The Selling Well

Sam Richter is an internationally recognized expert on digital transformation and the author of the best-selling book, "Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling". He was named one of the World's Top 50 Sales Keynote Speakers in 2019 by Top Sales World and one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in Sales by InsideView multiple times. Sam is also the founder of IntelNgin, a technology that helps you find...

Barry Trailer is co-founder of Sales Mastery, a sales research and advisory firm focused on AI-for-Sales solutions and Sales as a Profession. His recent article with Sales Mastery, "Can AI Really Help You Sell?" was published by Harvard Business Review. Barry first started as a professional engineer before migrating to sales and founding CSO Insights, one of the best research firms in professional...

On this episode of The Selling Well podcast, we spoke to Nathan Furr, Associate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD, and Susannah Harmon Furr, entrepreneur, designer, and art historian. Together the couple co-authored "The Upside of Uncertainty: A Guide to Finding Possibility in the Unknown", a science-backed guide providing frameworks and tactics to help navigate through uncertainty. Nathan has a dee...

Dr. Cindy McGovern is the CEO of Orange Leaf Consulting, coaching and guiding companies and individuals to achieve both professional success and sustainable revenue growth. She is the author of the Wall Street Journal Bestseller "Every Job Is a Sales Job: How to Use the Art of Selling to Win at Work" and her most recent book, "Sell Yourself: How to Create, Live, and Sell a Powerful Personal Brand"...

Mike Bosworth is a legend in professional sales, as both a theorist who has written outstanding books that have stood the test of time and had an inspiring career as a practitioner. In 1983, Mike founded Solution Selling and later published his legendary book "Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets". He authored a second book with John Holland, "Customer Centric Selling," w...

Dr. Marcia Reynolds is the President of Covisioning, teaching and coaching leaders how to engage in powerful conversations that connect, influence, and activate change. Marcia is one of the top coaches in the world and one of the first 25 people to become a master-certified coach. She has taught or coached in 43 different countries and has written four books on the topic, including her latest book...

David Ulrich is a university professor, author, speaker, management coach and consultant. He is a professor of business at Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and a co-founder of The RBL Group. David has written over 30 books that have shaped the HR profession and shown the impact of leadership on customers and investors. He has been ranked the #1 Management Educator & Guru by Busines...

Stephen M.R. Covey is a co-founder of CoveyLink and the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and advisor on trust, leadership, ethics, and high performance and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The SPEED of Trust—The One Thing That Changes Everything. Stephen is also the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, which nearly d...

Marty Holmes is the Executive Director at the non-profit Sales Education Foundation, promoting the benefits of formal education of B2B sales in academia and the corporate world. Founded in 2007, the foundation provides support for the establishment and growth of sales education at the university level by funding sales research grants, providing a Career Development Program, funding sales-specific...

Greg Nutter is the Principle Consultant and Founder of Soloquent Inc., a management consulting firm that helps CEOs and business owners identify and solve revenue growth problems. He is also the author of P3 Selling: The Essentials of B2B Sales Success. This episode's discussion begins with Greg sharing his journey and experience in professional sales. We then discuss the importance of the three P...

Carol Kauffman is known globally as one of the top leaders in coaching. She was named the #1 Leadership Coach by Marshall Goldsmith and one of the top 8 coaches in the world by Thinkers 50. Carol is on the faculty of Harvard, where she is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Coaching. She also supervises an international fleet of leadership coaches and has created a coach approac...

Cindy Gordon is the Founder and CEO of Sales Choice, a SaaS company focused on ending revenue uncertainty and bringing more humanity to sales. Cindy has been a senior executive for Accenture, Xerox, and Citicorp, as well as a board advisor to the University of Arizona's Forbes Business and Technology MBA Program. She is the author of 14 books, the latest being "The AI Dilemma: A Leadership Guide t...

Frank Cespedes is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School and has consulted some of the top business names in the world. He is the author of 6 books, including Aligning Strategy and Sales and his latest book, Sales Management That Works. This is his second appearance on The Selling Well, in the first webinar episode live-streamed on LinkedIn. Join us as we discuss the topics of his books, wit...

