Sales Leadership Podcast

Episode 316: Gal Aga, CEO of Aligned :Helping Your Sales Team Dance with Flawless Alignment

June 4th, 2025  |  59 mins 57 secs

alignment, coaching, connection, gal aga, priorities, rob jeppsen, sales, win rate

Gal Aga is the co-founder and CEO of Aligned. Gal and the team at Aligned are transforming how B2B sellers and buyers work together. Gal has been in the B2B SaaS Sales game for over 17 years and has helped scale teams from $1MM to $100MM in ARR and has held every possible role along the way. Today, Gal joins the show to share how sales orgs can make it easier for buyers to buy, for salespeople to project-manage opportunities, to identify new buying signals, and how leaders can coach in ways they’ve never been able to coach. Getting this right will help you shorten sales cycles in the realm of 30% and increase win rates by 15%...and do it very predictably.

Episode 312: Ben Lamorte, Founder of OKRs.com - Choosing Alignment Over Assignment and Finding the Power of OKR’s.

May 8th, 2025  |  59 mins 57 secs

alignment, ben lamorte, coaching, metrics, okrs, rob jeppsen, sales

Ben is the President and founder of OKRs.com. For those unfamiliar with this concept…OKRs stands for Objectives and Key Results. And Ben has more OKR coaching experience than anyone on the planet. He has literally helped thousands of leaders learn how OKRs are different than performance metrics and how to use them as a navigational tool…not just a management tool. In this episode, Ben shares stories from some of the most iconic companies in the world and how OKRs led to a massive transformation…and more importantly…how each of you can as well to create inflection points that change the trajectory of YOUR team.

Episode 301: Jacob Heugly, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Fee Income at Zions Bancorporation: Creating an Environment where Team Members Thrive by Choosing Alignment over Assignment.

November 20th, 2024  |  57 mins 49 secs

alignment, growth, jake hugely, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership

Jake Heugly is the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Fee Income for Zions Bancorporation. Jake leads a large team of executive leaders who are responsible for generating fee income for one of the largest financial institutions in North America. Jake and his team have had long-term success in every market condition and have won more than their share of industry awards along the way. And one of the keys to this remarkable success is the fact that his Sr. Leadership Team has stayed with him for nearly 2 decades in some cases. Today Jake shares a blueprint of how to build an environment where people on your team choose not to leave…and why alignment is the secret to having an environment where team members don’t just survive…they thrive.

Episode 281: Bowen Moody, CEO and Co-Founder of Wonderway: Using AI to Become an ELITE Coach

June 5th, 2024  |  57 mins 9 secs

ai, alignment, bowen moody, coaching, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership

Bowen Moody is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wonderway. Wonderway is an AI tool to help develop salespeople faster with Elite coaching and the RIGHT use of AI. Bowen works with sales teams all around the world helping teams successfully onboard teammates faster, ongoing adaptation and adjustment to stay in alignment with the markets and how they change, and help people become more successful faster…and stay successful longer. Today Bowen joins us to help every listener think about coaching and development differently and identify where AI helps leaders coach better, more consistently, and do it in a way that helps every leader become an Elite leader they want to be.

Episode 279: Philippe Bouissou, Founder and CEO of Blue Dots Partners: Solving the Monday Morning Dilemma

May 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins

alignment, clarity, philippe bouissou, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership

Philippe Bouissou is the founder and CEO of Blue Dots Partners. Philippe and his team help learn about and leverage the power of alignment with their market. Today Philippe joins the show and shares a framework every leader will be glad they are introduced to. He de-mystifies the alignment process and shares stories and tactics that will help you take your approach to alignment up to a level that will change the success trajectory of each member of your team. Philippe bases this framework on 3 decades of operating, investing, and consulting, including being the founder of the Online Apple Store and reporting directly to Steve Jobs. Want to make sure your team is crystal clear on how to win when they show up to work tomorrow? Be sure to check this episode out.

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 201: #200: J. Ryan Williams of Reach-Able — The Comp Plan IS the Job Description

October 12th, 2022  |  58 mins 23 secs

alignment, j. ryan williams, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership, unity

Ryan is the CEO of Reach-Able, an executive coaching firm focused on Revenue Leadership Teams. He is a highly sought-after coach for leaders around the world and has helped multiple companies go from startup to $100MM in ARR 3 times. Today he shares the importance of alignment across an enterprise and why the comp plan is ultimately the job description for any member of your team…and what to do about it.

To learn more about Ryan and his work check out www.itsreachable.com.

For video snippets of this and other episodes, head to Sales Leadership United at www.patreon.com/salesleadershipunited.

Learn more about J. Ryan Williams here: https://itsreachable.com/j-ryan-williams-executive-coach-ceo-filmmaker-sales-leader
Connect with J. Ryan here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jryanwilliams/