Closing the Deal: Women in Sales
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This is a podcast episode titled, Closing the Deal: Women in Sales. The summary for this episode is: <p>Only 25% of the tech industry’s salespeople are women and only 12% of these women are sales leaders. In this conversation, a group of trailblazing women in sales discuss that gap and what needs to be done to close it. They also share how they’ve perfected the art of closing the deal and what other women in sales can do to develop their own careers<strong>. </strong>This was recorded at Salesforce's annual Gender Equality Summit that seeks to elevate and inspire the next generation of women leaders (and male allies).</p>
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Only 25% of the tech industry’s salespeople are women and only 12% of these women are sales leaders. In this conversation, a group of trailblazing women in sales discuss that gap and what needs to be done to close it. They also share how they’ve perfected the art of closing the deal and what other women in sales can do to develop their own careers. This was recorded at Salesforce's annual Gender Equality Summit that seeks to elevate and inspire the next generation of women leaders (and male allies).
Today's Host
Michael Rivo
|Director, Salesforce Studios
Today's Guests

LaShonda Anderson-Williams
|EVP and CRO for Healthcare and Life Sciences, Salesforce

Denise Dresser
|EVP & CRO Comms, Media & Tech, Salesforce

Kim Smith
|VP U.S. West Region Tech Sales, IBM

Hilary Headlee
|Head of Global Sales and Operations and Enablement, Zoom