Carson Heady, our guest of the episode, is best-selling author "Birth of a Salesman" series, consistently ranked in Top 20 Sales Gurus in the world. Ranked in the Top 50 Sales Authors on LinkedIn. 330K social followers, Top Microsoft Social Seller, #1 in 9 senior leadership and sales roles across 4 companies including Microsoft and AT&T. 8-time CEO/Platinum Club/Gold Club/President's Club Winner. Radio Host. Marketer of events and webinars. Director at Microsoft.

Gallup StrengthsFinder Top 5: Strategic, Achiever, Competition, Maximizer, Input.

Published author: “Birth of a Salesman” (World Audience Inc. 2010), "The Salesman Against the World" (2014), "A Salesman Forever" (2016) and "Salesman on Fire" (2020).

Extensive experience in operations & regional sales leadership, strategic planning, motivational management, budget preparation, training & development, recruiting, interviewing, staffing, hiring, crafting policies & procedures, written & oral communications, presentations, public motivational speaking, P&L, advertising & marketing.

Top-performer with track record of consistently exceeding goals in leading departments/divisions as well as individual performance. Extensive call center, retail multi-unit, B2B leadership and direct sales experience leading 1st, 2nd and 3rd line management.

Recognized for starting and leading $50+ million annual operation.
AT&T President’s Club (top 5% of performers) all 6 years eligible. Microsoft Gold Club Winner. 3 years as top performer in role.

Well-versed in optimizing social media campaigns through LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook & YouTube. Yahoo and Google AdWord certified. 300K Twitter followers (#5 in St. Louis), 21K LinkedIn, 2.5K YouTube. Published in numerous sales publications, served as radio host and have been interviewed on radio, podcast and TV.