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Sales Leadership Podcast

Rob Jeppsenwww.jeppg.com
Each episode finds Rob Jeppsen and guest diving into the biggest question in business: How do you create predictable, repeatable, and scalable success? They discuss tactics and practices that the best sales leaders use to drive head-turning success. Rob lets you know what you can expect from each episode and gives you his promise: you'll leave each episode with new ideas to help you drive high growth with your team.
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Episodes

Episode 320: Frank Sondors, CEO @ SalesForge: Maximum Pipeline with Minimum Headcount

Frank Sondors is the Founder and CEO of SalesForge. Frank and his team have an AI powered Outreach solution that has had some of the fastest growth I’ve ever seen. But this isn’t about the tired approach to revenue growth you are already familiar with. This is a blueprint for record setting performance with minimum headcount required. Frank and his team today service over 2,000 customers and are growing at an incredible clip by raising capital through sales…not investment. He’s living proof that...

Jul 09, 20251 hr

Episode 319: Karen Kelly, Founder and CEO of K2 Performance Consulting: Who Are You BECOMING?

Karen Kelly is the Founder and CEO of K2 Performance Consulting and the K2 Sales Academy. For over 20 years she’s been helping B2B Enterprise Sales Teams and Enterprise Sales Leaders become more confident, more intentional, and win in every market condition. She helps those she works with have the greatest years of their careers by changing how they think. And today she joins us in a master class on how to create your greatest year…not by being more aggressive, not by being more active, and not ...

Jul 02, 20251 hr

Episode 318: Ken Rusk, President at Rusk Industries: People First Leadership

Ken Rusk is a leader who has built wildly successful organizations and teams starting from the ground up. And he’s done it by emphasizing people and cultures first. This is someone who walks the talk of “People First” and he has the results to prove it. He’s the founder of a wildly successful organization that hasn’t just been able to produce head turning results…he’s maintained an incredible 95% retention rate of his team in one of the most high-turnover rate industries in the world. Ken has be...

Jun 25, 20251 hr

Episode 317: Megan Prince CRO @ Zeni.ai , Sales is About BECOMING…Not Attaining.

Megan Prince is the CRO of Zeni. Zeni is what happens when AI meets accounting and the Zeni team is turning heads with industries all around the world. Megan is one of the most exciting CRO’s in AI to watch right now. She’s an elite leader who has had an incredible run from SDR to CRO…and has created a leadership style any leader would benefit from learning. She blends individual development with accountability, delivers results without sacrificing culture, and starts with Mindset…not just mecha...

Jun 11, 20251 hr

Episode 316: Gal Aga, CEO of Aligned :Helping Your Sales Team Dance with Flawless Alignment

Gal Aga is the co-founder and CEO of Aligned. Gal and the team at Aligned are transforming how B2B sellers and buyers work together. Gal has been in the B2B SaaS Sales game for over 17 years and has helped scale teams from $1MM to $100MM in ARR and has held every possible role along the way. Today, Gal joins the show to share how sales orgs can make it easier for buyers to buy, for salespeople to project-manage opportunities, to identify new buying signals, and how leaders can coach in ways they...

Jun 04, 20251 hr

Episode 315: Bill Rice, Founder & CRO of Kaleidico, and the Bill Rice Strategy Group- Modern Challenges Require Modern Systems

Bill Rice is a former Air Force officer trained in counterespionage who now uses that same precision to decode market complexity and build wildly successful revenue engines. As founder and CRO of Kaleidico and the Bill Rice Strategy Group, he’s helped clients generate over 500,000 leads a year and fuel record sales growth. His emphasis is highly strategic systems that scale. Today Bill joins us to discuss why systems are the secret to wild success and how elite leaders use systems in ways that s...

May 28, 20251 hr

Episode 314: Alex Gabbert, Director of Brand Communications for Publicity for Good: Sales Leadership: The Art of SHOWING what’s Possible

Alex Gabbert is the Director of Brand Communications for Publicity for Good. For over a decade, Alex has been helping businesses and salespeople build high performing teams, achieve record-setting success, and create mindsets that help them not only manage challenges…but more importantly…navigate their careers to achieve outcomes they’d previously only dreamed of. Alex joins the show and shares some really important insights around the role of leadership and why possibilities > activities in ...

