#252 Ollie Sharpe – Unlocking Sales Success: Secrets to A Diverse and Inclusive Culture

In this weeks’ Scale Your Sales Podcast episode, my guest is Ollie Sharpe.

Ollie spent 10 years at LinkedIn, starting when nobody knew what LinkedIn was! One of the 1^st 15 employees outside the US. Then left to set up Salesloft in EMEA as 1^st person on the ground and grew them to more than $25m and 125 people. Now Chief Commercial Officer at Lative.

In today’s episode of Scale Your Sales podcast, Ollie Sharpe, former LinkedIn executive, shares valuable insights on sales, leadership, and diversity. He emphasizes the importance of fostering a strong, inclusive sales culture, highlighting the impact of conscious leadership, mental well-being, and cognitive diversity. The discussion also covers gender diversity, partnership-based sales, and diverse hiring practices.

Welcome to Scale Your Sales Podcast, Ollie Sharpe.

Timestamps:

00:00 Unlocking Sales Success: Secrets to A Diverse and Inclusive Culture

04:27 Conscious leadership fosters awareness and mental wellbeing.

06:52 Diverse teams require different leadership and understanding.

10:50 LinkedIn culture interview process reveals candidate’s values.

16:03 Partnering with buyers and hiring individuals similarly.

17:01 Emphasizing partnership, consultation, and disqualification in sales.

20:04 Medic and the art of selling effectively.

25:54 Build employer brand showing care for individual needs.

27:19 Candidates value acknowledging and addressing diversity issues.

33:00 LinkedIn senior executive pushes for gender diversity.

34:35 Men more open to mistreatment in offices.

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