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Collection: Sales Reframed
Sales Reframed is a podcast from Ivey Executive Education that redefines sales as a core life skill. We unpack how elite performers across fields (from athletes and artists to entrepreneurs and surgeons) apply powerful sales principles to achieve extraordinary results, even if they’ve never had a traditional sales role.
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Ivey Business School and Governance Professionals of Canada Launch Premier Executive Program for Governance Professionals and Executives Shaping the Future of Board Leadership
This joint initiative, powered by Ivey’s case method and GPC’s national network, sets a new benchmark in governance education, designed to build influence, judgment, and boardroom impact.
Sales Reframed | The CALM Framework: How To Handle Objections And Win Commitment
Objections aren’t rejection — they’re signals that a buyer is engaged and thinking seriously about a decision. The CALM framework (Catch, Acknowledge, Loop, Move Forward) helps sellers stay composed, respond with curiosity instead of defensiveness, and guide conversations toward genuine commitment.
The Cost of Saying Nothing: How Avoiding Conflict Undermines Teams
When leaders avoid difficult conversations, silence can erode trust, weaken alignment, and undermine team engagement. This episode explores why leaders stay silent, the psychology behind avoidance, and practical strategies for speaking up with clarity and confidence to foster accountability and guide teams forward.
Oversight to Insight: Elevating the Board-to-Executive Dynamic
A live panel exploring how evolving board–executive dynamics are reshaping governance, strategy, and leadership.
The Power of Focus
Bryan argues that focus is one of the most critical leadership disciplines today, especially in a world where calendars are full, priorities shift rapidly, and teams face constant disruption. When leaders lose focus, it causes confusion, burnout, and diluted effort across their teams.
Sales Reframed | The GPS Blueprint: Build a Pitch That Lands
You can have real value to offer and still lose the room if your message doesn’t land. Eric Janssen explores what separates pitches that sound ‘fine’ from pitches that actually make people lean in – and say ‘yes’.
Reflections From 36,000 Feet: A View on Leadership Lessons in 2025
“Quick thinking. Deep thinking. Constant learning and recalibration.” Bryan Benjamin reflects on what it takes to lead in 2025 and beyond.
Sales Reframed | Why Great Sellers Diagnose First (And How You Can Too)
What if the most powerful move in sales isn’t having the perfect pitch, but asking questions that unlock what your customer actually needs?
Sales Reframed | How to Turn Cold Calls Into Warmer, More Authentic Connections
In this episode, host Eric Janssen explores how meaningful relationships and career-defining opportunities often begin long before the first “yes.”
Event Summary: From Disruption to Advantage
Can legacy organisations thrive in a digital-first world? The consensus at a panel event, led by Dean Julian Birkinshaw, held at Ivey’s Hong Kong Campus was yes!
Sales Reframed | Unlock Your Hidden Value with Superpowers and Superpassions
In this episode, Eric Janssen brings together positioning legend April Dunford, Rob Ironside, Executive Director at League of Innovators (LOI), and Ivey Alumna Payton Beckett to explore the ultimate sales challenge: selling yourself.
Busy and Thriving
Shifting from busy to thriving means creating space for clarity, connection, and purposeful action — even when the pace picks up.
