Coach2Scale: How Modern Leaders Build A Coaching Culture

Today’s guest is a longtime sales leader who actually began his career journey as a teacher. Bill Ripol is the President and GM of TriMech. Bill joins Host Matt Benelli to dive into the right numbers to think about day-to-day, how to hire resilient sales reps, and why leading by example remains crucial to building successful teams.   Takeaways: True leadership is demonstrated through actions rathe...

Today’s guest is a serially successful human being who has founded multiple successful organizations. Dan Walsh is a Partner at Oakwolf Group and a Co-Founder of Team IMPACT. Dan joins Host Matt Benelli to discuss the importance of using rubrics and frameworks, recruiting and selecting the right people for the right role, why sales leaders should always be recruiting, the impact of personal respon...

Today’s guest is a marketing leader and podcaster with a long history of delivering results for B2B tech companies. Casey Cheshire is the Founder of Ringmaster Conversational Marketing, Host of The Hard Corps Marketing Show and Creating The Greatest Show , and Author of Marketing Automation Unleashed . Casey joins Host Matt Benelli to help sales and marketing leaders reconcile their differences, d...

This special episode is a compilation of what we’ve learned over the first twelve episodes in Q1 of 2024. You'll hear from each of the guests who were featured on the show this past quarter, and in their own words, we'll summarize and highlight the tips and insights they shared about leading an effective sales team and building a coaching culture.   Episodes Mentioned Brent Adamson: https://coach2...

Today’s guest is a visionary leader, a sales maverick, and has an accomplished career in executive roles. Mike D'Aloia is the Executive Vice President and Head of Sales at Quid. Mike joins Host Matt Benelli to discuss adaptive sales strategies, the evolution of sales technology, and the significance of personalized selling. He also shares invaluable insights into nurturing team members' career asp...

Today’s guest is a father of three wonderful children, a volunteer youth athletics coach, and has an accomplished career in sales leadership roles. Kevin Martin is the VP, Parchment Growth at Instructure. Kevin joins Host Matt Benelli to discuss the importance of being disciplined as a leader, trusting your team, and the power of reflection. Kevin also shares actionable frameworks for improving pe...

Today’s guest is very intentional about designing and building winning teams. She spent the better part of almost 20 years building phenomenal sales teams at Salesforce. Christina Smears is the Vice President, Global Sales Development & Inside Sales at MongoDB. Christina joins Host Matt Benelli to share why leaders shouldn’t try to build a team of people who are exactly like them, the parallel...

Today’s guest had devoted his career to mastering the craft of sales development. Justin Otley is the VP of Global Sales Development at Talkdesk. Justin joins Host Matt Benelli to discuss why sales leaders should be focused on their team’s fundamentals rather than their tech stack, how to use an Issue Diagnosis Framework when coaching sellers, and why it’s imperative to show SDRs that there is a p...

Today’s guest is a go-to-market leader, advisor, coach, and dad. He’s been in the arena leading sales teams at major companies such as CA, BMC, and Micro Focus. Jon Hunter is the Founder of HunterX. Jon joins host Matt Benelli to dive into the value of instilling a long-term mentality in leaders, the role of empathy and resilience in building successful sales teams, and how to successfully navigat...

Today’s guest has extensive experience developing and growing international teams, and implementing processes & systems across global technology companies. He has helped both start-up and mature organizations to scale. Channing Ferrer is the Chief Sales Officer at Semrush and a Limited Partner at Stage2 Capital. Channing joins Host Matt Benelli to delve into coaching and leading salespeople, d...

Today’s amazing guest is a top outside sales voice and brings insights from her 20+ years of building, leading, and transforming inside sales organizations. Lori Harmon is the Vice President & Global Head of Business Development at Cloudflare, the leading connectivity cloud company. She is also the author of 42 Rules for Building a High-Velocity Inside Sales Team . Lori joins Host Matt Benelli...

Today’s guest is an influential thought leader, researcher, author, and advisor. Brent Adamson is the Co-Author of the best-selling book, The Challenger Sale along with The Challenger Customer . Brent and Host Matt Benelli discuss how to commit to coaching by making the time, what coaching really means, and why being supplier-agnostic is more important than being customer-centric. Takeaways: Altho...

