Surf and Sales

Richard Harris

About

Everyone is looking for help in sales, yet so few are willing to give it unselfishly.

Richard Harris and Scott Leese have teamed up to bring their best advice from their own life experiences, real-world job experiences, and what they see sales reps and leaders do right and, equally, do wrong so you can be the best at your craft as well.

And yeah, there will be the occasional surf story.

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408 episodes

S5E11 - JR Butler - Transitioning to Sales with Purpose and Identity

JR Butler joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and shares all the challenges someone faces when transitioning to sales.  Understanding the transition involves both the internal and external.  __ __  

48m
Apr 01
S5E9 - Chuck Brotman - Sales Hiring in the 2024 Landscape

Chuck brings his knowledge about all things hiring for sales. We covered timing for Founder Led Sales transitioning to a revenue organization.  When to hire, who to hire, and how to hire.  And then we flip it to what should candidates do better in the interview process to standout

45m
Mar 11
S5E8 - Paul Caffrey - How to be an Elite Sales Professional

Paul Caffrey shares some amazing insights including the one thing the best sales people do better than everyone else.   

48m
Mar 04
S5E7 - Stephen Hakami of Wiza - All things founder led sales episode

Stephen shares his wisdom around founder-led sales, Go To Market, and understanding the difference between spam emails and employee emails.  __ __  

42m
Feb 26
S5E3 - How to leverage AI to coach your middle managers

A fascinating conversation about where and how AI is affecting the sales coaching and leadership roles. How falling in love with sales started as an addiction to challenge. Alex McNaughten of https://www.grw.ai/ joins us and shares amazing knowledge about sales, leadership and revenue growth.  

39m
Feb 12
S5E5 - The Ambitious Learner with Hannah Ajikawo

Hannah Ajikawo joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss __ __  

43m
Feb 12
S5E4 - How Engineering and Sales Partner with Richard White of Fathom

What happens when an Engineer runs sales and then becomes a founder? __ __ __ __ __ __  

43m
Feb 12
S5E2 - A Chat with a Home Shopping Network Sales Person - Stephanie Z

You've got 3 seconds to capture someone's attention. What do you do? Stephanie Zielinski answers all the questions you wanted to know.  She's also an event specialist too and shares the best practices between in person and virtual events.  Oh, and she was also a teacher in the public school world and provides the best transferable skills from a teaching role to all other professions.   __ __ __ __  

38m
Jan 22
S5E1 - What you don't know about your equity

Caleb Smith joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and discusses topics around revenue, compensation, and equity including the idea of Phantom Stock, the adjustment from a slow sales cycle to a fast cycle, and an interesting concept of choose your own compensation plan. __ __  

50m
Jan 15
S4E52 - AI will make lazy sellers obsolete with the Sales Doctor - Chet Lovegren

Shredder! Chet Lovegren joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss the future of sales.  __ __ __ __ __ __  

46m
Jan 15
S4E51 - Stopping Negative Self Talk with Joel Bein

You cannot just muscle your way through things. Our challenges are habitual, not natural. Joel Bein of Human Liberation joins us share some amazing advice. __ __ __ __ __ __ Get a free assesmment with Joel here   

44m
Nov 13, 2023
S4E50 - Why LinkedIn is NOT for Cold Outreach with Charlotte Lloyd

Charlotte "The charKe" Lloyd joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast.  Charlotte has become an amazing influencer on LinkedIn, and she didn't even start until 2021. It's never too late to get started. __ __ __ __ __ __  

50m
Oct 30, 2023
S4E49 - Don't be the Allen Iverson of Sales with Matt Doyon

Matt Doyon joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss __ __ __ __ __ __  

45m
Oct 30, 2023
S4E48 - How the Best Sales Reps Use Case Studies with Julian Lumpkin

 Julian Lumpkin joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and shares some amazing insights. __ __ __ __ __ __  

39m
Oct 23, 2023
S4E47 - “Weird Al the SDR” w/ Jordan Abbott of Vidyard

Jordan Abbot from Vidyard joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and shares amazing insights around the latest best practices in the SDR world. __ __ __ __ __ __  

47m
Oct 23, 2023
S4E46 - I love you sales, but you don't love me.