May 22, 20251 hr

Episode 313: David Knight, CEO of Avarra.ai - “Driving Range” Leadership

David Knight is the founder and CEO of Avarra.ai, an AI company that’s arming sales teams with the kind of intelligence that turns potential into performance and guesswork into game plans. David has a 30+ year track record leading GTM teams and building revenue engines that don’t just grow—they dominate. He’s been instrumental in scaling MULTIPLE Billion Dollar recurring revenue machines at Market leaders like WebEx and Proofpoint. He’s been in the trenches, in the boardrooms, and on the front l...

May 15, 20251 hr

Episode 312: Ben Lamorte, Founder of OKRs.com - Choosing Alignment Over Assignment and Finding the Power of OKR’s.

Ben is the President and founder of OKRs.com. For those unfamiliar with this concept…OKRs stands for Objectives and Key Results. And Ben has more OKR coaching experience than anyone on the planet. He has literally helped thousands of leaders learn how OKRs are different than performance metrics and how to use them as a navigational tool…not just a management tool. In this episode, Ben shares stories from some of the most iconic companies in the world and how OKRs led to a massive transformation…...

May 08, 20251 hr

Episode 311: Judy Weber, Business Owner and Former Attorney - EVERYTHING Starts with Connection

Judy Weber is a former attorney turned business owner turned performance coach who works with elite leaders worldwide. Her success frameworks have been featured on NBC, Fox, CBS, ABC, Forbes, and many other mainstream publications. Her mission is to help leaders create life-changing years without sacrificing the things that matter most in order to do it. Today she joins the show to share how leaders can treat connection with others as a skill and how every leader can be intentional in places tha...

Apr 28, 20251 hr 3 min

Episode 310: Michael Barbarita, Founder and CEO of Next Step CFO: The Conversion Formula

Michael Barbarita is the founder and CEO of Next Step CFO. For nearly 20 years, Michael and his team have helped organizations of all kinds implement systems that fuel growth without burning out. In his work, Michael has developed a framework for creating compelling offers that impacts every part of the sales process. Creating more, high quality opportunities…spending time on the right opportunities….improving opportunity sizes…improving win rates…and shortening cycle time. And while any one of ...

Apr 17, 20251 hr 3 min

Episode 309: David Revell, Co-Founder and CEO of Charta Recruitment - Cereal Box Recruiting

David Revell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Charta Recruitment. David and his team specialize in recruiting high performing salespeople. And as sales leaders, we are responsible for assembling and retaining teams that perform at the highest level. David shares a blueprint on how to attract and connect with the top salespeople…even if they aren’t actively looking for their next gig. David shares a sales leadership “cheat code” to help you fuel your team with the very best talent…and get the very be...

Apr 04, 202559 min

Episode 308: Alec Nethercott, Co-Founder at V3 Electric Inc. - Leadership Influence: A Blueprint for Elite Sales Leaders

Alec Nethercott has been developing teams for 16 years with massive success. He’s built one of California’s largest residential solar companies and has recently been recognized as one of California’s top 40 under 40 business leaders. Alec has built teams by intentionally having influence that creates massive growth. He’s developed a framework that helps leaders know how to create difference-making influence with every member of their team. Alec turned these 4 principles into a best-selling leade...

Mar 12, 20251 hr 1 min

Episode 307: Rob Jeppsen - A Leadership SKO for 2025

As the new year starts teams worldwide are having kickoffs to get off to a fast start. After conducting 17 SKOs in the last 6 weeks, Rob shares some highlights of these events and 10 observations of Elite Leadership. This episode will give you some places to be reflective, be intentional, and change how you approach leadership. As you work to engineer the greatest year in your company’s history…here are 10 leadership observations to help you become an elite leader. You can connect with Rob on Li...

Feb 26, 20251 hr 8 min

Episode 306: Anthony Iannarino, Author, Speaker, and Sales Leader: The Lost Art of Meaningful Sales Conversations

Anthony is a legend in the sales world. He’s a globally-recognized author, speaker and sales leader who has helped redefine how wildly successful salespeople and sales leaders think about sales success. His bestselling books include The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need, Eat their Lunch, and The Lost Art of Closing are each “Must Reads” for anyone serious about taking their sales skills or sales leadership approach to the next level. Anthony joins the show to share how leaders MUST help their te...