Today’s guest has over 15 years of experience in strategic sales and leading sales teams focused on customer-first, long-term relationships. He has a passion for value-driven conversations and engagements, and a proven track record of driving SaaS growth and customer satisfaction. He brings s a global perspective from working and living in different countries and cultures, such as Argentina, Spain...

Today’s guest is a longtime sales leader who has led teams at companies like Yext, Fuze, and InsideSales.com. Steve Goldberg is the CRO of Salesloft and a Limited Partner at Stage 2 Capital. Steve joins Host Matt Benelli to discuss why having a growth mindset matters,  the importance of getting bad news early, and the difference between “listening for” and “listening against.” Takeaways: For sales...

Today’s guest is a renowned sales thought leader, author, and professor. Dr. Howard Dover is the Founder of the Institute for Sales Knowledge and Innovation and Director of the Center for Professional Sales and Sales Coach at The University of Texas, Dallas. Dr. Dover is also the Clinical Professor of Marketing at The University of Texas, Dallas, and the Author of The Sales Innovation Paradox . Dr...

Today’s guest is a visionary leader who knows how to focus and reinforce the right behaviors without looking at the scoreboard all the time. He’s spent 25-plus years leading and inspiring sales teams at industry titans like Oracle, SAP, and Ceridian. Mark Aboud is the Chief Experience Officer of the Middlefield Group. Mark joined Host Matt Benelli to discuss how to drive the adoption of new sales...

This special episode is a compilation of what we’ve learned over the first 20 episodes in 2023. You'll hear from each of the guests who were featured on the show last year, and in their own words, we'll summarize and highlight the tips and insights they shared about leading an effective sales team and building a coaching culture. Episodes Mentioned:  Sean Harvey: https://coach2scale.transistor.fm/...

Managing is hard, but today’s guest is here to help make it easy, even for new managers. Rachel Pacheco is the Author of Bringing up the Boss and is part of the Management Faculty at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. Rachel joins Host Matt Benelli for a great discussion of how managers can help their teams find meaning, the importance of sharing constructive feedback, and why...

Today’s guest brings a wealth of experience from both his time leading large sales organizations and building his own companies.  Sean Harmon is the Chief Executive Officer of Rapid4Cloud, which makes it easier to implement and run Oracle Cloud Applications​. Sean joins Host Matt Benelli for a discussion of nurturing robust work cultures, hiring great sales teams, and building successful organizat...

This special guest is a seasoned sales leader and mentor with over 40 years in the technology sector. Blair Tolbard is a now-retired sales executive with experience leading teams at companies such as IBM and Oracle. Blair joins Host Matt Benelli to share his insights on effective leadership and sales tactics. Blair emphasizes the power of listening, being accessible as a leader, and how leaders ca...

Today’s guest is an outstanding senior sales leader known for his ability to build, lead, and coach successful sales teams. He started his career in sales at IBM and now serves as a board member and advisor for multiple high-growth companies. Tom Schodorf joins Host Matt Benelli for a conversation about building a plan for your salespeople, how leadership shapes the conduct of the sales team, and...

Today’s guest has worked in sales for over a decade at leading technology companies such as Workday and Oracle prior to landing his current role. Ben Johnson is the Area Vice President of Mid-Market and Public Sector at Zendesk and a Cross-Fit Coach. Ben joins Host Matt Benelli to share the role of managers in a Performance Improvement Plan, why leaders should value deeds over words, and how to de...

Today’s guest was recently named one of Pavilion's "40 CROs to Watch”. He is a long-time sales leader and CRO who has led teams at companies such as LogMeIn, CarGurus, and Drift. Josh Allen is a Founding Member of The Revenue Collective and a Limited Partner at Stage 2 Capital. Josh joins Host Matt Benelli on a dive into how to really motivate each member of your sales team, why you should hire ba...

Today’s guest is a servant leader who has led successful sales teams at some of the largest B2B tech companies on the plant. Dave Phillips is the Senior Vice President of Sales at 3Play Media. Dave and Host Matt Benelli discuss nature versus nurture in sales, why relationships are still important in the age of SaaS, and what is impacting quote attainment today. Takeaways: Sales can be taught to ju...

Today’s guest is an accomplished sales leader with an extensive career in the cybersecurity industry. Victoria Abeling is the Head of Americas Sales Development, Commercial and International Sales at VMware Carbon Black. Victoria and Host Matt Benelli discuss why the cadence of coaching matters, why looking into losses is as important as looking into wins, and how to avoid giving bad feedback to y...