152: Tom Dee – The Unexpected Sales Manager

152: Tom Dee – The Unexpected Sales Manager

Guest: Tom Dee

Guest Bio:

Tom began his sales management career over eight years ago, and he is passionate about turning underperforming teams into high-performing, revenue-generating ones.

Tom loves using tools like AI-driven sales insights to stay sharp and ahead of the game. His approach to leadership is all about mentorship, making smart decisions, and keeping the focus on the customer, building relationships that last.

Key Points:

Career Journey

Started in sales by accident. Studied TV and radio production at the University of Dayton, but couldn't find work in that field. While waiting tables, he met the president of a copier company who was impressed by his "sales pitch" and hired him. Learned cold calling and sales fundamentals in copier sales. Connected through the Chamber of Commerce to Ryden, where he started as a sales account representative. After two successful years, he was promoted to sales manager despite having no prior management experience. His boss recognized his leadership potential and sales acumen. Has been with Ryden for nine years, discovering his true calling in leadership, mentorship, and sales management.

Music and Sales

Tom is also a musician and band singer. Believes music and sales share core similarities: both require creativity, persistence, and appreciation of the process, not just the outcome. Says the best salespeople, like musicians, hone their craft over time — success isn't innate; it's developed through discipline and practice. Comparing recording music ("you don't see how many takes it took") to the sales process, the journey matters as much as the final result.

Sales Philosophy

Rejects the myth of the "born salesperson." Emphasizes that sales success comes from process, practice, and consistency, not innate talent. Says the best reps "get out what they put in". Hard work and repetition pay off. Values creativity, resilience, and self-belief in sales performance.

Leadership & Coaching Approach

Focuses on individualized coaching to help each rep become "the best version of themselves." Builds on strengths and raises the floor on weaknesses, progress can mean moving from a D to a B, not perfection. Believes in incremental improvement - small, consistent gains lead to big results. Encourages trust-based coaching by explaining the "why" behind feedback. Promotes two team types:

· Business Development Reps: Need direction, creativity, and fresh energy.

· Account Reps: Need structure, process optimization, and focus on managing existing clients.

Overcoming Sales Call Fear

Recognizes fear of cold calling as common, "there's no magic wand." The only real solution is repetition and desensitization: pick up the phone, make calls, and learn from experience. Sales managers often act like psychologists, helping reps shift their mindset from "I'm bothering people" to "I'm helping people." Acknowledges that sales isn't for everyone, and that's okay.

The Power of Process

Process brings structure and rhythm to an unpredictable job. Encourages reps to block time and eliminate distractions during call sessions. Teaches that routine builds confidence and consistency, helping overcome discomfort. Note the moment of breakthrough when reps see results from their effort; that's when confidence clicks.

Use of Scripts

Provides scripts to new reps, especially since Ryden is in the print industry with its own terminology. Scripts help reps learn the "language" of their customers. Encourages reps to act as if, use scripts as training wheels until they internalize the message and make it their own. "Fake it till you make it… But eventually, you have to make it."

Management Philosophy

Believes in meeting people where they are, not forcing everyone into one mold. Success comes from helping each rep develop in their own authentic way. Leadership is about guidance, empathy, and helping others grow, not control.

Guest Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-deee/

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056: Barbara Spector – Make Smart Moves

056: Barbara Spector – Make Smart Moves

Guest: Barbara Spector Guest Bio: Barbara Spector, Founder and CEO of SmartMoves, Inc., helps existing sales teams from industries as varied as banking, high technology, and building products to fully discover what is needed to grow sales by at least 17% or more. Since 1997, her company, Smart Moves Inc. has guided her clients to deploy a little-known but proven process that saves time, and money, and takes the guesswork out of how to drive reliable and escalating sales growth during the best or even the most challenging times. Barbara's proven process helps executives and sales leaders uncover solutions that address all the unknowns which inhibit them from accelerating their top-line revenue, improving their mindset, and developing the right strategies and action plans. You and your listeners will enjoy her lively comments that awaken new ways of thinking about the most important asset in all companies—your top performing salespeople. Guest Links: Learn the 9 sales mindsets that allow salespeople to close more deals: http://theguide.vip How to reach me: vipchatwithbarb.com OR my website: smartmovesinc.com AND a particular landing page relevant to our content today: https://www.smartmovesinc.com/sales-force-evaluation About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts. Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com

