Sales & Marketing Podcasts

James Chitwood, author of “Leadership Is Not Enough,” says companies should stop overinvesting in hero leaders and recognize that when you establish a true performance culture, workers continue to excel whether or not the leader is there.

Sabina Nawaz is an executive coach and former Microsoft manager whose new book, “You’re the Boss,” provides insights on a wide range of challenges, traps and best practices for new managers and veterans alike.

We used NotebookLM, an AI-powered collaboration tool that creates audio summaries, to pull out the highlights of our Focus Report feature on the leadership style of Donald Trump.

Britt Yamamoto shares insights from his book, “The Soil of Leadership,” in which he shares lessons learned on a sustainable farm in the Japanese countryside and how they can be applied to business leadership roles.

Russ Hill, co-founder of Lone Rock Leadership, shares the three key things that companies who develop strong leadership do well. It’s a great companion pod to our Focus report on what makes for great leadership.

“Sales enablement specialist” is one of the fastest-growing job titles on LinkedIn. But what is sales enablement, exactly? And are companies maximizing their investment in sales enablement tools? Deniz Olcay, vice president of marketing at Allego, explains why it’s a critical component of a go-to-market strategy, and why it’s much more than what’s in your tech stack.

In 2025, data intelligence has moved from being a competitive advantage to an operational necessity. Amit Patel, senior vice president at IT consulting firm Consulting Solutions, says those companies that make the most of data intelligence will create customer experiences that win business, open the door to upselling, and create the type of true partnerships that drive customer loyalty.

Appreciation in the workplace works best if you do it in each recipient’s appreciation language of choice.

In our continuing conversation with Paul White, author of "The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace," we discuss why praise is such a powerful motivator. Words of affirmation is the top language of appreciation for nearly half of all workers. White explains why praising colleagues is not as simple or intuitive as it may seem, and why words of affirmation can't just flow from managers to subordinates.

Ric Neeley of Hinda explains why B2B sales teams are increasingly using incentive programs that reward reps for completing steps to the sale and not just closed deals themselves.