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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032: John Tiene: What is Sales Leadership?

032: John Tiene: What is Sales Leadership?

Guest: John Tiene Guest Bio: A former insurance company executive and recognized leader in the property/casualty insurance industry, John is president of Argonne Associates LLC, a management consulting company and serves as Managing Director of Strategic Agency Partners, an agency network operating in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. SAP is a fast-growing organization with more than a dozen agencies and over 20 retail offices. He is the former CEO and shareholder of ANE, Agency Network Exchange, LLC. Under John's leadership, ANE became the 11th largest agency network in the nation with more than $1B in combined agency premium. During his time at ANE, John served on a number of insurance company advisory boards and councils including Selective Insurance, AmTrust Financial and Nationwide. He was Director of Personal Lines Sales and Marketing for OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. responsible for the company's personal lines sales and marketing activities in eight states. For more than a decade he was the chief lobbyist and spokesman for the Garden State's $12B property/casualty insurance industry. About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders 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

30 Jan 202344min

031: Wesleyne Whittaker-Greer: Transforming Sales

031: Wesleyne Whittaker-Greer: Transforming Sales

Guest: Wesleyne Guest Bio: As a sales and leadership expert with more than 13 years of experience, Wesleyne Whittaker-Greer understands the challenges involved in being at the pinnacle of your profession. Transformed Sales is a company that is dedicated to combining Wesleyne's love for sales with her passion for coaching. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a strong ability to develop revenue through sales, marketing, and ongoing customer support. Many accolades have resulted from her efforts, including multiple "sales team of the year" awards and "sales excellence" awards. Her process empowers, coaches, and transforms underperforming sales managers into confident sales leaders. Wesleyne's unique approach to sales leadership involves both coaching to develop leadership skills and creating out-of-the-box strategies to ensure that everyone on the team becomes a sales superstar with a singular goal for her clients - generating more repeatable revenue. 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

23 Jan 202331min

030: Paul Reilly: Selling Through Tough Times

030: Paul Reilly: Selling Through Tough Times

Guest: Paul Reilly Guest Bio: With over fifteen years of B2B selling experience, Paul Reilly is a salesperson at heart. He cut his teeth in the commoditized propane industry—a notoriously price-sensitive and competitive market. He also sold tools and fasteners for the Hilti organization and was inducted into Hilti's $3M Sales Club in 2011. He attributes his success to his belief in the Value-Added message. A professional speaker and sales trainer, Paul is the author of Selling Through Tough Times (McGraw-Hill 2021) and the co-author of Value-Added Selling, fourth edition (McGraw-Hill, 2018). He hosts The Q and A Sales Podcast, where he answers the most pressing questions facing today's sales professionals. Reilly is a long-time faculty member at the University of Innovative Distribution (UID) and holds the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation. Guest Links: https://www.toughtimer.com/book Books: Value-Added Selling, Fourth Edition: How to Sell More Profitably, Confidently, and Professionally by Competing on Value—Not Price: How to Sell More Profitably, ... by Competing on Value--Not Price Selling Through Tough Times: Grow Your Profits and Mental Resilience Through any Downturn 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

16 Jan 202332min

029: Fred Diamond: Excellence in Sales

029: Fred Diamond: Excellence in Sales

Guest: Fred Diamond Guest Bio: Fred Diamond is the host and producer of the award-winning Sales Game Changers Podcast and is the cofounder of the Institute for Excellence in Sales (IES). He is also an advocate for Lyme disease treatment and is a frequent article contributor to LymeDisease.org. His books, "Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know" and "Insights for Sales Game Changers: Lessons from the Most Important Sales Leaders on the Planet" are now available on Amazon. Guest Links: To get your copies of Fred's free books below, reach out to him at fdiamond@i4esbd.org Sales Game Changers Podcast Books: Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know Insights for Sales Game Changers: Lessons from the Most Important Sales Leaders on the Planet 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

