Sales Game Changers | Tips from Successful Sales Leaders

Fred Diamond

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Institute for Excellence in Sales co-founder Fred Diamond interviews top business-to-business sales leaders from companies such as AWS, AT&T, Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce, Hilton and others about their sales journey, career highlights, mentors, and lessons learned while asking them to offer tips to help emerging sales professionals and leaders to grow their careers. It's an interview-style podcast that has become even more popular as sales professionals look for solutions in the new world of selling.

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706 episodes

Handling Objections with Joe Marcoux, the Sales Sensei

This is episode 658. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! REGISTER FOR THE IES WOMEN IN SALES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HERE. Today’s show featured an interview with Joe Marcoux, the Sales Sensei. Find his “Overcoming Objection Mastery” guide here. Contact Joe on LinkedIn to get your copy.  

24m
Mar 27, 2024
Seven Tips for Better Sales Prospecting Using AI from Vlad Oleksiienko from Reply.IO

This is episode 657. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with VLAD OLEKSIIENKO, VP of Growth at Reply.io, a sales engagement platform provider.  

31m
Mar 19, 2024
Leadership Insights from IES 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Dell Technologies Federal Sales Leader Jim Kelly

This is episode 656. Read the complete transscription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! REGISTER FOR THE IES WOMEN IN SALES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HERE. Today's show featured an interview with Jim Kelly, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Federal at Dell Technologies. Jim is the 2024 Institute for Excellence in Sales Lifetime Achievement in Sales Award Recipient.

31m
Mar 12, 2024
What's Next for Women in B2B Sales with Leaders Lori Richardson and Gina Stracuzzi

This is episode 655. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! REGISTER FOR THE WOMEN IN SALES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HERE. Today's show featured an interview with Lori Richardson from Score More Sales https://www.scoremoresales.com/ and Women Sales Pros. https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-sales-pros/ It also featured Institute for Excellence in Sales Women in Sales Program Director Gina Stracuzzi.

32m
Mar 08, 2024
Significant Sales Success Strategies from Alteryx Public Sector Head Steve Harris

This is episode 654. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with Steve Harris, President Alteryx Public Sector.

24m
Feb 28, 2024
Gretchen Gordon’s Advice for Becoming the Happy Sales Manager

This is episode 653. Read the transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Gretchen Gordon, the author of "The Happy Sales Manager" and one of her clients, Mike Dorrington, VP of Sales and Marketing for AMAROK Security https://amarok.com/.

30m
Feb 14, 2024
Get Things Done and Make an Impact with Hacking Your Bureaucracy Author Nick Sinai

This is episode 652. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Nick Sinai, He’s a venture capitalist, adjunct faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School, author, former senior official in the Obama administration. He's the coauthor of Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter Your Role On Any Team https://www.hackyourbureaucracy.com/.

34m
Feb 09, 2024
Using AI to Enable Customer Acquisition and Revenue Generation with Jennifer Ives

This is episode 651. Read the complete transcriptoin on the Sales Game Changers Podcast here. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with Jennifer Ives, Co-Founder & CEO at Watering Hole AI.

28m
Feb 01, 2024
Selling New Technology into Public Sector with Mattermost Sales Leader Barry Duplantis

This is episode 650. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with Barry Duplantis, VP and GM, North America Public Sector, Mattermost.

32m
Jan 24, 2024
Strategies for High-Energy Business Development in 2024 with Jennifer Lyall

This is episode 649. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with Jennifer Lyall of Liv Healthy. Download her “7 Steps to Transform Your Energy to Attract More Clients here https://jlyall.com/.

28m
Jan 23, 2024
Achieving Massive Sales Success While Battling Chronic Lyme Disease with Holistic Sales Trainer Cara Pacific Campbell

This is episode 648. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Cara Pacific Campbell, founder of Kusi Nuna https://www.kusinuna.com/, Holistic performance management training and coaching for sales teams. She is also a chronic Lyme disease survivor. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales designation and program here.

36m
Jan 19, 2024
Crunchbase Ang McManamon’s Five Ps of Sales Leadership: Professionalism, Preparation, Process, Performance, Play

This is episode 647. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Ang McManamon, Vice President of Sales at Crunchbase. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales designation and program here.

30m
Jan 17, 2024
Goal Setting Strategies for Long-Term Sales Success with HashiCorp Public Sector Leader Melissa Palmer

This is episode 646. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Melissa Palmer, President HashiCorp http://President%20HashiCorp%20Federal%20Inc Federal Inc. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales designation and program here.

38m
Jan 16, 2024
Becoming a Silicon Valley Woman in Sales Leader with Shari Begun

This is episode 645. Read the complete transcroption on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with Shari Begun, VP of Sales, IOT and Consumer, at Renesas Electronics. She is a member of Chief https://chief.com/. The interview was conducted by Gina Stracuzzi, IES Women in Sales Program Director.  Read more about the PWISE designation and program here https://i4esbd.com/pwise/.  

