Episodios

  • Building a Winning Sales Culture │ Thomas Waites
    Apr 10 2026

    In this episode, Thomas Waites joins Paul Fuller to explore what it takes to build a winning sales team culture in high-growth companies.

    Together, they discuss why team-first thinking matters, how belief and coaching outperform pressure, and why the best sales leaders create environments built on both high care and high expectations.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • Why strong sales culture starts with winning together
    • How belief can drive performance better than pressure
    • Why coaching should be a leader’s primary tool
    • How high care and high expectations work together
    • Why simple metrics often outperform complex dashboards
    • How sales leaders can help teams grow faster and perform better

    Listen in to learn how to build a stronger, healthier, and higher-performing sales team.

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    33 m
  • The Hidden Yes │ Matt Sucha
    Apr 3 2026

    In this episode, Matt Sucha joins Paul Fuller to explore how consumer psychology shapes decision-making and why so many sales conversations stall before customers ever say yes.Together, they discuss why motivation is often not the real issue, how uncertainty blocks action, and what salespeople can do to reduce resistance and guide customers more effectively.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • Why hesitation is often caused by barriers, not lack of interest
    • How uncertainty becomes the biggest killer of sales and conversions
    • What psychological reactance is and how it shows up in buying decisions
    • How to expand a customer’s zone of acceptance step by step
    • Why reducing perceived effort can make action feel easier

    Tune in to learn how to uncover the hidden yes and make sales conversations more effective.


    Learn more about Matt's book at https://thehiddenyes.com/https://thehiddenyes.com/

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    48 m
  • The Future of Key Account Management │ Warwick Brown
    Mar 27 2026

    In this episode, Warwick Brown joins Paul Fuller to explore how key account management is evolving and what it takes to succeed in a more complex, AI-driven environment.

    Together, they discuss why expectations for account managers are rising, how retention is becoming the primary growth driver, and why proactive portfolio management is critical for long-term success.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • Why key account management is evolving, not disappearing

    • How AI is raising the standard for preparation and execution

    • Why retention is becoming more important than acquisition

    • How to balance relationships, revenue, and retention

    • Why proactive account management outperforms reactive approaches

    • How to use signals and data to deepen customer engagement

    Listen in to learn how to become a more strategic and effective account manager.

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    37 m
  • Red Zone Selling │ Vince Beese
    Mar 20 2026

    In this episode, our guest Vince Beese talks about why most sales teams do not need more activity. They need better execution. Vince shares lessons from startup growth, enterprise selling, and sales leadership to explain how his Red Zone Selling system helps sellers read deals more clearly and choose the right play at the right time.

    Together, they explore why stages alone are not enough, how situational awareness improves close rates, and why weak qualification is often the real reason deals stall later in the funnel.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • Why sellers need a system, not just a process
    • How Red Zone Selling uses yellow, green, and red zones to guide execution
    • Why situational awareness matters more than rigid stage management
    • How mutual action plans create value and build trust
    • Why urgency must be uncovered, not invented
    • Why most deals that die in the green zone should have been stopped earlier

    Listen in to learn how to close more deals by running the right play at the right time.

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    35 m
  • Fixing the Forecasting Problem in Manufacturing Sales │Liz Heiman
    Mar 13 2026

    In this episode, our guest Liz Heiman talks about why sales forecasting in manufacturing is often far less disciplined than production, and what leaders can do to fix it.

    Liz shares why many companies still treat sales like a black box, how poor process discipline affects forecasting, and why momentum is one of the most overlooked drivers of deal health.

    Together, they explore how strategy shapes sales execution, why common language matters inside the CRM, and how one-on-one funnel reviews create the quality control most teams are missing.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • Why manufacturing tolerates more forecasting error than operational error
    • How to use sales math and conversion rates more effectively
    • Why momentum matters more than outdated pipeline snapshots
    • How strategy should shape both account growth and net new business
    • Why common language in the CRM improves trust in the forecast
    • How funnel reviews become quality control for sales

    Listen in to learn how to make sales more predictable, measurable, and manageable.

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    43 m
  • From Instinct to Sales Systems │James Rores
    Mar 5 2026

    Founder-led sales teams often hit a ceiling not because the founder cannot sell, but because their success is not yet replicable.

    In this episode, our guest James Rores about why many founder-led organizations struggle to scale their sales efforts and what must change to create sustainable growth.

    James explains why founders often operate as heroes, relying on instinct, pressure tolerance, and deep problem knowledge to close deals. He breaks down why that model cannot scale, why hiring experienced salespeople rarely fixes the issue, and how shifting from pitching solutions to leading change transforms sales into a leadership competency.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • Why founder-driven heroics do not scale
    • How to turn individual success into a transferable system
    • Why buyers must understand their problem before buying your solution
    • How to move from pitch-propose-defend to leading change
    • Why hiring “proven sellers” often fails in founder-led companies
    • How to uncover the real patterns behind your past success

    Listen in to discover how scalable sales starts with understanding the why behind your wins.

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    36 m
  • Building Sales Teams That Don’t Quit │ Eric Larocque
    Feb 20 2026

    In this episode, Eric Larocque, founder of Cultivate Winning, shares what consistently drives sales performance, and why most teams do not have a people problem, they have a system and coaching problem.

    Eric shares lessons from sports, leadership, and hiring to explain how momentum is built, why grit matters more than experience, and how to create a repeatable hiring model that predicts top performers.

    In this episode, you'll learn:

    • Why preparation is missing from most sales teams
    • How resilience helps reps stay steady through rejection
    • Why culture creates confidence and momentum
    • How to hire for “will do” and train the “can do”
    • What the grit scale model looks like in practice
    • How coaching infrastructure improves conversion and morale

    Listen in to learn how to build a winning team that performs consistently, not occasionally.

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    42 m
  • Breaking Sales Silos to Win Complex Deals │Art Fromm
    Feb 13 2026

    Sales, pre-sales, and enablement are supposed to work together. So why do they still feel so disconnected?

    In this episode, Paul Fuller talks with Art Fromm of Team Sales Development about why silos continue to break down complex B2B sales efforts and what leaders can do to fix them.

    Art shares lessons from engineering, sales leadership, and enablement to explain how misalignment hurts qualification, slows deals, and frustrates buyers.

    Together, they explore why teams focus too much on internal sales stages, how shifting to the buyer journey improves results, and why modern sales success depends on commitment to consume, not just closing the deal.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • Why sales, pre-sales, and enablement often work at cross purposes

    • How poor qualification leads to late-stage deal failure

    • Why buyer journey alignment matters more than sales stages

    • What “commitment to consume” really means in SaaS and complex sales

    • How earlier collaboration improves win rates and customer success

    Listen in to discover how breaking silos creates smoother deals and stronger long-term growth.

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    42 m