Feb 06, 20251 hr 1 min

Episode 305: Sean Brophy, Head of Global Sales at Pigment - "All In" Leadership

Sean Brophy is the Head of Global Sales at Pigment. Pigment is a business planning tool used by CROs and CFOs at some of the world’s largest companies. Under Sean’s leadership they doubled their customer base in 2023 and tripled Global ARR. Sean has a history of this kind of head-turning growth in his 20 year history as a sales leader. Today, Sean shares his framework of what it means to be All-In as a leader. This proven framework will help you have elite-level impact as you help engineer the g...

Jan 23, 20251 hr

Episode 304: Alli Rízacos, Imposter Syndrome Coach - Personal Branding for Sales Leaders, Part 2

As promised…Alli Rizacos rejoins the show in part 2 of this important conversation. As part of your 2025 kickoff, Alli shares how you can use LinkedIn to accelerate your impact as a Sales Leader. Alli helps leaders worldwide create more impact with a blueprint you can implement almost immediately. These insights will help you fuel the way you create the greatest leadership year of your career as Alli shares insights utilized by the world’s top leaders. You can connect with Alli on LinkedIn here....

Jan 08, 202559 min

Episode 303: Ian Koniak, Founder and CEO of Untap Your Sales Potential: Why Most Leaders Don’t Help their Reps Become Elite.

Ian Koniak is legendary in the B2B SaaS Sales world. Ian earned the distinction as the #1 Enterprise AE at Salesforce. He’s had a ridiculously successful career having consistent, predictable success as a salesperson, a sales manager, a sales director, and Sr. Sales Executive in every market condition. And Ian has done this by developing systems that fuel success. Today, Ian’s mission is to share his tools and knowledge with salespeople and sales leaders and give them the tools they just don’t g...

Dec 20, 20241 hr 8 min

Episode 302: Alli Rizacos, Imposter Syndrome Coach: Personal Branding for Sales Leaders Part 1

Alli Rizacos rejoins the show in an important conversation. Alli’s first episode on impostor syndrome was one of the most downloaded episodes the show had in 2022. Today Alli joins us in the first of 2 episodes around how Elite Leaders use LinkedIn to create more influence. In this episode she shares the importance of Niches and more important…understanding “Who You’re For.” This is an important episode that will help every single leader understand the importance of maximum clarity coupled with ...

Dec 04, 202455 min

Episode 301: Jacob Heugly, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Fee Income at Zions Bancorporation: Creating an Environment where Team Members Thrive by Choosing Alignment over Assignment.

Jake Heugly is the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Fee Income for Zions Bancorporation. Jake leads a large team of executive leaders who are responsible for generating fee income for one of the largest financial institutions in North America. Jake and his team have had long-term success in every market condition and have won more than their share of industry awards along the way. And one of the keys to this remarkable success is the fact that his Sr. Leadership Team has stayed ...

Nov 20, 202458 min

Episode 300: Martin Roth, SaaS Founder and Sales Leader: Building a Success Culture by Creating “Moments that Matter.”

Martin Roth is one of the top Sales Leaders in SaaS right now. After successfully leading LevelSet to a $500MM acquisition as the CRO, he now helps sales organizations worldwide accelerate growth. He’s a must-follow on LinkedIn, a highly sought-after speaker, and is an active advisor to high growth companies. Today he joins us to share the impact of a Success Culture…and how a sales leader can build a Success Culture that changes trajectories of companies and people. Martin shares a blueprint th...

Nov 13, 202455 min

Episode 299: Emily Johnson, Burnout Coach: Tune in to Your Senses to Prevent and Recover from Burnout.

Emily Johnson helps leaders in every industry worldwide Prevent and Recover from Burnout. Emily re-joins the show to talk about the prevalence of burnout in the sales world today…and the most recent studies may surprise you. In this episode Emily shares how a leader can help create an environment where people thrive rather than burn out. She shares a blueprint every leader will benefit from and shares insights every leader can implement immediately. This is a timely and important episode for eve...

Nov 06, 20241 hr

Episode 298: James Hatfield, CRO of LiveSwitch Inc. - You Can’t Scale By Accident

James Hatfield is the Chief Revenue Officer for Live Switch. James and his team help organizations worldwide tap into the power of live video as they help build better human connections that scale in the very simplest ways possible. James has led sales teams with great success for nearly 2 decades. He’s had documented success in multiple companies, multiple industries, and every market condition possible. He’s emerged as an expert in the development of salespeople and sales leaders and is the pe...

