Roderick Jefferson

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Sales Thought Leader, Bestselling Author

  • Roderick Jefferson Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

  • Roderick Jefferson Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

Stroke To Success (How My Rise To Success Almost Killed Me)

Based upon the survival of a fatal stroke. Roderick shares how persistence unlocks potential, enabling us to push through setbacks, learn from failures, and achieve our goals. With unwavering determination, challenges become stepping stones to success and the fulfillment of ...

Based upon the survival of a fatal stroke. Roderick shares how persistence unlocks potential, enabling us to push through setbacks, learn from failures, and achieve our goals. With unwavering determination, challenges become stepping stones to success and the fulfillment of our aspirations.

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Culture is What Happens When No One is Watching

With rapidly shifting demographics, continued globalization, and increased reliance on partnering, organizations must embrace cultural alignment and change management not only as a means to enhance business performance but also as an enabler of innovation and collaboration....

With rapidly shifting demographics, continued globalization, and increased reliance on partnering, organizations must embrace cultural alignment and change management not only as a means to enhance business performance but also as an enabler of innovation and collaboration.

As the former head of Global Sales Enablement for some of the most successful companies globally, Roderick Jefferson was instrumental in driving a metrics-focused, sales-driven culture. Roderick shares provocative leadership strategies and powerful personal stories to help your group connect the dots between individual accountability and organizational change.

In his high-energy interactive presentations, Roderick shares timely concepts and relevant takeaways to help your group:

  • Building a Culture of Teamwork
  • Building a Culture of Learning
  • Customer Service Is More Than Servicing Customers
  • Interdependency Mapping

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Diversity in Leadership

With rapidly shifting demographics, continued globalization, and increased reliance on partnering, organizations must embrace diversity and inclusion (DE&I) not only as a means to enhance business performance but also as an enabler of innovation and collaboration. ...

With rapidly shifting demographics, continued globalization, and increased reliance on partnering, organizations must embrace diversity and inclusion (DE&I) not only as a means to enhance business performance but also as an enabler of innovation and collaboration.

As the former head of Global Sales Enablement for some of the most successful companies globally, Roderick Jefferson was instrumental in driving a metrics-focused, sales-driven culture. Roderick shares provocative leadership strategies and powerful personal stories to help your group connect the dots between individual accountability and organizational change. As an award-winning Sales Enablement executive, coach, and international speaker, Roderick has addressed audiences throughout the US and as far away as London, Paris, Dublin, Sydney, and Sao Paolo.

In his high-energy interactive presentations, Roderick shares timely concepts and relevant takeaways to help your group:

  • Articulate the importance of Diversity in the workplace & society
  • Drive conversations with mentors, sponsors, & business professionals around the topic of diversity & how it fits into career options
  • Initiate a roadmap in their current studies that will include diversity of curriculum, thoughts, & career opportunities
  • Improve performance and strengthen interpersonal relationship by building a culture of accountability

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Partnering with Sales Enablement to Drive Incremental Revenue

What if sales enablement stopped being perceived as a cost center? What if, instead of thinking of it as training, or a resting place for an organization’s broken things, we thought of sales enablement as a strategic partner—a proactive function that enables sales to sell ...

What if sales enablement stopped being perceived as a cost center? What if, instead of thinking of it as training, or a resting place for an organization’s broken things, we thought of sales enablement as a strategic partner—a proactive function that enables sales to sell faster and higher in organizations? The role of Sales Enablement is shifting. Sale Enablement is no longer about putting butts in seats or how many folks we accredit or certify. We are here to help influence and drive incremental revenue.

As the former head of Global Sales Enablement for some of the most successful companies globally, Roderick Jefferson was instrumental in driving a metrics-focused, sales-driven culture. Roderick shares provocative leadership strategies and powerful personal stories to help your group connect the dots between individual accountability and organizational change.

As an award-winning Sales Enablement executive, coach, and international speaker, Roderick has addressed audiences throughout the US and as far away as London, Paris, Dublin, Sydney, and Sao Paolo.

