Mike Montague interviews Ryan Bennett on How to Succeed at Creating an Intentional Day. Ryan Bennett is a High-Performance Coach, Author, and Speaker who guides people to reach their full potential in their lives, businesses, and teams through his proven method of intentional growth. Before becoming an author, Ryan was the founding team member of a tech startup company in which he helped build from just an idea into a successful, venture-backed brand with Fortune 500 clients. The Intentional Day...
May 10, 2021•19 min
Mike Montague interviews Brian Jackson on How to Succeed at Your 30 Second Commercial. Brian is an award-winning Sandler Trainer in San Diego, CA. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at your 30-second commercial. The turtle story and your 30 second commercial How much would your sales increase if you could increase your conversation starter success rate? Think “you, you, you” What problems are you fixing and how do they impact people? Use different lures...
May 03, 2021•22 min
Mike Montague interviews Michael Coles on How to Succeed at Getting Tough. Michael J. Coles, the co-founder of the Great American Cookie Company and the former CEO of Caribou Coffee, did not follow a conventional path into business. He does not have an Ivy League pedigree or an MBA from a top-ten business school. He grew up poor, starting work at the age of thirteen. He had many false starts and painful defeats, but Coles has a habit of defying expectations. His life and career have been about t...
Apr 26, 2021•26 min
Mike Montague interviews Alan Stein Jr. on How to Succeed at Raising Your Game. Performance coach Alan Stein Jr. shares the secret principles used by world-class performers that will help you improve your productivity and achieve higher levels of success. Alan Stein, Jr. is a keynote speaker and author who spent 15+ years as a performance coach working with the highest-performing basketball players on the planet (Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Kobe Bryant). He now teaches audiences how to util...
Apr 19, 2021•22 min
Bob Perkins, founder & chairman of the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals , just knew that people who worked inside or remote sales needed the support of an organization which could instruct and reinforce the skills needed to be successful in what was then seen as ‘the little sibling’ to field sales. Enter a worldwide pandemic that prohibits face-to-face contact - that means selling - and suddenly everyone is looking to the techniques, experience and technology of the little ...
Apr 16, 2021•35 min
Gong CEO Amit Bendov talks with host Matt Benelli about the 'why' behind the company's creation, the advantages of using business conversation data accumulated without filters, and how this 'revenue intelligence' focuses the entire revenue generation team on only the behaviors that enable success.
Apr 16, 2021•32 min
Mike Montague interviews Beth Weissenberger on How to Succeed at Personal Integrity. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at personal integrity The definition of personal integrity Make a promise to yourself with a consequence/reward and someone to hold you accountable Whatever you believe, you prove 80% of your inner dialogue is negative and repetitive You have a chicken voice, a brat voice, and a weatherman's voice How to tell those voices to shut up Fi...
Apr 12, 2021•23 min
Mike Montague interviews Josh Linkner on How to Succeed at Big Little Breakthroughs. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at big little breakthroughs Innovations aren’t just for people wearing lab coats and hoodies Playing it safe is risky If it’s not broken, break it Reach for weird How to practice creativity every morning Don’t put Legos together with the directions Creativity isn’t wizardry The bad idea brainstorm Get 5% more creative Podcast: https://...
Apr 05, 2021•21 min
Mike Montague interviews Steve Sims on How to Succeed at Making Things Happen. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at making things happen Steve makes billionaire’s wishes come true How to get rich people to talk to you Go for the stupid, the laughable People always laugh a few seconds before they start applauding Don’t give your clients what they ask for, give them what they dream and desire Have you diluted your dream? How to start Ignorance and passio...
Mar 29, 2021•28 min
Anneke Seley, the 12th employee at a little startup called Oracle, has had a career full of challenges and spectacular successes... interfacing with Larry Ellison, Mark Benioff and later consulting with Steve Jobs. Her classic books, Sales 2.0 & Next Era Selling preach looking at the future of sales with an eye on using technology to make business easier and more productive... and her present company, Reality Works Group, is currently helping companies retrain and focus on the fluid nature o...
