In this episode, Leslie Canning talks about eating the sales enablement cookie, one bite at a time. She describes her framework for sales enablement and what the outcome is that she looks for, as well as how she approaches sales enablement on a global scale, working with different countries and cultures. Leslie offers valuable advice for those new VPs of sales enablement who are looking to transition from a national sales enablement role to a global one, emphasizing the significance of relationship-based collaboration.

In this episode, Nikki Harrell talks about creating successful sales talent programs within organizations. She details the intentions and goals behind the current programs AWS is running, their intern program and sales rotation program, and how they go about finding talent. Nikki breaks down the necessary components and steps to initiating and executing a successful talent program, offering insight into the biggest lessons she’s learned and which metrics she uses for measuring the success of her talent programs, emphasizing the importance of focusing on diversity and inclusion.

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In this episode, Michael Misiewicz talks about building a data science team, while breaking down what data science is, what his framework for it is, and giving insight into the many lessons he’s learned from his journey in building these teams. He offers advice to people who are looking to a build data science team and people who are looking to improve their existing team. Michael also shares his candid thoughts on organizational structure in data science teams.

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In this episode, Shade Vaughn talks about what Capgemini is doing to be able to deliver the right marketing at the right time, as well as what has recently shifted in terms of the marketing funnel and how he’s built a thriving talent pipeline in marketing. Shade speaks on how covid-19 has impacted his company and his marketing efforts and offers powerful insight into what you can do to foster an innovative, multi-talented, and experimental marketing team.

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In this episode, Sean Lane talks about the past, present, and future of the Revenue Era. He details the three eras we have had in the marketing industry, how they’ve differed from each other, and how our current era, the Revenue Era, is going to continue to evolve. Sean notes what impacts the Revenue Era is making on companies and customers, as well as what internal functions are going to help us adapt to the coming evolution. He shares the makeup of his team, as well as his thoughts on the significance of the reporting structure and how the martech stack is starting to change in this new era.

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In this episode, Pat Oldenburg defines Total Addressable Market (TAM) and shares ServiceMax’s formula for calculating it. He describes how the pandemic has shifted the company and the process of discovering accounts, as well as how he’s thinking about sales and marketing alignment post-covid. Pat then offers great advice for someone looking to build their TAM.

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In this episode, Brendan Dell defines a narrative strategy for us and describes his framework for building a successful narrative strategy. He gives valuable insight into how to implement it into your company, how you should think about differentiating yourself, and he even outlines an effective way to put your narrative on your website.

In this episode, Linden Hillenbrand talks about customer success and leading teams, emphasizing the importance of communication and prioritizing your customers and employees. He speaks on how he scaled Cloudera, how customer success and customer support fit together, and the impact of the pandemic on his company. Linden also offers powerful advice for business leaders during this challenging time.

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In this episode, Genefa Murphy talks about the evolution of marketing metrics and the FIRE framework. She details the significance of the four components of the FIRE framework while sharing how to best put them into action.

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In this episode, Kelly Hopping talks about product-led growth strategies, emphasizing the power of and value in customer reviews. She speaks on why they’re so critical for business growth, especially in 2020, how they’re changing the future of marketing, and how you can start collecting product reviews for your business. Kelly offers insight into Gartner’s brands, how they approach targeting vendors for Gartner’s platforms, and the concept of competitive sabotage.

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