Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.

Charlotte Johnson, founder and CEO of Drew and Rose, explains how to bridge the sales and marketing gap by making marketing accountable for lead generation — tying marketing compensation to leads, putting both teams in the same weekly meeting, and mapping the full funnel together. She shares her agency's results guarantee and a three-step "do it for you, do it together, you do it yourselves" framework that builds lasting alignment. Learn more at https://drewandrose.com/

Chad Coe, Founder of Coe Financial Group and author of The Power of Peopleizing, explains how to win more sales by leading with genuine care instead of a pitch — using his 3% rule and a long-game follow-up system that reframes ghosting as testing. He shares why patience and faith separate the top 1–2% from everyone else. Learn more at coefinancial.com.

Dilip Chetan, founder of Recursion Lab and creator of the Defensible Zone framework, explains how leaders can win with AI by flipping the question from "What can we automate?" to "What human value must we protect?" He shares his three-moat test, why first-contact sales must stay human, and where AI still can't reach. Learn more at julianlighton.com.

Executive coach Julian Lighton, author of Navigating Your Next and a former McKinsey associate partner, explains how to take control of your career by clarifying what you truly want and building a deliberate path to get it through his seven-step framework. He breaks down the four unavoidable career transitions, why no meaningful goal is reached alone, and why success always comes at a cost. Learn more at https://www.julianlighton.com/.

Curtis Sprouse, Founder & CEO of Eureka Connect, explains how to develop better leaders by using validated behavioral-science data to build self-awareness, trust, and consistency across a team. With 30+ years in pharma, healthcare, and executive coaching, he shows why even accomplished CEOs miss their own blind spots—and why AI won't replace human judgment. Learn more at https://eurekaconnect.com/.

Deri Llewellyn-Davies, Strategist & Board Advisor and Founder of Freedom Founders, explains that peak performance is a state problem, not a motivation problem — you shift it by choosing flow, focus, peak, recovery, and connect states through breathwork, phone-free mornings, and purpose. He shares flow research showing 500% productivity gains from two protected morning hours, and why burnout stems from values misalignment rather than workload. Connect with Deri: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thestrategyman/

Bruce Cleveland, CEO and Founder of Traction Gap Partners and author of Market Engineering, joins John Golden to explain why product engineering is now table stakes and how CEOs can apply a five-tenet discipline — category design, positioning, messaging, storytelling, and thought leadership — to build enduring market leadership. Learn more at https://www.tractiongappartners.com.

Lee Benson, Founder and CEO of Execute to Win and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, joins John Golden to challenge the growth-at-all-costs mindset and unpack the three categories of value creation that powered his 21.6x EBITDA exit at Able Aerospace. Learn more at https://www.etw.com/about.

Chris Maduri, Retirement Planning Specialist at Vibrant Retirement, joins John Golden on the Sales POP! Expert Insight Interview to unpack the Retirement Red Zone, the five red flags that derail retirement, and why predictable income beats chasing returns. A practical conversation for anyone within ten years of leaving work. Learn more at https://vibrantretirement.com/.

Greg Hoover, author of Lead Anyway and former CEO of Bekins Van Lines, Arnold Relocation, and New World Van Lines, joins John Golden to challenge the idea that leadership belongs only to those with titles. He shares the habits — decisiveness, simplicity, and intentional mentorship — that empower any employee to lead from where they stand. Learn more at https://www.thirdstar.net/.