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    <description>Each episode finds Rob Jeppsen and guest diving into the biggest question in business: How do you create predictable, repeatable, and scalable success? They discuss tactics and practices that the best sales leaders use to drive head-turning success. Rob lets you know what you can expect from each episode and gives you his promise: you'll leave each episode with new ideas to help you drive high growth with your team.
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    <itunes:summary>Each episode finds Rob Jeppsen and guest diving into the biggest question in business: How do you create predictable, repeatable, and scalable success? They discuss tactics and practices that the best sales leaders use to drive head-turning success. Rob lets you know what you can expect from each episode and gives you his promise: you'll leave each episode with new ideas to help you drive high growth with your team.
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  <title>Episode 312: Ben Lamorte, Founder of OKRs.com - Choosing Alignment Over Assignment and Finding the Power of OKR’s.</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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.

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You can connect with Ben on LinkedIn here. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benlamorte/)
You can check out OKRs.com here (https://okrs.com/).
You can check out Ben’s “OKR Field Book Preview” here. (https://okrs.com/the-okrs-field-book-preview/)
You can check out Ben’s Approach to Implementing OKRs here. (https://okrs.com/coaching/okrs-coaching-remote-program/)
For video excerpts of this and other episodes of the Sales Leadership Podcast, check out Sales Leadership United Here. (https://www.patreon.com/c/SalesLeadershipUnited)
Be sure to check out the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel here.
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    <![CDATA[<p>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.</p>

<p>You can connect with Ben on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benlamorte/" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn here.</a></p>

<p>You can check out <a href="https://okrs.com/" rel="nofollow">OKRs.com here</a>.</p>

<p>You can check out Ben’s <a href="https://okrs.com/the-okrs-field-book-preview/" rel="nofollow">“OKR Field Book Preview” here.</a></p>

<p>You can check out<a href="https://okrs.com/coaching/okrs-coaching-remote-program/" rel="nofollow"> Ben’s Approach to Implementing OKRs here.</a></p>

<p>For video excerpts of this and other episodes of the Sales Leadership Podcast, check out <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/SalesLeadershipUnited" rel="nofollow">Sales Leadership United Here.</a></p>

<p>Be sure to check out the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel here.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>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.</p>

<p>You can connect with Ben on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benlamorte/" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn here.</a></p>

<p>You can check out <a href="https://okrs.com/" rel="nofollow">OKRs.com here</a>.</p>

<p>You can check out Ben’s <a href="https://okrs.com/the-okrs-field-book-preview/" rel="nofollow">“OKR Field Book Preview” here.</a></p>

<p>You can check out<a href="https://okrs.com/coaching/okrs-coaching-remote-program/" rel="nofollow"> Ben’s Approach to Implementing OKRs here.</a></p>

<p>For video excerpts of this and other episodes of the Sales Leadership Podcast, check out <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/SalesLeadershipUnited" rel="nofollow">Sales Leadership United Here.</a></p>

<p>Be sure to check out the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel here.</p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 231: Rhett Nelson, Sales Director at Clozd - Using Win Loss to Improve Your Most Important Metric: Your Win Rate.</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Rhett Nelson leads an Enterprise Sales team for Clozd.  Rhett and the Clozd team helps sales orgs predictably improve what is arguably the most important metric in sales:  Your win rate.  This is the second leader from Clozd to join the show because we believe Clozd is the very best provider of win-loss assessment for sales teams of all sizes and industries.  Win-Loss is a tool that isn’t used often enough and today Rhett joins us to talk about how we can move from reading the box scores and start watching game film.  This is an important conversation and one you’ll be glad you listened to.  And don’t miss out on the special offer from Clozd:  A free Win-Loss Interview conducted by a member of the Clozd team.  Be sure to take advantage of this no-lose introduction to why prospects respond the way they do to your interactions with you.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Rhett Nelson leads an Enterprise Sales team for Clozd.  Rhett and the Clozd team helps sales orgs predictably improve what is arguably the most important metric in sales:  Your win rate.  This is the second leader from Clozd to join the show because we believe Clozd is the very best provider of win-loss assessment for sales teams of all sizes and industries.  Win-Loss is a tool that isn’t used often enough and today Rhett joins us to talk about how we can move from reading the box scores and start watching game film.  This is an important conversation and one you’ll be glad you listened to.  And don’t miss out on the special offer from Clozd:  A free Win-Loss Interview conducted by a member of the Clozd team.  Be sure to take advantage of this no-lose introduction to why prospects respond the way they do to your interactions with you.
You can connect with Rhett on LinkedIn here (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhett-nelson-195052bb/).
You can learn more about Clozd here (https://www.clozd.com/).
Be sure to take advantage of a free Win Loss Interview from Clozd HERE (http://www.freebuyerinterview.com/).
For video excerpts of this and other episodes of the Sales Leadership Podcast, check out Sales Leadership United on Patreon Here (https://www.patreon.com/SalesLeadershipUnited). 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Rhett Nelson leads an Enterprise Sales team for Clozd.  Rhett and the Clozd team helps sales orgs predictably improve what is arguably the most important metric in sales:  Your win rate.  This is the second leader from Clozd to join the show because we believe Clozd is the very best provider of win-loss assessment for sales teams of all sizes and industries.  Win-Loss is a tool that isn’t used often enough and today Rhett joins us to talk about how we can move from reading the box scores and start watching game film.  This is an important conversation and one you’ll be glad you listened to.  And don’t miss out on the special offer from Clozd:  A free Win-Loss Interview conducted by a member of the Clozd team.  Be sure to take advantage of this no-lose introduction to why prospects respond the way they do to your interactions with you.</p>

