Manage Smarter

Join hosts Audrey Strong and C. Lee Smith every other week as they dive into management, leadership, business, sales, company culture, talent retention, revenues, performance metrics, hiring and more. From debunking sales myths to learning how to manage with and without measurements, you'll learn something new with every episode and will be able to implement positive change throughout your workplace. Available on all major podcast outlets and all episodes available on ManageSmarter.com

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240: Unleashing Super Consumers with Eddie Yoon
Eddie Yoon, co-founder of Category Pirates LLC and author of 'The 22 Laws of Category Design', shares his expertise on category strategy and super consumers. Learn how businesses can leverage weird data to drive growth and why companies like Tesla and Starbucks excel in category design. Eddie offers actionable tips for scaling up by managing weirder, making this episode a must-listen for anyone looking to redefine their market and achieve superior growth.
24 min
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239: Use No to Get to Yes with Andrea Waltz
Andrea Waltz is the co-founder of Courage Crafters, Inc. and co-author of the best-selling book, Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There.
27 min
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238: Avoid Sales Pipeline Assumptions with Stev...
Steve Gielda is co-founder of Ignite Selling and author of Ignite Your Sales Strategies: A field guide to accelerating the pipeline
19 min
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237: How to Master Social Selling with Brynne T...
Brynne Tillman is the LinkedIn Whisperer and CEO of Social Sales Link.
26 min
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236: How to Rebrand Successfully with Darren Ho...
Darren Horwitz is the Founder of TenTen, a brand implementation firm that helps organizations plan, build, and manage brand change
21 min
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235: The Best Way to Scale Your Small Business ...
Crista Grasso is the founder of The Lean Out Method.
20 min
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234: Gerald Leonard: Boost Productivity FAST
Gerald Leonard is CEO of the Leonard Productivity Intelligence Institute and an author.
23 min
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233: How to Express Empathy in Digital with Bet...
Beth Trejo is a trailblazing speaker, CEO, and founder of the global social-first digital agency, Chatterkick.
20 min
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232: Stephanie Nivinskus: Fix What Isn't Sellin...
Stephanie Nivinskus is the CEO of SizzleForce Marketing, an agency that helps scaling companies get noticed and attract more clients on a daily basis.
24 min
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231: How Women Leaders Are Different with Mary ...
Mary Ann Pruitt is the CEO and President of Mosaic Media, a collection of media buying experts and creative strategists who negotiate, purchase, and monitor advertising space and airtime.
23 min
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230: Charles Price: Escape the Tyranny of Numbers
Attorney Charles Price is the author of Rewiring the White Collar Mind and has 40 years of experience managing legal teams,
21 min
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229: Matt Blumberg: How To Create a Good Board
Matt Blumberg is a technology entrepreneur, business builder, and CEO of Bolster, an on-demand executive talent marketplace that helps accelerate companies’ growth by connecting them with experienced, highly vetted executives for interim, fractional, advisory, project-based or board roles.
22 min
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228: Kevin Maney: AI: Creating and selling new ...
Kevin Maney is a bestselling author, award-winning columnist, and partner at Category Design Advisors (CDA).
25 min
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227: The Employee's First 100 Days with Mark Re...
Marc Reifenrath is the CEO & Co-founder of Spinutech, a full-service digital marketing agency with 150+ team members across the U.S.
23 min
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226: How to Build a High-Impact Personal Brand ...
Elizabeth Rosenberg is a personal branding expert, strategic communications consultant, intuitive, and founder of The Good Advice Company.
20 min
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225: Dana Pharant: Become a Badass in Business
Dana Pharant is a consultant and author of "Become a Badass in Business."
21 min
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224: Jody Grunden: The Most Important Money Met...
Jody Grunden is partner at Summit CPA Group.
19 min
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223: Building High-Trust Teams with David Horsager
David Horsager, MA, CSP, CPAE is the CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute, Trust Expert in Residence at High Point University and The Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Trust Edge, The Daily Edge, and Trusted Leader.
24 min
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222: Jon Morris: Why Isn't My Agency Growing?!
Jon Morris is the founder & CEO of Ramsay Innovations and a serial entrepreneur.
22 min
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221 Ron Ross: Pay Talent Daily and Retain It!
Ron Ross is President and COO of Everee, a payroll platform that eases the payroll process for both employers and employees.
22 min
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220: Bryan Adams: Employer Brands: Stop Sugarco...
Bryan Adams is the CEO and founder of Ph.Creative, a global employer branding agency.
23 min
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219: Maria Victoria Albina: Stress, Anxiety and...
Maria Victoria Albina (she/they) is a Master Certified Somatic Life Coach, UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitioner and Breathwork Meditation Guide.
25 min
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218: Anthony Iannarino: Leading Growth: The Pro...
Anthony Iannarino is a writer, speaker, salesperson, sales leader and entrepreneur. He publishes a daily blog at www.thesalesblog.com. His new book is called Leading Growth: The Proven Formula for Consistently Increasing Revenue .
22 min
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217:Darrin Jahnel: Special Teams Cultures
Darrin Jahnel is the founder and CEO of Jahnel Group, a 150-person software consulting company headquartered in upstate New York.
20 min
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216: David Saltzman: StoryBrand Selling
David Saltzman is the Principal at The Saltzman Group and a 20-year nationally-published monthly columnist, an accomplished stage and keynote speaker, and a seasoned marketer.
25 min