9 Jan 202339min

028: Tom Poland: Marketing with Webinars

028: Tom Poland: Marketing with Webinars

Guest: Tom Poland Guest Bio: Tom Poland is a multiple best-selling author specializing in the generation of high-quality leads for professionals in 151 cities around the world. He's started and sold numerous businesses over the last 39 years and has led teams of over 100 people generating more than 20 million in revenue. Tom lives and works from his home on the Sunshine Coast of Australia, complete with his much-loved wife, dog, tennis court, swimming pool, and a private rain forest. Guest Links: www.leadgendemo.com Books: Inbound Marketing Book Marketing with Webinars Leadsology®: Marketing the Invisible LEADSOLOGY®: THE SCIENCE OF BEING IN DEMAND Marketing With Webinars Your Extraordinary Life: A Step-by-Step Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals 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

2 Jan 202336min

027: Ivana Taylor: How to Use Your Marketing Superpower to Sell More Stuff

027: Ivana Taylor: How to Use Your Marketing Superpower to Sell More Stuff

Guest: Ivana Taylor Guest Bio: Ivana Taylor is the publisher of DIYMarketers.com and the host of the popular #BizapaloozaChat on Twitter. She's best known for helping small business owners do their own marketing on $17 a day. Guest Links: Sending new links What's your marketing superpower quiz - https://diymarketers.com/ The DIYMarketers Masterclass - https://ivanastaylor.krtra.com/t/jhYxPFi1B2dT Books: Getting and Keeping Your Ideal Customers (DIYMarketers Guide) How to Self Publish a Book (DIYMarketers Guide) The Complete Guide to Website Design (DIYMarketers Guide) Branding for Small Business (DIYMarketers Guide) Excel for Marketing Managers (Excel for Professionals series) 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 Dec 202234min

026: Andy Paul: Selling Without Selling Out

026: Andy Paul: Selling Without Selling Out

Guest: Andy Paul Guest Bio: He is the host of the top-rated sales podcast, Sales Enablement with Andy Paul. With more than 1100 episodes to-date and millions of downloads, Andy's podcast is the go-to resource for sales leaders and top sales producers. He is the author of the Amazon best-selling book Sell Without Selling Without: A Guide to Success on Your Own Terms. Andy is also the author of two other Amazon best-selling books: Amp Up Your Sales: Powerful Strategies That Move Customers To Make Fast, Favorable Decisions; and, Zero-Time Selling: 10 Essential Steps to Accelerate Every Company's Sales He is the founder of Zero-Time Selling; a sales advisory firm. Prior to starting his own company in 2000, Andy had a successful sales career in tech start-ups during which he sold over $600 million dollars of complex systems and services to some of the world's largest enterprises. Guest Links: Here's the link for the free chapter: https://www.andypaul.com/free-chapter/ Here's the link for the assessment: https://www.andypaul.com/selling-in-assessment/ Books: NEW-Sell Without Selling Out Paperback Amp Up Your Sales: Powerful Strategies That Move Customers to Make Fast, Favorable Decisions Zero-Time Selling: 10 Essential Steps To Accelerate Every Company's Sales Sell without Selling Out: A Guide to Success on Your Own Terms 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 Dec 202240min

025: Sam Silverstein: Accountability: It's Not What You Think

025: Sam Silverstein: Accountability: It's Not What You Think

Guest: Sam Silverstein Guest Bio: Accountability & Leadership Keynote Speaker Sam Silverstein's mission is to empower people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and to thrive at extraordinary levels. He works with organizations worldwide to help build powerful workplace culture and long-term sustainability. Sam is the founder of The Accountability Institute™ an organization that certifies advisors to work with leaders and organizations to build greater accountability and develop stronger leaders. He has been inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame and is the author of eleven books including I Am Accountable, Non-Negotiable, and No More Excuses. He can be reached at www.samsilverstein.com and www.theaccountabilityinstitute.com Guest Links: Free book: The Theory of Accountability https://go.theaccountabilityinstitute.com/book www.samsilverstein.com www.theaccountabilityinstitute.com Books: The Theory of Accountability: Building a Truly Accountable, High-Performance, High-Growth Life for Yourself and Your Organization Non-Negotiable: The Story of Happy State Bank & The Power of Accountability (No More Excuses Series) The Accountability Advantage: Design a+B52:B56+B52:B55 Sustainable, High-Performance Culture to Build Stronger Businesses, Communities, and People The Accountability Circle: Discovering Your True Purpose, Potential, and Impact...with Accountability Partnerships PIVOT!: Three Big Questions that...Reframe Your Perspective, Maximize Your Potential, and Improve Your Life 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 Dec 202234min

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