S11E8: Unpacking SHIFT 2024
The MDM Podcast
With our marquee thought leadership event fresh in mind, MDM Editors Mike Hockett and Vesna Brajkovic debrief the messages, themes and anecdotes from the event that stood out to them and take a look forward to SHIFT 2025 next May.
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S11E7: Wesco Case Study Debrief
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During July, MDM published a three-part article series that profiled electrical distributor Wesco and its transformative strength. That series culminated with a more robust case study report that is now in the MDM Store. Here, the author of that series and case study, John Gunderson, joins to discuss key takeaways from his research into Wesco and what stood out to him.
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S11E6: How One Distributor Leverages Sales Rep Freedom
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1st Ayd Corp. continues to see success with its field-based sales model that centers on providing its staff with the tools and entrepreneurial freedom to pursue the earnings potential they desire. We chat with company President Tommy Schreiner on what that looks like for the 50-year-old, family-owned MRO and JanSan distributor, and what it takes for reps to thrive in that environment.
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S11E05: What's on the Safety Product Horizon?
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Safety equipment is an evolving product category that touches every distribution vertical. ISEA CEO Cam Mackey joins the MDM Podcast to take us through the safety standards and regulations that will inform future product demand.
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S11E4: Everything to Know about SHIFT 2024
The MDM Podcast
You've seen our promotions for it, but here, MDM Editors Mike Hockett and Vesna Brajkovic break down the extensive value that this year's SHIFT conference provides; recap their biggest takeaways from the 2023 version; highlight our 2024 agenda items; and discuss why you should be there.
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S11E3: The Keys to Wesco's Digital Initiatives
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Wesco's "all things digital" leader Akash Khurana joins us to discuss what digital transformation has meant for the electrical distributor, which ramped up its initiatives on that front upon its 2020 landmark acquisition of Anixter. He also sheds light on Wesco's AI use and other recent investments.
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S11E2: The 5 Fatal Flaws of Sales Transformation
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Tom Gale and Mike Marks discuss the biggest challenges distributors face as they transition from a traditional outside-generalist sales process to a more adaptive digital-forward go-to-market model, with clearly-defined, team-based selling and service roles.
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S11E1: MDM's SHIFT Keynote to Focus on CX, Adaptation
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With our September SHIFT event rapidly approaching, McKinsey & Company Senior Partner Kevin Sachs stops by to preview the keynote he will co-present with fellow McKinsey Partner Victoria Bough. We also re-visit last year's keynote takeaways and what the firm sees as the top underlying factors driving wholesale distribution in the year ahead.
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S10E18: Finding Focused Direction for Your Sales Team
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Many distributors have spent the past several years re-structuring, re-sizing and re-tooling their sales teams. Here, Dorn Group's James Dorn and John Gunderson discuss how to optimize these refreshed sales teams and align them in a single direction toward high-level revenue performance.
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S10E17: Inside Venturi Supply’s Cohesive Independence
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New PVF distribution group Venturi Supply was formed in 2023 through the combination of six independent companies. CEO Michael DiMino stops by to discuss how the company has maintained those firms' independence while also fostering cohesiveness across the combined organization, and what the path forward looks like.
info_outlineYou've seen our promotions for it, but here, MDM Editors Mike Hockett and Vesna Brajkovic break down the extensive value that this year's SHIFT conference provides; recap their biggest takeaways from the 2023 version; highlight our 2024 agenda items; and discuss why you should be there.