Oct 11, 202457 min

Episode 297: Donald Kelly, Founder and CEO of The Sales Evangelist: Scale Ain’t Easy…and You Can’t Do it Without Outbound.

Donald Kelly is the Founder and CEO of the Sales Evangelist. For a decade he has been helping salespeople and sales leaders find success in ways that have turned heads in every market condition. He’s a been a top LinkedIn voice in Sales for years, been a Salesforce Top Sales Influencer for the last 3 years, and is an expert in making Outbound sales consistent and predictable while creating customer experiences prospects appreciate. Today Donald Rejoins the podcast to talk about how outbound sale...

Oct 02, 202459 min

Episode 296: Rob Jeppsen, Founder of Sales Leadership United - You Can Change Your Leadership DNA…and it Will Make ALL the Difference.

September 15 marks the 1 year anniversary of Rob’s risky procedure in a battle with cancer. So many people have reached out and thanked us for sharing this story that on this anniversary mark, we’re re-releasing it. And this story about intentionally changing your DNA applies to every leader. Because if we change our leadership DNA…we can have a greater influence with our teams than we may have ever imagined. So as you approach new leadership challenges…our hope is this episode helps you choose ...

Sep 25, 202450 min

Episode 295: Forecasting SHOULD NOT Exist!

Vlad Voskresensky is the Founder and CEO of Revenue Grid. Revenue Grid is an AI-Guided Selling platform that nudges sales teams with step-by-step guidance towards actions that bring the best results, shows deals at risk, and prioritizes tactics with the greatest impact. Vlad has worked with sales organizations in helping them move from old leadership strategies and systems that focus on the past and create moments of “interrogation” to modern approaches that orient to the future and create momen...

Sep 12, 20241 hr 2 min

Episode 294: Gautam Rishi, CEO and Co-Founder of OneShot.ai - A Leader’s Secret Weapon for Growth.

Gautam Rishi is the Co-Founder and CEO of OneShot.ai. After 2 decades of sales and sales leadership, Gautam has successfully led SaaS sales teams at every level and every size imaginable. He’s helped teams worldwide stand up new orgs, set performance records, move from startup through several funding rounds, and ultimately be acquired. And he’s done it several times. As he’s done this, he’s become relentlessly focused on the importance of pipeline. And that’s what led him to co-founding OneShot....

Sep 04, 20241 hr

Episode 293: Ryan Staley, CEO of Whale Boss - AI MasterClass Part 1: Using AI to Develop Mindset Programs for your Team Members

We just completed a worldwide study where we learned what Elite Leaders worldwide had prioritized and were finding “Most Challenging.” In this episode we share the top 6 “Most Challenging” leadership focus points and emphasize the challenge on the top of the list: Mindset Development of Team Members. Today, we welcome one of the Top AI for Sales Experts in the world back to the show, Ryan Staley. Ryan shares how to use AI to create Mindset Development programs for your team. Ryan’s approach will...

Aug 28, 202448 min

Episode 292: Jeff Winters, CRO at Abstrakt Marketing: My Job is to Get More Out of You Than Your MOTHER Thought You Were Capable of in Her MOST HOPEFUL MOMENT.

Jeff is the Chief Revenue Officer for Abstrakt Marketing. Jeff and his team help sales teams cut through the noisy world and connect to high-value prospects and customers. At just 27 years old…Jeff built Sapper Consulting by leveraging a unique strategy to make connections with Fortune 100 companies and as a result fueled ridiculous growth as Sapper helped other organizations exceed growth expectations…and do it fast. Jeff’s leadership fueled some incredible growth for Sapper as he was able to c...

Aug 21, 202458 min

Episode 291: Todd Caponi, Founder of Sales Melon: Closing a Deal isn’t the Finish Line…It is the Starting Line: The Power of Transparency in Negotiations.

Todd Caponi is one of the most downloaded guests in the history of this podcast. Todd first joined the show to share the power of transparency in sales. He rejoined a couple of years later to share his insights around the power of transparency in sales leadership. And today Todd shines the power of transparency in a crucial element of any sales process: Negotiations. Todd shares how we DON’T have to act like a hostage negotiator to get a deal done and why it is important to remember that the neg...

Aug 16, 20241 hr
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