Sales Game Changers | Tips from Successful Sales Leaders

This is episode 686. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Attend the August 15 IES Big Stage event here. Register for the September 13 Women in Sales Leadership Elevation Conference here. Register for the IES Women in Sales Leadership Development programs here. Today's show featured an interview with Cortney Steiner, a sales leader at IES Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) Carahsoft IES Women in Sales Program Director Gina Stracuzzi conducted the interview. CORTNEY'S ADVICE: "Make sure that you have something for you, that you have time for yourself. What works for me is I love exercise. I love running, I love swimming and biking. Ensuring that I have at least a 30-minute window during the day, sometimes that's at 4:00 in the morning, or 8:00 at night, but making sure that I carve time out for myself so that I can have a recharge moment and be the best that I can be for my customers and for my teammates."

This is episode 685. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast here. Register for the September 13 Women in Sales Leadership Elevation Conference here. Register for the IES Women in Sales Leadership Development programs here. Today's show featured an interview with Jessica Joines. She will be the keynote speaker at the Conference. IES Women in Sales Program Director Gina Stracuzzi conducted the interview. JESSICA'S ADVICE: "It's an evening practice that I have. I review my day and I go in a chronological fashion. All the things that I feel really good about, I did, I acknowledge them. Like a virtual pat on my back. "That was great," I celebrate myself. I acknowledge the good. Then the things where I'm like, "Oh my God." We all have them, those things that are whatever, I say, "I forgive you, Jessica." I do a self-forgiveness and letting it go. Because what happens is, and neuroscience is actually showing a lot of this interesting enough, you don't let those things go. It's a living pathway and it stews and then they just keep compounding all that negative self-talk. Making it a daily practice to celebrate the self."

This is episode 684. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Register for the Hybrid IES Big Stage Program in-person at the Carahsoft Conference Center or virtual here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Brian Shea, the headliner at the August 15 Big Stage program. BRIAN'S TIP: "If your call plan and your engagement strategy is not built outside-in, meaning what's important to the buyer and how am I going to show up different tomorrow with that buyer to show that I understand them, I understand their business, I understand their industry, I understand their headwinds. If I don't know all the answers, I have highly curious questions to ask them about the challenges that they have in achieving their corporate objectives. In other words, I can probably execute that meeting without any slideware."

This is episode 683. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Jeff Giagnocavo, founder of The Big Ticket Life. JEFF'S TIP: "If I want to get myself amped up, I put myself back in time, and I keep this picture fishing with my grandfather as a little boy, right before the abuse started. Move yourself into that place. Get that mind in that good spot, that positive spot where you were that best person where everything was ahead of you. Then go make that call and I bet you you'll get the deal and you'll feel a lot better about getting it."

This is episode 682. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. Subscribe to the Podcast now on Apple Podcasts! Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Register for the IES Women in Sales Leadership Development programs here. Today's show featured an interview with TalentRemedy Managing Director Stephanie Rowzie and Donald "The Sales Evangelist" Kelly. STEPHANIE'S ADVICE: "Put yourself back out there. I was recently at the IES awards ceremony with 200 plus people, dynamic salespeople and sales leaders. I walked out of there feeling like I was on fire. I was like, "I want to be one of these people. I want to be one of these people who get up and show up and have the energy and make conversations and represent my company well." DONALD'S ADVICE: "The biggest thing that I go back on whenever I see my motivation wane, is I look back at why am I doing what I'm doing? This couldn't come at a better time because of stuff that we're doing within our organization, and also things that I've done in my personal life. I feel that for me though, I go back and evaluate the why. Why am I selling this? Who am I selling to? Do I enjoy this?"

This is episode 681. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Dave Dantus, Vice President Sales– US Public Sector for Appian Corporation. DAVE'S TIP: "You just need to allocate time on developing strategy and culture. If you're micromanaging account executives and you overfocus on dashboards, you won't have the time to focus on it."

Barry Tozer, President of TNT Advisory, shares his expertise in overcoming sales challenges through clever networking. He discusses the power of building relationships, highlighting a strategic connection with a telecom CEO that boosted opportunities. Tozer emphasizes the importance of identifying key decision-makers and engaging with them at industry events. Listeners learn innovative networking techniques, like taking prospects to dinner, and the value of offering genuine support to help customers achieve their goals.

This is episode 679. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast here. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Register for the IES Women in Sales Leadership Development programs here. Today's show featured an interview with Joe Tarulli, GM and Dennis Been, Sales Development Leader at Pyrotek. JOE'S ADVICE: "if you want to be successful, model success. Find a mentor in their organization who's having the type of success that they want to have, invite them to coffee, take them to lunch, pick their brain, ask them good questions. What are they doing? How are they structuring their days? Who are they calling on? What questions are they asking? I've looked at people who were already doing what I wanted to do, and I've asked, and people are generally very happy to share that with you." DENNIS' ADVICE: "Being one step ahead is a mantra, is a phrase we use continuously in our company. It comes back to being proactive as well. But being one step ahead with everything you do is going to make the difference going forward for you."

In this insightful discussion, Brian Shealey, Vice President of Sales at Rohirrim, dives into the fascinating world of generative AI for proposal automation. He shares his vision for streamlining complex proposal processes, especially in government contracting. Brian emphasizes the significance of security and compliance while navigating the challenges of sales within venture-backed startups. He also highlights the importance of continuous learning and building relationships in sales, encouraging colleagues to embrace curiosity and adaptive strategies for sustained success.

This is episode 677. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Register for the IES Women in Sales Leadership Development programs here. Today's show featured an interview with Alleyoop Women in Sales leaders Nicole Wasilnak and Holly Sauer. IES Women in Sales Program Director Gina Stracuzzi conducted the interview. NICOLE'S ADVICE: "The SDR job is tough but keep doing it because the experience that you will get out of that role is something that you can't learn in any other role in sales. All of my program directors started out as SDRs" HOLLY'S ADVICE: "My advice is for the people who SDRs call. Be curious about a value proposition that is presented in a way that made you lean in, because they might be calling with a solution to something that's going to change your entire organization."