<p>You can connect with Rhett on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhett-nelson-195052bb/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>

<p>You can learn more about Clozd <a href="https://www.clozd.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>

<p>Be sure to take advantage of a free Win Loss Interview from Clozd <a href="http://www.freebuyerinterview.com/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>For video excerpts of this and other episodes of the Sales Leadership Podcast, check out Sales Leadership United on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/SalesLeadershipUnited" rel="nofollow">Here</a>.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Rhett Nelson leads an Enterprise Sales team for Clozd.  Rhett and the Clozd team helps sales orgs predictably improve what is arguably the most important metric in sales:  Your win rate.  This is the second leader from Clozd to join the show because we believe Clozd is the very best provider of win-loss assessment for sales teams of all sizes and industries.  Win-Loss is a tool that isn’t used often enough and today Rhett joins us to talk about how we can move from reading the box scores and start watching game film.  This is an important conversation and one you’ll be glad you listened to.  And don’t miss out on the special offer from Clozd:  A free Win-Loss Interview conducted by a member of the Clozd team.  Be sure to take advantage of this no-lose introduction to why prospects respond the way they do to your interactions with you.</p>

<p>You can connect with Rhett on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhett-nelson-195052bb/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>

<p>You can learn more about Clozd <a href="https://www.clozd.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>

<p>Be sure to take advantage of a free Win Loss Interview from Clozd <a href="http://www.freebuyerinterview.com/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>For video excerpts of this and other episodes of the Sales Leadership Podcast, check out Sales Leadership United on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/SalesLeadershipUnited" rel="nofollow">Here</a>.</p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 216: #215: Amy Franko, Sales Strategy and Culture Expert  —  Metrics are for Mapping…Using Data to Create the Outcomes YOU Want.</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Rob Jeppsen</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Amy Franko has spent the last 16 years working with mid-market sales organizations helping sales leaders worldwide create new sales success standards through sales strategy, advisory, and skill development programs.  Her work has been a massive success and she’s emerged as an expert in modern sales strategies.  She joins us today to share why too many sales organizations don’t use metrics effectively…and how to fix it.  This is an episode that will help you transform how you create value to those members of your team with some tools you can use immediately to make a difference.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Amy Franko has spent the last 16 years working with mid-market sales organizations helping sales leaders worldwide create new sales success standards through sales strategy, advisory, and skill development programs.  Her work has been a massive success and she’s emerged as an expert in modern sales strategies.  She joins us today to share why too many sales organizations don’t use metrics effectively…and how to fix it.  This is an episode that will help you transform how you create value to those members of your team with some tools you can use immediately to make a difference.
You can connect with Amy on LinkedIn here (www.linkedin.com/in/amyfranko)
Learn more about Amy and her organization here (https://amyfranko.com/)
Check out Amy's Sales Planning Template here (https://amyfranko.com/sales-worksheets/)
Learn more about Amy on her blog here (www.amyfranko.com/blog)
For video excerpts of this and other episodes of the Sales Leadership Podcast, check out Sales Leadership United on Patreon Here (https://www.patreon.com/SalesLeadershipUnited). 
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  <itunes:keywords>Rob Jeppsen, Amy Franko, sales, Sales leadership, culture, strategy, metrics, data</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Amy Franko has spent the last 16 years working with mid-market sales organizations helping sales leaders worldwide create new sales success standards through sales strategy, advisory, and skill development programs.  Her work has been a massive success and she’s emerged as an expert in modern sales strategies.  She joins us today to share why too many sales organizations don’t use metrics effectively…and how to fix it.  This is an episode that will help you transform how you create value to those members of your team with some tools you can use immediately to make a difference.</p>

<p>You can connect with Amy on LinkedIn [here](<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/amyfranko" rel="nofollow">www.linkedin.com/in/amyfranko</a>)<br>
Learn more about Amy and her organization <a href="https://amyfranko.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a><br>
Check out Amy&#39;s Sales Planning Template <a href="https://amyfranko.com/sales-worksheets/" rel="nofollow">here</a><br>
Learn more about Amy on her blog [here](<a href="http://www.amyfranko.com/blog" rel="nofollow">www.amyfranko.com/blog</a>)<br>
For video excerpts of this and other episodes of the Sales Leadership Podcast, check out Sales Leadership United on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/SalesLeadershipUnited" rel="nofollow">Here</a>.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Amy Franko has spent the last 16 years working with mid-market sales organizations helping sales leaders worldwide create new sales success standards through sales strategy, advisory, and skill development programs.  Her work has been a massive success and she’s emerged as an expert in modern sales strategies.  She joins us today to share why too many sales organizations don’t use metrics effectively…and how to fix it.  This is an episode that will help you transform how you create value to those members of your team with some tools you can use immediately to make a difference.</p>

<p>You can connect with Amy on LinkedIn [here](<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/amyfranko" rel="nofollow">www.linkedin.com/in/amyfranko</a>)<br>
Learn more about Amy and her organization <a href="https://amyfranko.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a><br>
Check out Amy&#39;s Sales Planning Template <a href="https://amyfranko.com/sales-worksheets/" rel="nofollow">here</a><br>
Learn more about Amy on her blog [here](<a href="http://www.amyfranko.com/blog" rel="nofollow">www.amyfranko.com/blog</a>)<br>
For video excerpts of this and other episodes of the Sales Leadership Podcast, check out Sales Leadership United on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/SalesLeadershipUnited" rel="nofollow">Here</a>.</p>]]>
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