

Sales Game Changers | Tips from Successful Sales Leaders
Fred Diamond
Institute for Effective Professional Selling founder Fred Diamond interviews top business-to-business sales leaders from companies such as AWS, AT&T, Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce, Hilton and others about their sales journey, career highlights, mentors, and lessons learned while asking them to offer tips to help emerging sales professionals and leaders to grow their careers. It's an interview-style podcast that has become even more popular as sales professionals look for solutions in the new world of selling.
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Jun 21, 2023 • 31min
Why Salesforce is a Premier Women in Sales Employer with Jennifer Ward
This is episode 614. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's new 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! JENNIFER ON WHY SALESFORCE IS A PWISE: "Always be learning and always leaning into being curious. I think that's very important in our role and in all sales roles as well. For women, I would say believe in your own growth and potential and don't let others define what roles that you're going to be aspiring to."

Jun 15, 2023 • 23min
Succeeding as an African American, Woman in Sales Leader with AT&T's Jaron Felder
This is episode 613. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's new 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! JARON'S TIP: "The power of one more. Make one more call. Do one more door knock. Do one more follow up, but just one more. You'll be surprised what that one more will yield for you from a revenue perspective. Activity yields results, so do the power of one more."

Jun 12, 2023 • 24min
612: Developing Skills for Difficult Conversations with "Talking on Eggshells" Author Sam Horn
Tips for sales career success. This is episode 612. Purchase Fred Diamond's new 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! Find Sam Horn's new book "Talking on Eggshells: Soft Skills for Hard Conversations" here. SAM'S TIP: "Pema Chodron said, "Do not let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace." I think in sales, as leaders, our goal is to set an example of respect. If we choose to do that no matter what, using some of the things you learn in this book, you really can pull people into your peace instead of letting them pull you into their storm."

Jun 8, 2023 • 25min
Why Datasite is a Premier Women in Sales Employer with Jenna Kroll
This is episode 611. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's new 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 Jenna Kroll from IES Premier Women in Sales Employer Datasite. Read more about the PWISE designation and program here. the interview was conducted by Gina Stracuzzi, IES Women in Sales Program Director. JENNA ON WHY DATASITE IS A PWISE: "We're honored to be recognized and win this award. It goes back to everything that we're doing within the organization daily. It boils down to that the company is committed to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion. That really is implemented across the company. We're in a highly competitive industry and we have to continue to innovate. It's crucial for our success, and we can't do that if we don't have a wide variety of differing ideas being shared. I think that's why it's really important for us to continue to innovate.

Jun 5, 2023 • 27min
Deep Sales Success Advice from Women in Sales Leadership Award Winner Alyssa Merwin Henderson from LinkedIn
This is episode 610. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's new 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! ALYSSA'S TIP: "Optimize for learning and development in your career. Take every moment you can for professional growth, to learn something new, to shadow someone who's doing something exceptionally well. The more opportunities that you can take to really invest in learning, especially early, but of course throughout your career, the more opportunities you will give yourself over time."

May 30, 2023 • 26min
AI and Localization Insights with Lionbridge Canada Sales Leader Robin Ayoub
This is episode 609. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's new 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! ROBIN'S TIP: "This is a long-term relationship you're building. This is good reputation that you're trying to build across an entire organization or entire industry in some cases. It's not a closed end transaction where I sold something and I'm done with that transaction and that transaction is gone and I'm waiting for the next transaction to come across. When we talk about professional salespeople, we're talking about them in the context where people follow people because of the reputation of who you are as an individual, like we're talking today on this podcast for a reason."

May 24, 2023 • 37min
Developing a Powerful Money Mindset for Sales Success with Sarah Walton
Discover powerful strategies for embracing abundance and transforming your money mindset. Sarah Walton shares her journey from financial struggles to entrepreneurial triumph, highlighting the importance of self-empowerment. The podcast tackles emotional challenges women face in sales, introducing the HALT method for self-care. Learn how sales can create joy and value, especially through women-owned businesses, and gain insights on the critical role of equity in achieving success. Get inspired to take actionable steps toward a more abundant life!

May 15, 2023 • 27min
Becoming More Agile to Win More Sales with Michelle Vazzana
This is episode 607. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's new 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! MICHELLE'S TIP: "Not only do buyers need more information and have access to more information, they've got access to conflicting information and don't really know how to make good decisions, oftentimes in this environment. Going into a sales cycle with a buyer, buying team today, you have to really acknowledge that."

May 12, 2023 • 30min
Sales Success While Putting Your Loved Ones First with "Epic Life" Author Justin Breen
This is episode 606. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's new 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! JUSTIN'S TIP: "Here's my measurements in quota. One, did I have a good experience that day with my family? Two, did network grow on a global level? Those are the only quotas that matter to me. I found all this other stuff takes care of itself. And life in the space of gratitude."

May 11, 2023 • 29min
Sales Tips for Entrepreneurs with Tien Wong and Bob Greene
This is episode 605. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's new 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! TIEN'S TIP: "Come up with a do-not-do list. Everyone has a to-do list. Let's come up with a list of things that we don't do and then focus on three things every day, three of your highest impact things every day. Try it for 90 days and see how it works out." BOB'S TIP: "Find your genius. Find what separates you, what differentiates you, and then talk about it constantly, and let people know."


