  56 mins 45 secs

belief, intentional improvement, mindset, monica stewart, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, trajectory

Monica is the Founder and CEO of MSP Consulting. She’s helped sales teams worldwide as a VP Sales who led the companies to acquisitions, consulted with iconic revenue organizations create systems responsible for massive growth and today helps teams grow faster, more predictably, and more intentionally. Today she joins the show and shares the 2 things people fear most, why changing beliefs is the first step in changing trajectory, and tactics to help you shape your own beliefs and the beliefs of every member of your team.

Episode 252: Jason Santana, Chief Revenue Officer at Sworkz: Why Leaders Need to be OPEN to AI, and why AI = AUGMENTED Intelligence… not ARTIFICIAL.

November 1st, 2023  |  1 hr 25 secs

ai, jason santana, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, sales technology

Jason Santana is an elite Data Scientist – turned Award Winning Sales leader – turned AI for Sales Expert. Jason is a long-time friend of the Sales Leadership Podcast with all the credentials. He’s led iconic, large teams like Paychex and today is preparing the launch of a game-changing AI for Sales technology. Jason consults with organizations worldwide in how to use modern tools (including AI) to create predictable changes that result in massive results. In this episode he shares how sales leaders can create a different kind of experience using AI…and how sales leaders can get started with this important advancement.

Episode 251: Jane Hanson, Founder and CEO of HHH Productions: What’s the Point? Creating Elite Leadership Communication Skills

October 25th, 2023  |  59 mins 26 secs

communication, communicator, connection, intentional improvement, jane hanson, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership

Jane Hanson is a 9-Time Emmy-Award winning television journalist. As an anchor at NBC Jane reported on every major event from the tragedy of 9/11 to celebrations in the streets of New York when the Yankees celebrated World Series victories, to every twist and turn on Wall Street. Along the way, Jane became expert in the art and science of communication and connection. Today, Jane is an executive communications coach and helps leaders develop elite communication skills in order to fuel the growth of the organizations they lead. Today, Jane joins us to share insights about developing what is arguably the most important skill every leader must have: Becoming an elite communicator.

Episode 250: Keith Weightman, RVP of Sales at Bullhorn: My ___ Don’t Like Surprises.

October 17th, 2023  |  55 mins 16 secs

bullhorn, keith weightman, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, success, surprises

Keith Weightman is the RVP of Sales for Bullhorn. Keith has been part of an incredible success story. And while his leadership success in both sales and people development has been “next level,” it is worth noting that he’s grown with Bullhorn for 11 years at a time when the average tenure of a sales leader is around 18 months. Today Keith joins the show and shares how reducing surprises fuels the success of a sales leader in every part of their job. Keith is a “Must Follow” sales leader and this is an episode that will help you win immediately, grow predictably, and create impact no matter the market conditions.