Monica Stewart joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and shares his wisdom including __ __ __ __ __ __  

43m
Oct 16, 2023
S4E45 - The VALUE Acid Trip of Sales Episode

Carlos Nouche joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss.  And for the record, nobody was doing any drugs.  __ __ __ __ __ __  

38m
Oct 09, 2023
S4E44 - Sales people are no longer motivated by money.

Alex Kremer joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and shares his wisdom __ __ __ __ __ __  

44m
Oct 02, 2023
S4E43 - One Thing That Indicates When Its Time For Your First Sales Hire

Michelle Pietsch joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast.  __ __ __ __ __ __  

40m
Oct 02, 2023
S4E42 - Everything is easy when you have been to hell and back with Justin Jay Johnson

Justin Jay Johnson joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and shares his learnings about cutting the W2 chord, how life's tragedy became his biggest blessing, and why he likes helping people so much.  __ __ __ __  

42m
Sep 11, 2023
S4E41 - The challenge of a start up that sells globally with Milo Milosevic

Milo Milosevic joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and shares his thoughts on the following: Should the founder be the first seller? How to develop product market fit for something you will never sell in your own country. Getting late adopters to move more quickly with technology. __ __ __ __  

37m
Sep 04, 2023
S4E40 - Navigating Change Management When Converting AE's to Outbound

The awesome Jason Bay joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and we discuss some amazing insights including the mutual responsibility for success for reps and management. And how to manage the change of getting your AEs go outbound. __ __ __ __  

22m
Aug 28, 2023
S4E39 - When you know how to sell everything falls into place

Casey Cavell has done it all from a professional athlete to professional gambling, to entrepreneur. He shares amazing insights and stories including: __ __ __ __ __ __  

39m
Aug 28, 2023
S4E38 - How to leverage your network to grow your revenue with Joel Rodriguez

Joel is a sales and revenue visionary and joins us to discuss the easiest ways to leverage your own network. We get into the details around adjusting the mindset of "feeling dirty" to ask for a referral, what does the right process look like, and what does the right message sound like. __ __ __ __  

39m
Aug 21, 2023
S4E37 - Revenue Enablement, the fixer of problems and people with Roderick Jefferson

Roderick Jefferson joins us and we go deep on some amazing topics. __ __ __ __ __ __ https://linktr.ee/roderickjefferson  

50m
Aug 21, 2023
S4E36 - Selling in a Tumultuous Economy with Kaylee Chappelow

Mid-market sales rep Kaylee Chappelow about selling in the summer 2023 economy.  __ __ __ __ __ __  

32m
Aug 21, 2023
S4E35 - How much vulnerability is too much when building your brand with Luke Shalom

Luke Shalom joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and discusses what it takes to build a brand. Topics include vulnerability, finding balance of the vulnerable story with negativity and stop trying to prove to yourself how important you are.  __ __ __ __  

44m
Aug 14, 2023
S4E34 - Making Bolder Decisions with Mark Roberge

The one and only Mark Roberge joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast.  * NOT your standard Mark Roberge interview. Mark is not your typical "sales leader". He did not come up through the ranks of sales, Yet, he's become one of the most thought-provoking sales leaders in the business community in the last 20 years. We went deep with Mark on a ton of stuff including: * Is the 1-year cliff, 4-year vest a broken model? How to survive past 18 months as a VP of Sales What is your CEO's one Get Out of Jail card? __ __ __ __  

43m
Aug 07, 2023
S4E33 - It's not all about A-Players with Mark A Smith

Mark Smith tells it how it is. A VP of Sales multiple times over, he has dabbled in politics, consulting, advising and investing. So why leave everything behind and take a sabbatical? We sit down with Mark to discuss how his definition of success has evolved over the years, and the lessons he hopes to impart upon the next generation of sellers and leaders.   __ __ __ __ __ __  

53m
Aug 07, 2023