17 Juli 202332min

055: Adam Houlahan – LinkedIn Strategist

055: Adam Houlahan – LinkedIn Strategist

Guest: Adam Houlahan Guest Bio: Adam Houlahan is an International Keynote Speaker specializing in LinkedIn strategies for entrepreneurs, and CEO of one of the few truly global LinkedIn agencies, Prominence Global. He hosts arguably the world's largest free online LinkedIn training event with thousands of people registering 5 times each year. He is considered to be one of the world's leading experts in harnessing the power of LinkedIn for business. Adam is also the author of three Amazon best-selling books Social Media Secret Sauce, The LinkedIn Playbook, and Influencer. Adam co-authored a fourth international best-seller Better Business, Better Life, Better World. He believes real and meaningful change comes through the world's entrepreneurs. His purpose is to positively impact 12 million people in need and has surpassed 8 million impacts on the way to that target. Guest Links: https://assessment.prominence.global/linkedin-productivity Books: Influencer: The 9 step guide to becoming highly influential in any industry The Linkedin Playbook: Contacts to Customers. Engage>Connect>Convert The LinkedIn Playbook: Contacts to Customers. Engage. Connect. Convert Influencer : The 9 step guide to becoming highly influential in any industry Social Media Secret Sauce: From 0 to 200,000 Followers in 1 Hour a Day INFLUENCER: The 9 Step Guide To Becoming Highly Influential In Any Industry Influencer: The 9 step guide to becoming highly influential in any industry 3rd 2023 Update ed. Edition About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts. Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com

10 Juli 202330min

054: Darin Dawson – Rehumanize Sales

054: Darin Dawson – Rehumanize Sales

Guest: Darin Dawson Guest Bio: Darin Dawson is the Co-Founder and President of BombBomb, a Human-Centered communication Platform that enables users to use simple, personal video messages to leverage their best asset … themselves. Darin leads all sales, marketing, customer success and product development at BombBomb, a fast-growing, Colorado-based software company. He's on a mission to re-humanize the planet and he wants to start with your business communication. He believes that human beings have intrinsic value and that every person deserves to be seen, heard and understood. That's why he co-founded BombBomb. Guest Links: bombbomb.com/freebook About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts. Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com

3 Juli 202340min

053: Heather Pearce Campbell – The Legal Website Warrior

053: Heather Pearce Campbell – The Legal Website Warrior

Guest: Heather Pearce Campbell Guest Bio: Heather Pearce Campbell is a warrior mama, nature lover, and dedicated attorney and legal coach for world-changing entrepreneurs. Based in Seattle, she is mom to two little, wild munchkins, and founder of Pearce Law PLLC, home to her legal practice. She is also the creator of The Legal Website Warrior®, an online business that provides legal education and support to information entrepreneurs (coaches, consultants, online educators, speakers & authors) around the U.S. and the world. She hoards information, paper, and books while secretly dreaming of becoming a minimalist, and relishes an occasional rare night with her hubby when the kiddos are miraculously asleep and she can soak up HGTV without guilt. Heather is also the host of the Guts, Grit & Great Business™ podcast. Guest Links: Legal Basics Bootcamp: https://www.legalwebsitewarrior.com/legalbasicsbootcamp/ [Summary of Legal Basics Bootcamp]: In this FREE Legal Basics Bootcamp, get access to essential legal information for entrepreneurs building successful businesses, including: a simple framework for business protection with each short video providing specific takeaways, specific action steps that you can take following each video to make sure you are getting started on the right path, access to additional tools and resources to assist you on your business building journey, and training on how to protect personal assets, intellectual property, client relationships, your income and your business. By the end you will have a clear path for getting started on creating your own Legal Roadmap for your business, essential for your success! Social Media Profiles: www.facebook.com/HeatherPearceCampbell www.linkedin.com/in/HeatherPearceCampbell www.twitter.com/_HeatherPearce About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts. Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com

