Selling From The Heart Podcast

What happens when you hardwire your performance to your sense of self-worth? Ian Koniak has been a top performer throughout his career. Despite being a top achiever, he never felt happy or fulfilled. This led to a life of anxiety and hidden addiction. In this episode, Ian shares his journey through the valley of personal failure into a life of fulfillment. He unpacks three areas high-achieving sales professionals can explore to find happiness and fulfillment in life.

How do you build confidence in the early days of your sales career? Jeb Blount Jr. shares stories from his journey as he builds his career. Whether you are new to sales or a seasoned veteran, you're going to enjoy this conversation. Not only will you laugh, but you'll also be challenged to revisit your personal goals.

Living our best potential as sales professionals requires focus and self-leadership. To coach us on the skills of self-leadership, we've invited Dr. Mary Kelly to join us today. She is the author of several fantastic books including the Five Minute Leadership guide. She shares tactics and tools you can put to work right away to drive higher levels of personal effectiveness. During the session, Dr. Kelly refers to several powerful tools which you can find here: https://productiveleaders.com/free-resources/

This is a time of uncertainty. In this episode, Meridith Elliott Powell, author of Thrive: Strategies to Turn Uncertainty Into Competitive Advantage. She coaches us on how to be successful in this dynamic marketplace. She believes that success comes down to what you focus on. Grab a pen and a notepad and get ready to learn about the things you can control to move your business forward.

Larry Levine and Darrell Amy share their vision for the exciting 2021 Client Appreciation Challenge. During the week of May 17-21 we'll gather at 12pm EST | 9am PST to be inspired and equipped to say "thank you" to our clients. In this episode you'll discover who will be leading us and what you can expect from this incredible event! Register now at www.clientappreciationchallenge.com.

This week we're joined by sales master and Selling From the Heart Champion, Tom Hopkins to discuss the fundamentals of authentic sales success. This is a powerful conversation with one of the masters. You're absolutely going to love it!

Authenticity is the key to success in today's low trust marketplace. Today, we're in for a treat with our guest, Bob Burg He's the author of many great sales books including The Go-Giver. He coaches us on the law of authenticity. Get ready to be inspired and get ready to learn from one of the masters!

What's it like to be a buyer? Former corporate executive, Erin Hatzikostas, opens the curtain to share her experiences working with sales reps. She's the author of You Do You(ish), Unleash Your Authentic Superpowers to Get The Career You Desire. Today, Erin coaches us on how to bring our authentic selves to our sales role.

Sales professionals are leaders as they influence their prospects and clients. Today, leadership expert, Alain Hunkins coaches us on how to apply principles of leadership to sales. He shares actionable insights on connection, communication, and collaboration from his book, Cracking the Leadership Code.

Former NFL player, Marques Ogden coaches top professionals to develop habits that lead to new levels of success. Today we'll talk about the disciplines of a high-performance sales professional. He'll challenge us to up our game in the foundational parts of our roles. We'll also dive into the important question of "why" you do what you do.

Authentic selling requires us to be present with our prospects and clients. Today, our friend Angel Ribo coaches us on the importance of being present with our clients. He'll coach us on practical ways to show up in the moment.

Get an insider's account of how to succeed in sales. Jesse Rothstein is the author of Carry That Quota. He's also a global account manager for LinkedIn. We discuss how to marry short term vision with long term vision to create lasting relationships that will carry us through our career. What does that mean for us as sales professionals? Listen to this discussion to find out.

Empathy is important but it must be combined with persuasion to close business. Jason Cutter, is the author of Selling With Authentic Persuasion: Transform from Order Taking to Quota Breaker. Today he coaches us on how to sell with heart to influence buying decisions. We'll explore why sales is broken and what can be done to fix it.

If we want to grow, we need to be ready to get uncomfortable. Our guest, Jason Van Camp, is the author of Deliberate Discomfort. He believes that if we want to grow we should choose discomfort. As the Chairman of Mission Six Zero and the Executive Director of Warrior Rising, he brings his experiences as a Green Beret to help leaders succeed. He coaches us on how we can choose deliberate discomfort to drive new levels of authentic sales success.

Authenticity is a frequent topic on the Selling From the Heart Podcast. As a sales leader, how do you recruit authentic salespeople to your team? Our guest, Nigel Green, is the author of Revenue Harvest. He's interviewed over 3,000 sales candidates. He shares what managers should look for and also gives advice for how authentic sales pros should interview.

Get ready for an inspiring and fun conversation packed with great ideas. Larry Long Jr. believes that we need to get back to the basics. Listening is the core sales skill we need to work on in 2021.

How open minded would you be to some ideas on how to communication more clearly as a sales professional? If so, you're going to enjoy this conversation with our friend, Phil M. Jones, author of Exactly What To Say, The Magic Words For Influence and Impact.

Your network is your net worth. How can you become an asset to your network? Scott Schilling joins us today for a practical discussion on how you can become an asset to the people in your network, building goodwill, trust, and credibility.

Right now we must have a compelling value proposition. We need to know what our customers need before they know what they need. If you are looking for ways to communicate and add value, you'll enjoy this insightful conversation with Fred Diamond from the Institute For Excellence in Sales.