Beat Burnout & Redefine Success with Bianca Best
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Release Date: 03/27/2025
AI Won't Save Bad Leaders: Curtis Sprouse on Trust in 2026
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Curtis Sprouse, Founder & CEO of Eureka Connect, explains how to develop better leaders by using validated behavioral-science data to build self-awareness, trust, and consistency across a team. With 30+ years in pharma, healthcare, and executive coaching, he shows why even accomplished CEOs miss their own blind spots—and why AI won't replace human judgment. Learn more at .
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500% Productivity in Flow State — Deri Llewellyn-Davies Explains
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Deri Llewellyn-Davies, Strategist & Board Advisor and Founder of Freedom Founders, explains that peak performance is a state problem, not a motivation problem — you shift it by choosing flow, focus, peak, recovery, and connect states through breathwork, phone-free mornings, and purpose. He shares flow research showing 500% productivity gains from two protected morning hours, and why burnout stems from values misalignment rather than workload. Connect with Deri:
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Why 85% of B2B Startups Fail at Market Entry with Bruce Cleveland
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Bruce Cleveland, CEO and Founder of Traction Gap Partners and author of Market Engineering, joins John Golden to explain why product engineering is now table stakes and how CEOs can apply a five-tenet discipline — category design, positioning, messaging, storytelling, and thought leadership — to build enduring market leadership. Learn more at .
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The 3 Buckets of Value Every Leader Misses with Lee Benson
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Lee Benson, Founder and CEO of Execute to Win and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, joins John Golden to challenge the growth-at-all-costs mindset and unpack the three categories of value creation that powered his 21.6x EBITDA exit at Able Aerospace. Learn more at .
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Retirement Planning: The 5 Red Flags to Avoid with Chris Maduri
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Chris Maduri, Retirement Planning Specialist at Vibrant Retirement, joins John Golden on the Sales POP! Expert Insight Interview to unpack the Retirement Red Zone, the five red flags that derail retirement, and why predictable income beats chasing returns. A practical conversation for anyone within ten years of leaving work. Learn more at .
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Clarity, Simplicity, Action: The Leadership Trifecta with Greg Hoover
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Greg Hoover, author of Lead Anyway and former CEO of Bekins Van Lines, Arnold Relocation, and New World Van Lines, joins John Golden to challenge the idea that leadership belongs only to those with titles. He shares the habits — decisiveness, simplicity, and intentional mentorship — that empower any employee to lead from where they stand. Learn more at .
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The New Rules of AI-Assisted Coding with Menil Vukovic
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Menil Vukovic, CEO of Pear Shadow, joins John Golden to discuss software engineering practices in the era of AI — including the engineer's new role as an AI orchestrator, why experience is now an advantage rather than a liability, and how teams move from chaotic adoption to structured AI workflows. Menil shares the three stages of AI integration his team worked through, why documentation matters more than ever, and the rules that keep vibe coding from destroying production codebases. Learn more about Menil and Pear Shadow at .
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Can Leadership Survive the AI Revolution? - Dustin Kenyon
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Dustin Kenyon, Chief Revenue Officer at Motivosity, joins John Golden to explore what human leadership looks like in an AI-driven world. Dustin shares why the learner's journey is now non-negotiable for every professional, how to cut through AI-generated noise, and why his executive team operates by a simple rule: no dinosaurs. Learn more at .
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Why Relationships Outsell Transactions Every Time - Athena Brownson
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Athena Brownson, a Denver-based real estate broker, developer, and chronic illness advocate, joins John Golden to share how she built a thriving referral-only practice in one of the country's most competitive markets. Drawing on her background as a former professional freestyle skier and her decade-long battle with Lyme disease, she explains why relationship-based selling, daily discipline, and authentic vulnerability outperform transactional tactics. Learn more at .
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The Corporate Ladder Is Burning with Ilana Golan
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More.
Ilana Golan, CEO and Founder of Leap Academy and a former F-16 flight instructor turned Intel VP, joins John Golden to unpack why portfolio careers and the Adaptability Quotient (AQ) now matter more than any title in an AI-driven job market. She shares the four-step reinvention framework she teaches to mid- and late-career professionals worldwide. Learn more at .
info_outlineFeeling overwhelmed by work? In this episode, Bianca Best shares how to avoid burnout while staying productive and fulfilled. She reveals key strategies from her book Big Impact Without Burnout, focusing on self-awareness, energy management, and redefining success on your own terms. Learn how to shift from constant hustle to intentional, high-impact work without stress.
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