Pillar Talk:  Building Sales Leadership with Rick Smolen

Sean Munafo on Hiring Better, Building Culture, and Leading with Authenticity


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We trade super-rep heroics for scalable leadership with CRO Sean Munafo, unpacking credible swagger, the 1-3-1 framework, and how AI is splitting teams into catalysts and crutches. We share the systems, signals, and sincerity that sustain performance in hybrid work.

• credible swagger as preparation, belief, and feedback loops
• hiring to close your gaps, not mirror your strengths
• shift from dependency to a team of leaders
• remote culture: personal drivers, 1:1s as their time
• escaping super-rep mode with 1-3-1 decisions
• rollout that sticks: inspect what you expect
• leading vs lagging indicators for scale
• cross-functional mesh over rigid org charts
• AI as catalyst or crutch; raising the quality bar


Music by Ben Cina & Ayler Young

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Pillar Talk:  Building Sales Leadership with Rick SmolenBy Rick Smolen