Enablement Evolved
The #1 Podcast for Sales and Revenue enablement professionals. Each week our host Kieran Smith brings you an interview with an expert and thought leader from the world of sales and revenue enablement.
Episodes
30 episodes
Enablement Evolved x Laura Wheeler
This Kieran is joined by Laura Wheeler, CEO on founder of Renegade Operations. Laura joins us to discuss the importance of the relationship between enablement and operations, how easy enablement is to work with and how to make that relationship...
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36:24
Enablement Evolved x Keenan
This week we have the world-renowned sales thought leader and author of GAP Selling Keenan . on the podcast. Keenan is someone who has worked with Enablement departments a lot through his com...
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Episode 29
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53:47
Enablement Evolved x Leann Leone
In this week's episode, Kieran is joined by Leann Leone. Leann is the Director of GTM Enablement at Megaport. We discuss one of her passions which is stakeholder and manager alignment and how to maintain that alignment during chang...
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41:04
Enablement Evolved - Phil Putnam
This week Kieran is joined by Phil Putnam. Phil, who has over 10 years of enablement experience, is now the founder of PhilPutnam.com a coaching and enablement consultancy.In this episode, Phil and Kieran discuss work life balance, perf...
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57:33
Enablement Evolved - Paul Butterfield
In this week's episode, Kieran is joined by Paul Butterfield. Paul is a huge figure in the enablement world and not only brings decades of experience being a VP of enablement, but also a massive passion for the development of the enablement pro...
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35:17
Enablement Evolved - Ellie Salicetti
In this week's episode, Kieran is joined by Ellie Salicetti. Ellie is a fantastic enabler that is transitioning from cyber security enablement to construction software enablement.Ellie was recently voted a 'One to Watch 2024' by the Sal...
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28:57
Enablement Evolved x Sarah Gross
In this Episode, Kieran is joined by the VP of Revenue Enablement at Procore Technologies, Sara Gross. Sarah has been in the enablement world for a decade and has worked for the likes of Gartner and Ring Central before her current role....
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27:02
Enablement Evolved - Meganne Brezina
In this week's episode Kieran is joined by the Senior Director of Enablement at Seismic, Meganne Brezina. Kieran and Meganne discuss the leadership role in enablement and also how that role has changed in the last year or so. Meganne also tells...
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39:27
Enablement Evolved - Stephanie Benavidez
In this episode, Kieran is joined by none other than the VP of Sales Enablement and Proposal Management at EXL Health, Stephanie Benavidez, to discuss whether enablement deserves a seat at the executive leadership table.
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36:40
Enablement Evolved - Sally Ladrach
In this week's episode Kieran is joined by Sally Ladrach who is the enablement manager over at Thoughtbot. Sally is leading the charge on the subject of enablement teams using the agile framework more when planning their programs.
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31:59
Enablement Evolved - Mark Garret Hayes
In this episode Kieran is joined by Mark Garrett Hayes who is the founder of Sales Coachr and the author of the book Sales Coaching Essentials. Kieran and Mark discuss the benefits of coaching sales teams, the common pitfalls of trying to rollo...
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37:07
Enablement Evolved - Jonathan Mahan & Lawrence Wayne O'Connor
In this episode Kieran is joined by Jonathan Mahan and Lawrence Wayne O'Connor of The Practice Lab. We have a great discussion on deliberate practice, what it is, and how it can help enablement professionals can use deliberate practice to make ...
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46:42
Enablement Evolved - Eric Kingsbury - Retain Solutions
This week Kieran is joined by Eric Kingsbury of Retain Solutions. In this episode we discuss a topic which isn't discussed enough withing the enablement community and that is Customer Success Enablement. Eric tells us why most CS orgs are broke...
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Episode 17
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51:44
Enablement Evolved - Devon McDermott - Dandy
In this week's episode, Kieran is joined by Devon McDermott who is the VP of Enablement at Dandy. We discuss whether you need to have sales experience or 'carried a bag' to have credibility as as enabler and we also discuss why Devon is so pass...
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Episode 17
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48:03
Enablement Evolved - Christian Palmer - Riskifed
In this week's episode, Kieran is joined by Chrisitian Palmer who is the Global Revenue Enablement Manager at Riskified. Christian gives his opinion on what the main differences between being a one-person enablement team and being part of a lar...
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Episode 16
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37:00
Enablement Evolved - Caroline Maloney - Redis
In this week's episode Kieran is joined by Caroline Maloney who is responsible for enablement at Redis. Caroline joins us to discuss SDR Enablement as well as building a persoanl brand as an enabelement professional. Caroline also ...
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Episode 15
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38:25
Enablement Evolved - Mike Kunkle - SPARXiQ
This week Kieran is joined by the brilliant Mike Kunkle. Mike is the VP of Sales Effectiveness Services at SPARXiQ and also the author of the book The Building Block of Sales Enablement. Mike talks to us about his enablement framew...
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Episode 14
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50:04
Enablement Evolved - Ravi Rajani
This week's guest is Ravi Rajani. Ravi is an expert in storytelling in sales as well as influential communication. He has his own podcast called The Influential Communicator and he joins Kieran to discuss how to communicate with influence when ...
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Episode 13
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49:22
Enablement Evolved - Del Nakhi - MariaDB
This week Kieran is joined by Del Nakhi, Senior Director of Enablement at MariaDB. Kieran and Del discuss leadership development, why prioritising your leaders can help with the success of enablement programs, and why Del is so passionate about...
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Episode 12
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41:27
Enablement Evolved - Roderick Jefferson
This week Kieran is joined by 'The Godfather' of sales enablement, Roderick Jefferson. Roderick is the CEO and Founder of roderick Jefferson Associates and the author of the book 'Sales Enablement 3.0'. We discuss the current state of Sales Ena...
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Episode 11
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40:31
Enablement Evolved - Stephanie White - Loopio
The week we Kieran is joined by Stephanie White who is the Senior Director of Enablement at Loopio. Stephanie talks us through her passion fro people enablement, why we can get fantastic results by focussing on the people over technology and we...
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Episode 10
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35:12
Enablement Evolved - Kunal Pandya - Sales Velocity Labs
In this episode our host Kieran Smith talk to a real thought leaders in the world of enablement in Kunal Pandya. Kunal has been at the forefront of pushing enablement to be seen as a strategic function through his work with the Sales Velocity E...
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Episode 9
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41:22
Enablement Evolved - Matt Schalsey - Advantive
This week our host Kieran chats with Matt Schalsey who is the Director of Sales Enablement at Advantive, one of the Co-Founders of the Enablement Squad, as well as, launching a new project.In this episode we discuss Matt's passion for n...
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Episode 8
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36:20
Enablement Evolved - Stephanie Middaugh - Phoenix GTM
In this week's episode, our host Kieran Smith discusses TikTok learning and all things micro learning with the amazing Stephanie Middaugh. Stephanie is the CEO and founder of Phoenix GTM, a sales enablement consulting firm. Stephanie is a thoug...
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Episode 7
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43:36
Enablement Evolved - Jonathan Kvarfordt
In this Episode Kieran discusses with Jonathan on why coaching is a skill enablement professionals should lean into, why the SEC wanted him to create a coaching masters course for enablement professionals, and the four levels of coaching compet...
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Episode 6
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50:48