Mar 22, 2021•42 min
Mike Montague interviews Greg Rice on How to Succeed at Communicating More Effectively. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior and technique on how to succeed at communicating more effectively Use the SAVE methodology Stay curious and pay attention Apply one technique at a time Debrief and take notes AFTER the conversation Be mindful - focus on your breathing Perceptual positions Learn to ask for clarity Help people to self reflect How Greg defines success Be vulnerable Greg’s favorite quo...
Mar 22, 2021•27 min
Mike Montague interviews Antarctic Mike on How to Succeed at Meeting New People. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at meeting new people How to meet new people during Covid Meet people with a “no strings attached” mindset You never know who they may know Keep the focus on them Check out lunchclub.com Ask people about their story and let them talk about themselves There’s a fine line between being pushed and shoved Sometimes, you just have to show up Po...
Mar 15, 2021•33 min
Retired Navy Seal Marty Strong, CEO/CSO at LGS Management Group in Virginia, talks with Matt Benelli about his brand-new book, Be Nimble - How the Creative Navy Seal Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business. How will a Seal answer during the Rapid Fire Round, and the Extra Degree question? Come in and find out!
Mar 10, 2021•39 min
Mike Montague interviews Dave Mattson on How to Succeed at Scaling Sales Success. Get the Kindle Version here: https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Sales-Success-Principles-Leaders-ebook/dp/B08Y568MZS/ In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at scaling sales success Who the book is for Listen for the truth no matter who’s telling you Macromanage, don’t micromanage It’s hard to scale if you’re busy fighting fires yourself What can you do to help your sales team dri...
Mar 08, 2021•22 min
Mike Montague interviews Luanne Whitmarsh, Executive Director of the Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured, on How to Succeed at Fund Development for Non-profits. Find Luanne and ARBI at: https://www.arbi.ca/ In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at fund development for non-profits What is fund development? Why people donate to non-profits How to keep your pipeline full How to find the right match for the donor How Sandler training helped...
Mar 01, 2021•25 min
Mike Montague interviews Rachel Shi, Senior Manager of Partnerships at Vidyard, on How to Succeed at Video Selling. Get a free trial of Vidyard at: https://www.vidyard.link/sandler In this episode: The best attitude, behavior and technique on how to succeed at video selling What video selling is, and isn’t Misconceptions and benefits of video selling Watching yourself on video will help your sales skills Vidyard makes it easy and fast to get started with video selling The best time to use video ...
Feb 22, 2021•34 min
Mike Montague interviews Karl Kapp on How to Succeed at Gamification. Find Karl at: http://karlkapp.com / In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at gamification Gamification defined Common mistakes in creating gamification Behaviors to gamify for your sales team What to do with people who cheat or quit the games Some of Karl’s favorite games Podcast : https://howtosucceed.libsyn.com / iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-succeed-podcast-by/id...
Feb 15, 2021•27 min
ACTivation Nation host Matt Benelli welcomes Markku Kauppinen, the President and CEO of Extended DISC, North America, and they agree that Socrates and his gang was on to something when "Know Thyself" became a thing back in Ancient Greece... a mindset that, along with DISC, can help us all succeed in our roles, and find some peace of mind! Matt & Markku talk about how important it is to identify your goals, the characteristics of the people you need to surround yourself with in order to achie...
Feb 10, 2021•34 min
Mike Montague interviews Cassie Kramer on How to Succeed at Keeping Your Financial House in Order. Find Cassie at: https://kramerps.com/ In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at keeping your financial house in order What are your financial goals and are you prepared to get there? Choose to believe what you WANT to believe and own it Create your budget before each week and stick with it Set a time to do your bookkeeping every week Don’t comingle funds Recon...
Feb 08, 2021•25 min
Mike Montague interviews James Abraham on How to Succeed at Neuro Selling. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at neuro selling Do your negative thoughts overpower your positive ones? Are you selling logically to people buying emotionally? Align with your buyer Exercise in the morning to get in the right hormonal state Journal daily Reset with silence and meditation How to calm the limbic system in your client and you Simplify your message Use metaphors,...