25m
Jan 11, 2024
Return to Work Strategies for Women in Sales After Giving Birth with Lori Levin-Mihalich and Rebecca Kwei

This is episode 644. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Lori Mihalich-Levin, founder of Mindful Return, and Rebecca Kwei, sales leader at Phathom Pharmaceuticals. https://www.phathompharma.com/ The interview was conducted by Gina Stracuzzi, IES Women in Sales Program Director.  Read more about the PWISE designation and program here https://i4esbd.com/pwise/.

34m
Jan 08, 2024
Why Oracle is a Premier Women in Sales Employer with Tiffany Taylor

This is episode 643. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with Tiffany Taylor, Group Vice President Sales Development, from IES Premier Women in Sales Employer Oracle https://www.oracle.com/. Read more about the PWISE designation and program here. The interview was conducted by Gina Stracuzzi, IES Women in Sales Program Director.

32m
Dec 12, 2023
Advice for First-Time Sales Managers from Mike Weinberg and Pyrotek Sales Leader Joe Tarulli

This is episode 642. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Mike Weinberg, author of The First-Time Manager: Sales https://mikeweinberg.com/ftm-book/ and Joe Tarulli, GM and Sales Leader at Pyrotek.      

39m
Dec 04, 2023
Why a Masters Degree in Sales Leadership Transformation May Be Right for You with Dr. Philip Squire

This is episode 641. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with Dr. Philip Squire of Consalia https://www.consalia.com/. Consalia runs the UK’s only Sales Business School, providing Masters, Postgraduate & Undergraduate Apprenticeship programs in Sales.  

30m
Nov 29, 2023
Deep Dive into How Group Management Services is Using Covideo Tools in Their Sales Process

This is episode 640. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Covideo sales leader John Simpson and his customer, Group Management Services https://www.groupmgmt.com/ Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) David Swift.

29m
Nov 27, 2023
A Biotech Sales Process that Works from L’areal Lipkins and Sanguine’s Chelsea Bouvier

This is episode 639. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with L'areal Lipkins and her client Chelsea Bouvier, Sales Manager at biotech research company Sanguine. IES Women in Sales Program Director Gina Stracuzzi conducted the interview.

28m
Nov 20, 2023
Sales Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Intel Corporation with Sales Leader Rick Herrmann

This is episode 638. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with Technology Sales Veteran and Leader Rick Herrmann, with experience at Intel and Microsoft.

33m
Nov 15, 2023
Sales Career Growth Strategies from Account Executive Extraordinaire JC Pollard

This is episode 637. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Account Executive EXTRAORDINAIRE JC POLLARD.

24m
Nov 08, 2023
AI for Sales Prospecting Update with Reply.io Growth Leader Vlad Oleksiienko

This is episode 636. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with VLAD OLEKSIIENKO, the VP of Growth at Reply.io, the sponsor of this episode of the Sales Game Changers Podcast.

28m
Nov 07, 2023
How Lyme Disease Podcaster Anne Desjardins Overcame Illness and Achieved Paper Box Sales Success

This is episode 635. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with ANNE DESJARDINS. SHE'S THE HOST OF THE Silver LYMINGS PODCAST AND IS AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE WITH PAPERWORKS.

37m
Nov 02, 2023
How Sales Professionals Can Better Deal with Personal Change with Royal Caribbean Leader Dr. Grant Van Ulbrich

This is episode 634. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Dr. Grant Van Ulbrich, Global Director for Sales Transformation at Royal Caribbean and founder of Scared, So What. He's the author of "Transforming Sales Management: lead sales teams through change."

30m
Oct 24, 2023
Sales Success and the Hybrid Paradox with Sarah Olin

This is episode 633. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Sarah Olin. The interview was conducted by Gina Stracuzzi.

25m
Oct 23, 2023
Sales Success by Going from Crazy Busy to Calm Productive with Megan Miller

This is episode 632. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Megan Miller. Megan will be a speaker at the IES Women in Sales Leadership Elevation Conference on October 12. The interview was conducted by Gina Stracuzzi, chairperson for the conference.

33m
Oct 03, 2023
A Deep, Honest Look at Empathy in the Sales Process with Kyla O'Connell

This is episode 631. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's  best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Kyla O'Connell with Win-Win Sales Training. Kyla will be a speaker at the IES Women in Sales Leadership Elevation Conference https://bit.ly/3sExBqh on October 12. The interview was conducted by Gina Stracuzzi, chairperson for the conference.

28m
Sep 27, 2023
Building Sales Culture at Professional Services Leader KPMG with Julia Abramovich

This is episode 630. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's  best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with KPMG Sales Leader Julia Abramovich. We also recently interviewed Lorna Stark, National Sector Leader for State and Local Government at KPMG here.

29m
Sep 26, 2023
Taking Your Virtual Sales Presentations to Stunning Levels with Webinar Wizard Johnny Beirne

This is episode number 629. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s  best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured an interview with webinar wizard Johnny Beirne http://johnnybeirne.com/.

25m
Sep 22, 2023