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Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's guest is Susan Lindner. Susan is the founder and CEO of Emerging Media, Inc. , an award-winning innovation communications consultancy.   A prolific speaker, trainer, coach, and consultant, she also serves as a mentor at multiple accelerators, and is a  contributor to the New York Business Journal Leadership Trust.   Susan is based in New York C...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's guest is Jawad Ahsan. Jawad is the CFO of Axon, which produces public safety technology with a vision of making the bullet obsolete. Before Axon, he had a long career at GE, living and working around the world. He's also the author of What They Didn't Tell Me: How to Be a Resilient Leader and Build Teams You Can Trust.   Jawad is based in Parad...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's guest is David Dulany. David is the founder and CEO of Tenbound , a research and advisory firm focused on sales development. He has extensive personal experience in sales development management, and  recently co-authored  The Sales Development Framework: How to Build and Scale a Highly Productive Sales Development Program . David is based in Sa...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! On this week's episode, we have on comedian and company founder, Jake Hurwitz! We were excited to have Jake on the show because he is a unique guest for our roster. Jake started his career as a writer and performer for CollegeHumor . There, he became well-known for his web series, Jake and Amir , which he produced with his comedy partner, Amir Blumenfeld....

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's guest is Brandon Williams. Brandon started his career as an Air Force fighter pilot. He later became a commercial airline pilot and university professor.   He’s now the founder of Lead T a c Leadership Development , where he provides training and coaching to leaders in all industries. Based in Atlanta, Brandon incorporates his fighter pilot tra...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! On this week's episode, we bring back Dr. Russell Thackeray. We had Russell on the show back in February 2020 to talk about resilience in sales, and were eager to revisit the topic of resilience after this past year. You can find last year's episode here . Russell is the Director of  QED , building change competence through increased resilience, reduced bu...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's featured guest is Dr. Marilyn Paul . Dr. Paul is an organizational consultant and coach. She is the co-founder and senior consultant of Bridgeway Partners , and is also a b est-selling author.  With a Ph. D. from the Yale School of Management  & M.B.A. from Cornell, Dr. Paul has taught on the faculties of Yale University School of Medicine, the...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! On this week's episode, we bring back Jerome Deroy–our first ever 3-time guest! Check out our previous conversations with him on storytelling here (Ep. 199 ) and here (Ep. 35) . Jerome is the CEO of Narativ , an organization that helps companies engage their clients, staff, and leadership to take action and activate behavioral change. Based in NYC, Jerome...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! On this week's episode, I chat with author and educator, Dr. Lynette Reed. Dr. Reed is  the founder  of Where Expectations Meet Reality , helping people and organizations feel more connected to the world around them and the relationships that are most important to them .   She’s also the c o-founder and board member of the Institute for Soul-Centered Leade...

Happy episode 300, Let's Talk Sales listeners! To celebrate this exciting milestone, we have on Lisa Earle McLeod of McLeod & More to discuss finding your noble purpose. Lisa is an advisor, consultant, and speaker who works with senior executives and sales teams around the world. She is the author of five bestselling books and a sought after speaker known for her authenticity and humor. Lisa’s wor...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! On this week's episode, we brought back CFS Founder and CEO Charles Bernard. Charles has over 20 years of experience in direct sales, sales management, recruiting and training. He founded Criteria for Success back in 2004, and has since trained thousands of CEOs, Sales Managers, and Salespeople on the art of business, relationships, growing revenue, and ov...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! Our guest this week is David Daniel. David is the Founder and Leadership Coach at Fully Integrated Leadership, providing high performance training and coaching for leaders. With a background in nonprofit work, David worked for the Nature Conservancy in development for over 10 years. Over the span of his career, he raised half a billion dollars. David is ba...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! Our guest this week is John Redinger. John is the Chief Marketing Officer at DialAmerica , a teleservices company that provides B2B and B2C customer engagement services across multiple industries. With over 36 years of experience at DialAmerica, he has held many sales and leadership roles. John is based in New Jersey and is a long time friend of CFS. Next...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's episode features a long time friend of CFS, Michelle Benvenisti. At the time of this recording, Michelle was the Senior Director of Learning and Development at WebMD. Currently, she works for SiriusXM in the same area. She's also worked in the training and developing spheres for AT&T and ESPN. An expert in corporate training, Michelle is also a...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! Today's guest is Adam Springer. Adam is the founder and CEO of StartupSales , an organization that helps startups develop the sales processes and strategies they need to get their ARR above the $1 million mark. Based in Tel Aviv, he is also the co-host and mentor at the StartupSales Club, a monthly workshop for founders and sales leaders. We recorded this...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! In honor of International Women's Day, we're re-airing an episode we published last June featuring Sally Helgesen . Sally is a best-selling author, speaker, and was identified by Forbes as the world's premier expert on women's leadership. As a writer she has authored 8 books, including her latest, How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Y...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's featured guest is Daniel Ramsey. Daniel Ramsey is the co-founder and CEO of MyOutDesk.com , a business process services company that provides virtual assistance to busy professionals in the area of marketing, administration, customer service, and prospecting. He is also the Chief Investment Officer at Ramsey Real Estate and Development Corp., a...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! In honor of Black History Month, we have decided to re-release an episode that aired last April with featured guest Chantel George. Chantel George is the founder of Sistas in Sales , the first and only community for women of color sales professionals to network, advance their careers, and find sisterhood. In this episode, we hear from Chantel about her ext...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! For this week's episode, we had our host, Elizabeth Frederick, become our guest. Elizabeth is the Operations Officer and Senior Advisor at Criteria for Success, and is the regular host of Let's Talk Sales! Since she's usually doing the interviewing, we thought we'd switch things up and hear what she has to say as a guest. In her place as host was Rylan Syl...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's featured guest is Dave McKeown. Dave is the founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership , where he helps leaders and leadership teams set and achieve strategic growth goals. He is also an experience speaker, a volunteer for non-profit executive coaching, a columnist for Inc.com , and the author of the newly published book The Self-Evolved Leader . W...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's featured guest is Tom Krieglstein. Tom is the founder and CEO of Swift Kick , a company that trains leaders and their teams on how to build a culture of connection within their organizations. As an experienced speaker, he's won 7 National Speaking Titles. He's also coached leaders at some of the largest companies in the world. He's been feature...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's featured guest is Peggie Pelosi. Peggie Pelosi wears many hats. As the Founder and CEO of Orenda Connections, she helps companies discover their purpose and weaves that purpose into the fabric of their corporate culture. She is also the Executive Director of Innovators Alliance, and an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of Usana Hea...

Happy Friday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. day. In honor of the great civil rights leader, activist, and minister, today's episode features a quote from Dr. King as part of our “Inspirations” series. For more sales inspiration and motivation, head to our website and check out our Let's Talk Sales library. Here is the quote from Martin Luther King Jr.: “...

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's featured guest is Doug Bruhnke. Doug is the founder and CEO of the Global Chamber , the only chamber of commerce that is located in hundreds of locations—helping executives grow their companies from anywhere to everywhere. He is also an advisor for the US Global Leadership Coalition. We recorded this episode a few months back and are excited to...

Happy Friday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! Today's episode is part of our “Inspirations” series, and features a quote from C.S. Lewis. We hope this episode is what you need to keep up the momentum as we reach two weeks into 2021. For more sales inspiration, head to our website and check out our Let's Talk Sales library. This week's quote is from author C.S. Lewis. Here's the quote: “You...