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.

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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 teams transform how they engage their customers and transform the conversations they have. At a time where win rates are an all-time low, this is a conversation that can create immediate impact for every sales team. This is a must-listen conversation that will change how you think as a leader.

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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 greatest year in your team’s history. This is the perfect episode to take in as you start 2025 and work to engineer life-changing years for the people you lead.

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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.

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You can check out Alli’s first appearance on the podcast here.

You can check out Part 1 of this discussion with Alli here.

You can learn more about Alli’s work with Sales Leaders here.

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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 get from their own companies. He joins us today and discusses why most leaders never help those they lead become elite…and a blueprint that will help every leader transform the impact they have in their leadership journey...without sacrificing in the other parts of their lives.

You can connect with Ian on LinkedIn here.

You can check out Ian’s Frontline Sales Leader Academy here.

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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 intentional action…and how to leverage this moving into the coming year.

You can connect with Alli on LinkedIn here.

You can check out Alli’s first appearance on the podcast here.

You can learn more about Alli’s work with Sales Leaders here.

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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 with him for nearly 2 decades in some cases. Today Jake shares a blueprint of how to build an environment where people on your team choose not to leave…and why alignment is the secret to having an environment where team members don’t just survive…they thrive.

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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 that will help leaders do more than sell a little more predictably…this is a blueprint that will help leaders change lives.

You can connect with Martin on LinkedIn here.

You can check out more of Martin’s work here.

You can follow Martin on X here.

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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 every leader of every team that you’ll want to listen to multiple times.

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You can check out Emily’s work here.

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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 person who gave the start to Elite Sales Leaders in companies worldwide…including one of our show’s favorite guests, Larry Long Jr. In today’s discussion, James shares his framework around Scaling that has built a wildly successful organizations and how you can implement it…and implement it quickly.

You can connect with James on LinkedIn here.

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