Sales Leadership Podcast

Episode 214: #213: Mark America Smith, Executive Advisor — Personality is Cheap. Character is Expensive.

January 25th, 2023  |  58 mins 34 secs

character, influence, leadership, mark america smith, rob jeppsen, sales, trust, ukraine

Mark Smith is the sales leader who has done it all. He’s been the top salesperson, led large corporate teams with massive success, led younger high growth tech teams to rapid growth and massive fundings, and everything in between. Mark joins us today to talk about why trust is the resource that matters most to any sales leader…and how to lead in ways where you can earn the trust of those you work with and work for. If leadership is about influence, Mark’s discussion in this episode will help you gain influence in ways that will help you create life-changing years for those lucky enough to be part of your team. Mark recently spent about a year helping Ukrainian refugees. To learn more about and contribute to this important cause, see the link in the show notes.

Episode 212: #211: Jason Baskaran, The Sales Doctor and Commercial Account Executive at Contentful— Never Call Me Your Boss. Becoming the Anti-Boss in 2023.

January 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 58 secs

development, growth, jason baskaran, leadership, rob jeppsen, sales, sales leadership

Jason Baskaran is a sales leader who has found success in being the “Anti-Boss.” He’s led teams to head-turning growth and does it with an emphasis on people development. Jason has found that success for a sales leader ONLY comes as they focus on the success and development of the salesperson…individually and collectively. In this episode, Jason shares how he had learned how high-impact leaders fuel the growth of the individual in ways that lead to predictable team success.

Episode 208: #207: Ravi Rajani, Storytelling Expert — Help Your Customers Feel Seen, Heard, and Understood with Elite Storytelling

November 30th, 2022  |  48 mins 37 secs

experiences, frameworks, leadership, ravi rajani, rob jeppsen, sales, story, storytelling, win rate

Ravi Rajani is one of the top storytelling experts in the world. He helps sales teams of all sizes worldwide improve win rates and create winning experiences with the customers they serve by harnessing the power of elite storytelling. He’s a highly sought-after storyteller who shares his award-winning frameworks in this fast-moving episode. As you prepare to upgrade your performance in 2023…you’ll want to upgrade how your team uses stories. This episode will get you started fast.

Episode 204: #203: Donald Kelley of The Sales Evangelist — Protecting Your Reps’ Blindsides

November 2nd, 2022  |  1 hr 1 min

blindsides, donald kelley, leadership, rob jeppsen, sales, sales evangelist

Donald Kelly is the Founder and Chief Sales Evangelist for the Sales Evangelist. Donald and his team work with sales teams worldwide with motivational trainings, online courses, 1:1 coaching, workshops, and group seminars. He is part of the Salesforce 2022 Sales Influencer Group and is a member of the Inaugural LinkedIn Sales Insider Group. Don shares some key data and findings from these groups and more important…how to best help those you lead now and into 2023 in this important…insightful episode

You can learn more about the Sales Evangelist at https://thesalesevangelist.com.

To connect with Donald, head to https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldckelly/.

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

Episode 199: #198: Dr. Chris Croner of Sales Drive — Never Hire a Bad Salesperson Again

September 28th, 2022  |  56 mins 23 secs

chris croner, hiring, leadership, rob jeppsen, sales, salesdrive, salesperson, success

Dr. Chris Croner is a Principal with SalesDrive…a firm specializing in the selection and deployment of high-performing salespeople. Dr. Croner is an expert in helping sales leaders identify characteristics proven to predict success in sales roles. His book, “Never Hire a Bad Salesperson Again” has helped thousands of Sales Leaders build better, more successful teams all around the world. Dr. Croner’s team at SalesDrive has delivered over 100,000 assessments and helped nearly 1,500 companies worldwide hire and develop top-performing salespeople.

To take advantage of Dr. Croner’s free SalesDrive Trial Test, head to https://salesdrive.info/free-trial-request

To check out SalesDrive go to https://salesdrive.info/

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

Episode 190: #189: Sam Stull of GCPay — Using “Show Me” Sales Leadership to Create Legendary Results

July 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 11 secs

coaching, credibility, example, gcpay, leadership, rob jeppsen, sales, sam stull

Sam Stull is the head of Sales for GCPay. GCPay is a SaaS platform experiencing tremendous growth helping contractors automate functions that have been inefficient, costly and difficult to manage. Sam is a self-taught sales leader who has put together a 10 year run of sales leadership with head-turning successes. He joins us today to talk about why Elite Leaders need to build credibility in what they do…not in what they say.

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

Episode 186: #185: Yoav Vilner of Walnut — Don't Be Bored by Generic Outreach Ever Again!

June 23rd, 2022  |  53 mins 13 secs

leadership, outreach, sales, storytelling, yoav

Yoav Vilner is the CEO and founder of Walnut.io, the world’s leading sales demo experience platform. Prior to founding Walnut, Yoav led a 600 client strong marketing company as CEO, was a founding CMO at an anti-bullying startup, and advices hundreds of startups in various accelerators worldwide. Yoav writes guest columns for CNBC, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc, theNextWeb and many more. In this episode, Yoav shares how to become a storyteller that will never bore a prospect again.

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

Episode 184: #183: Jason Santana of Axiom — How to Be an Informed Sales Leader…and Why It Matters

May 10th, 2022  |  58 mins 38 secs

leadership, sales coaching, sales goal, sales leader, sales pipeline, sales team

Jason Santana is the Sr. Vice President and Head of Global Sales Strategy and Operations at Axiom. Jason is a data scientist turns Sales Leader. He’s had massive success with some of the largest, most successful sales teams in North America. He joins us today to discuss one of the biggest challenges sales leaders face…using data to inspire rather than weaponizing data as so many sales leaders unintentionally do. This is a fantastic decision for every sales leader of all experience levels.

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

Episode 183: #182: Stratton Glaittli of TOOLBX — Conversations are King

April 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 15 secs

leadership, sales coaching, sales goal, sales leader, sales pipeline, sales team

Stratton Glaittli is the Director of Sales for ToolBx, a high-growth SaaS company in the contruction management space. Prior to joining ToolBx, he helped develop a multi-billion dollar inside sales business for Wayfair. Stratton joins us today to share how to have coaching conversations that create influence that ultimately changes lives and careers. If you want to enhance your coaching skills…this is a can’t miss episode.

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

Episode 182: #181: Katy McFee of Insights to Action — The 3 Things that Stop You From Being Promoted…and How to Overcome Them

April 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins

leadership, sales coaching, sales goal, sales leader, sales pipeline, sales team

Katy McFee has had an award-winning career as an Executive Sales Leader with emphasis in the biotech and technology segments. Today she is the CEO and Founder of Insights to Action and works with sales leaders worldwide helping develop new and emerging sales leaders. Her mission is to help new and aspiring leaders get to that next level…and get there fast. She shares her framework of how to get “unstuck” in your career and earn that first…or next promotion.

For video snippets of this and other episodes and for Rob's sales leadership resource center, head to Sales Leadership United at patreon.com/salesleadershipunited.