26 Juni 202340min

052: Suzanne Paling – Sales Management Done Right

052: Suzanne Paling – Sales Management Done Right

Guest: Suzanne Paling Guest Bio: Suzanne Paling, a recognized leader in sales management, has over 25 years of experience in sales management consulting and coaching. She has helped more than 60 companies improve their sales performance and processes. Clients include product and service firms in the manufacturing, software, publishing, distribution, medical, and construction industries. Docurated selected Suzanne's blog as one of their "Top 50 Sales Management Blogs." Suzanne is the author of two award-winning books The Accidental Sales Manager, (Entrepreneur Press) and The Sales Leader's Problem Solver (Career Press) and co-hosts the Podcast Sales Hiring Straight Talk. Guest Links: https://www.salesmanagementservices.com/download-ebooks Social Media Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannepaling/ Book: Guest: Suzanne Paling Guest Bio: Suzanne Paling, a recognized leader in sales management, has over 25 years of experience in sales management consulting and coaching. She has helped more than 60 companies improve their sales performance and processes. Clients include product and service firms in the manufacturing, software, publishing, distribution, medical, and construction industries. Docurated selected Suzanne's blog as one of their "Top 50 Sales Management Blogs." Suzanne is the author of two award-winning books The Accidental Sales Manager, (Entrepreneur Press) and The Sales Leader's Problem Solver (Career Press) and co-hosts the Podcast Sales Hiring Straight Talk. Guest Links: https://www.salesmanagementservices.com/download-ebooks Social Media Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannepaling/ Books: The Sales Leader's Problem Solver: Practical Solutions to Conquer Management Mess-ups, Handle Difficult Sales Reps, and Make the Most of Every Opportunity About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts. Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts. Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com

19 Juni 202331min

051: Tom Jackobs – The Jackobs' Effect on Sales Conversion

051: Tom Jackobs – The Jackobs' Effect on Sales Conversion

Guest: Tom Jackobs Guest Bio: To say Tom has been through a few things in his 30+ years of being an entrepreneur is an understatement. He's had more failures than successes, but wouldn't have it any other way. In 2017 he sold his fitness business which he owned for 9 years to become the Impact Pilot, helping entrepreneurs generate more income through better sales conversion strategy and using stories to sell. Tom has a BFA Degree in Theatre from DePaul University in Chicago and holds his private pilot license for single-engine airplanes and is SCUBA certified. He has licenses for Land, Sea and Air, which will come in handy during the apocalypse. He's been a contributor to CBS Radio in Houston, a guest on Great Day Houston television show, Univision Television, Fox 26 News, KPRC Channel 2 and The CW Houston. He is also a presenter at the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Houston. Guest Links: https://www.TomJackobs.com/3Keys Social Media Profiles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trainertom/ https://twitter.com/tomjackobs https://www.facebook.com/jackobseffect About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts. Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com

12 Juni 202331min

050: Kim Clark – The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t

050: Kim Clark – The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t

Guest: Kim Clark Guest Bio: Kim Clark helps communicators and content creators learn and apply Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to engage leaders & employees in DEI work. She is the co-author of The Conscious Communicator: The fine art of not saying stupid sh*t, an Amazon #1 bestseller and is leading the work to help organizations build trust and reputation through DEI communications and social justice messaging skills and processes. Her career spans documentary filmmaking, teaching at San Jose State University, and leading global internal communication teams at KLA, PayPal, GoDaddy, and GitHub. She is known for her ability to facilitate sensitive yet urgent conversations to make meaningful progress in creating inclusive workplaces. Her focus is helping communicators and content creators understand and act on their role in DEI. She speaks at conferences, designs custom workshops, writes inclusive communications guides, and consults with companies on all things related to diversity, equity, and inclusion communications. Guest Links: Free Gift: Four Signs of Performative Communications Download About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts. Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com

5 Juni 202339min

049: Scott Aaron – LinkedIn Expert

049: Scott Aaron – LinkedIn Expert

Guest: Scott Aaron Guest Bio: Internationally acclaimed and award-winning online marketer, 3x best-selling author, top podcaster, and speaker, Scott Aaron, is the go-to specialist in converting traffic, establishing connections, generating leads, creating sales, and building personal brands, all by using LinkedIn. Fully immersing himself in learning LinkedIn and social media strategies, Scott quickly gained traction as a leader in generating big results for other entrepreneurs, online business owners, and business coaches. Scott is passionate about helping fellow entrepreneurs achieve success while building their own network organically and without complicated and costly marketing tactics. His program has helped thousands experience explosive growth following his proven system and strategies. People-focused and result-driven, Scott's strategic approach to teaching others how to create wealth online and organic traffic is the game changer when it comes to competing in a saturated digital world. Guest Links: www.scottaaron.net Books: Good Guys Always Win: How to Become Your Own Hero And Live The Life You Deserve The Network Marketing Academy The Marketing Workbook for LinkedIn The Linked-in Book For Network Marketing The LinkedIn® Book For Sales and Marketing About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts. Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com

26 Maj 202337min

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