The Sam Linton Show

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Episode 70: 8 Speaking Habits That Are Quietly Killing Your Credibility

2026-08-0334:12

You've earned the room. These eight habits are what quietly lose it. Sam watched a genuinely credible executive — a legend to their own direct reports — flop in front of a room. Not because they didn't know the material, but because of a handful of speaking habits nobody had ever told them about. In this episode, Sam breaks down the eight most common and most damaging habits he sees when executives speak — not just from a keynote stage, but in all-hands meetings, daily briefings, and the tea...

Episode 69: 3 Sales Lessons From the Worst Pitch I've Ever Sat Through

2026-07-2730:01

Your sales team knows the product cold. They can recite the sourcing, the specs, the packaging. And they still lose the room. Sam's wife sent him four separate texts about a "tired eyes" treatment during a family cruise. (One text is a suggestion. Four is a diagnosis.) He finally went — mostly for the story — and got a masterclass in how not to sell. No greeting. No questions. Fifteen minutes on where the algae is harvested. Then three prices thrown on the table, a line about paying with you...

Episode 68: The Likability Gap — 5 Ways to Become a Leader People Actually Like

2026-07-2022:47

If I could isolate the one thing most people are totally overlooking about executive presence, it's this — and nobody talks about it, because talking about it requires getting self-aware very quickly. It's the Likability Gap. In this episode of The Sam Linton Show, Sam unpacks the trait he credits for 80% of what's gone well in his life — likability — and why nobody teaches it. There's no class, no test, no score. So Sam gives you five practical ways to build it, drawing on Dale Carnegie, Don...

Episode 67: Presence Trumps Program — 3 Lessons from One of Vistage's Best Speakers

2026-07-1322:53

You've done the work — the degree, the experience, the framework. But when you finally get into the room that matters, you cling to your outline, race through your points, and slip out the back the second it's over. And you wonder why the message didn't land. This week Sam spent two days with Michael Allosso — one of Vistage's highest-rated speakers on the planet ("You on Your Best Day") — and learned more about speaking and coaching in two days than in the last three years. In this episode, ...

Episode 66: Why I Became a Vistage Speaker (and Why I Work With Leaders)

2026-07-0622:57

After 18 months of work, Sam has some news: he's officially a Vistage speaker. But this episode isn't a victory lap — it's a look under the hood at why he works with leaders at all. Sam walks through five reasons Vistage aligns with everything he does: being in a room matters more than being on a stage (the right room is like an airport moving walkway — it multiplies every step you take), facilitation beats performing (the same three-hour workshop was different every time he delivered it, bec...

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