Oscar Trimboli is an author, keynote speaker, and host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening. You may also recognize him from one of the earlier episodes of the podcast when Oscar came on to discuss his second book, Deep Listening: Impact Beyond Words. This time we reviewed his third book, How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication. Join us as we discuss the listeni...

Roger Martin is a Professor Emeritus and former Dean at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. He is a trusted strategic advisor to the CEOs of some of the largest companies in the world, including Procter & Gamble, Lego, and Ford. In 2017, Roger was named the world's #1 management thinker by Thinkers50, a biannual ranking of the most influential global business thinkers. Roger h...

John Hagel has over 40 years of experience as a management consultant, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. During his time at Deloitte, John was the founder and chairman of the Silicon Valley-based Deloitte Center for the Edge, with the mission to identify and explore opportunities on the edge of business and technology. In his new book, The Journey Beyond Fear, John explores why people are experie...

Will Allred is the Co-Founder and COO of Lavender, the #1 Sales Email Assistant. Lavender has a suite of tools optimized for salespeople, helping you write high-quality emails faster. Will is one of the top sales influencers on LinkedIn, having been awarded LinkedIn Top Sales Voice in 2021. On this episode of The Selling Well podcast, Will joins us alongside our Co-host David Fauser, to discuss th...

David Fauser is the Director of Sales at CIMCO Refrigeration, a leader in refrigeration and cooling technologies. David is regarded by his clients and prospects as a trusted advisor, helping them achieve their desired business goals. You may also recognize David as the occasional co-host on The Selling Well. Join us as we discuss achieving that trusted advisor status, and how to put ourselves in o...

In addition to touring as a professional musician and singer/songwriter, Monique Rhodes is a Happiness Strategist, teaching students and corporations around the world how to master their lives. She has spent the last 25 years studying the mind and its relationship to happiness and suffering. Monique's program The 10 Minute Mind is used by over 70 universities and colleges. She also has an 8-week c...

Andy Springer is an expert in high-performance sales and co-author of "Virtual Selling: How to Build Relationships, Differentiate, and Win Sales Remotely." As Chief Client Officer of RAIN Group, Andy drives the design and delivery of client results for the firm. He has worked with hundreds of sales teams to drive long-lasting sales improvement for SME, mid-market, enterprise, and government client...

Sally Duby is a pioneer in the field of virtual selling, inside sales, and sales development. She is the Chief Sales Officer at The Bridge Group, helping companies realize the potential of inside sales through strategic thinking and the smart use of models, metrics, and motions. Sally was named one of the Most Influential Women in Sales in 2019. Join us as we discuss key topics in her areas of exp...

Lee Salz is a leading sales management strategist and the Founder and CEO of Sales Architects. Sales Architects is a business consulting firm specializing in sales, marketing, and sales management, helping clients develop processes to hire the right salespeople, effectively onboard them, and achieve business objectives. He is also the author of six books, including Sales Differentiation, Hire Righ...

Colleen Stanley is the President of SalesLeadership, Inc., one of the world's leading experts on emotional intelligence sales and sales management training, helping companies build resilient sales teams that are self-aware and consistently achieve sales goals. Colleen is a thought leader in emotional intelligence and the author of multiple books on the topic, Emotional Intelligence For Sales Succe...

David Hoffeld is the CEO and Chief Sales Trainer of Hoffeld Group, a top research-backed sales training and consulting firm. He is the author of the best-selling book The Science of Selling and his most recent book, Sell More with Science. David has pioneered a revolutionary sales approach based on research in neuroscience, social psychology, and behavioral economics, proven to radically increase...

Hermann Simon, Ph. D. is the founder and honorary chairman of the leading consulting firm Simon-Kucher & Partners. Herman was inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame as a strategy, marketing, and pricing expert. He is the author of 36 books in 27 languages, including the book we discussed in his first appearance on the podcast, True Profit!: No Company Ever Went Broke Turning a Profit, and his u...