Feb 01, 2021•21 min
Mike Montague interviews Hamish Knox on How to Succeed When a Client Leaves. Hamish is a Sandler trainer from Calgary, AB, Canada and author of Accountability the Sandler Way and Change the Sandler Way, and he was our 2020 David H Sandler Award Winner. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed when a client leaves What to do when a client tells you he’s going to leave Take the awkwardness away No now doesn’t mean now forever It’s not win or lose; it’s win or l...
Jan 25, 2021•22 min
Mike Montague interviews Randy Seidl on How to Succeed at Being Part of a Sales Community. In this episode: Join the Sales Community at https://www.salescommunity.com / The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at being part of a sales community A community can help build and maintain excitement How to be a great community member Be a part of the conversation Share your skills and borrow skills from others How to start conversations with people you don’t know in the community ...
Jan 18, 2021•26 min
Mike Montague interviews Akshay Nanavati, best-selling author of Fearvana, on How to Succeed at Finding Bliss. Find Akshay at: https://fearvana.com/ and buy the book on Amazon. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at finding bliss If you don’t find a worthy struggle, the struggle will find you anyway Don’t let your goal be comfort Suffer well Fear propels you to prepare Go deeper into your fear to overcome it Use the five whys technique Get clear on your ...
Jan 11, 2021•28 min
Mike Montague interviews Brian Jackson, Sandler trainer from San Diego, on How to Succeed at Leading a Diverse Team. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique for how to succeed at leading a diverse team How to hire a diverse team What type of diversity are we talking about? Use the same rule for different outcomes for different types of people You will have to manage each member of the diverse team differently Sometimes what we do determines how we feel Use the “prove me wrong...
Jan 04, 2021•29 min
Mike Montague interviews Wade Rowan, Sandler trainer from Chattanooga, on How to Succeed at Identifying Your Personal Advantage. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior and technique for how to succeed at identifying your personal advantage Develop an outlook of possibility and not an outlook of limitation Start with what gets you up in the morning Become a staff-a-scope Slow down to speed up David had advantages over Goliath What two great joys and two great challenges have you experienced...
Dec 28, 2020•20 min
Michelle Prince is the best-selling author of her first book, “ Winning In Life Now " and is a highly sought after Zig Ziglar Motivational Speaker. She has gone on to author dozens of additional books and products in the areas of achievement, motivation, productivity, and success. She owns her own publishing company and is the founder of the “Book Bound Workshop” which helps soon-to-be authors get their story “out of their head and onto paper.” Find Michelle at: https://www.michelleprince.com/ M...
Dec 21, 2020•22 min
Mike Montague interviews the Email Marketing Heroes, Rob and Kennedy, on How to Succeed at Email Marketing. They are the founders of ResponseSuite for survey-based email marketing, hosts of the Email Marketing Show podcast, and course creators who help DIY marketers learn how to concur email marketing. Find Rob and Kennedy at: https://www.emailmarketingheroes.com/ In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique to succeed at email marketing Email is another app on your phone – not an...
Dec 18, 2020•40 min
Mike Montague interviews Alea Homison on How to Succeed at Organization-Wide Effectiveness Using Sandler. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique for succeeding at organization-wide effectiveness using Sandler It takes buy-in from the top down The difference between the sales process and sales methodology How to avoid assumptions How to use your Sandler training every day in your workplace How to measure the success of Sandler training, organization-wide Alea’s favorite Sandl...
Dec 14, 2020•32 min
David Mattson, President and CEO of Sandler Training and 6-time Author, talks about his Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek best-selling book, The Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply Them . This year, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the book, Dave will revisit each of the original 49 Sandler Rules and give updated takes on their relevance to salespeople and sales leaders. The book is on sale in the Sandler Shop , as well as, the companion books, Sandler Success P...
Dec 11, 2020•5 min
Mike Montague, Global Head of Content at Sandler and host of the How to Succeed podcast, features some sales enablement insights from the 2021 Sales Enablement Report by Sandler, LinkedIn, Hubspot, and Gong. Download the free report at https://www.sandler.com/sereport to get the full insights!...
Dec 07, 2020•3 min