In his high-energy interactive presentations, Roderick shares timely concepts and relevant takeaways to help your group:

  • Understand how the connection between sales leaders and sales enablement will lead to driving increased revenue.
  • Maximize the activities that result in the generation of qualified leads and tie these activities to quantifiable metrics.
  • Identify proven sales enablement processes, methodologies, and tools that will lead to decreased time to revenue or first close.
  • Leave the event with a call-to-action that will challenge your thinking and deepen your commitment to personal and professional success.

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The Value of Enablement As a Partner

Enablement practitioners are not sales scribes, not sales support & not sales doormats… We are sales partners that impact & influence revenue with our processes, programs, platforms, and metrics! This conversation will help you break down the complexity of the buying...

Enablement practitioners are not sales scribes, not sales support & not sales doormats… We are sales partners that impact & influence revenue with our processes, programs, platforms, and metrics! This conversation will help you break down the complexity of the buying &selling process through scalable, repeatable, and measurable practices that lead to accelerated speed to revenue and increased sales productivity.

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Killing the Way We’ve Always Done It

Inconsistent execution can doom even the strongest sales initiatives and strategies. Creating a systematic approach to the sales enablement strategy can help drive consistent execution across revenue teams. In this talk, I’ll share how to reimagine your approach where People...

Inconsistent execution can doom even the strongest sales initiatives and strategies. Creating a systematic approach to the sales enablement strategy can help drive consistent execution across revenue teams. In this talk, I’ll share how to reimagine your approach where People, Processes, Programs, Platforms, and Purpose converge for a dynamic strategy that will propel your sales team to unprecedented success!

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The Future of Sales Enablement

Leading with empathy, humanity, and data has never been more crucial than it is today. In this talk, I’ll share the importance of leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and available data without relying on it as a crutch. AI may provide content, but it cannot provide ...

Leading with empathy, humanity, and data has never been more crucial than it is today. In this talk, I’ll share the importance of leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and available data without relying on it as a crutch. AI may provide content, but it cannot provide context. Let’s explore how we can strike a balance!

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About Keynote Speaker Roderick Jefferson

Roderick has shared his dynamic and energetic voice globally in a variety of live and virtual events including; keynotes, guest lectures, webinars, podcasts, and domain expertise panels, with companies such as 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Career Expo, ATD Conference, B2BMX Conference, Cisco, Collibra, CRO Connect Roundtable, Flagstar Bank, LinkedIn, MindTickle, Oracle, Revasum, Sales 3.0 Conference,  Sales Assembly Conference, Sales Enablement Collective, Sale Enablement PRO, Salesforce (Dreamforce), SAP, Showpad, SMASH Conference, Uber, Veritas, and Zoom.

Roderick’s deep experience in change management, leadership, and sales execution provides the appropriate level of credibility and business acumen to set the right tone for your conference. His compelling keynote speeches can set the table at the start of a conference or end it with a bang!

In addition to a highly successful speaking career, Roderick is the author of the Amazon #1 new release and bestselling book, Sales Enablement 3.0: The Blueprint to Sales Enablement Excellence.

Roderick has won numerous awards including being selected as:

  • 2024: Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs (Top 100 Magazine)
  • 2024: Front Cover (Top Sales Magazine)
  • 2024: Highly Recommended Books (SellingPower)
  • 2024: Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs (Top 100 Magazine)
  • 2021: Sales Enablement Lifetime Achievement Award (Selling Power Mag)
  • 2020 – 2023: Top 15 Sales & Marketing Influencer (LinkedIn)
  • 2020 Sales Influencers to Follow (Morning Brew Media)
  • 2019 Top 15 Social Media Influencers (Brainshark)
  • 2019 Top 10 Sales Enablement Consultant (Sales Hacker)
  • 2015 Sales Onboarding Program of the Year (SiriusDecisions)

Testimonials

“Roderick was a Keynote speaker at the virtual Senior Care Marketing & Sales Summit. His presentation on the art and science of sales management through turbulent times provided practical tips on how to… Read More

CEO & Founder

 

“Roderick’s presentation provides practical tips on how to effectively adapt your sales and marketing strategy, prepare your teams, and drive results for your organization!”

Strategic Event Producer

 

“Roderick was the top-ranked conference presenter according to our conference attendees!”

Founder & International Event Manager

 

“Roderick is a dynamic, engaging keynote speaker and a genuine joy to work with. He perfectly tied together the major themes of the event and left everyone inspired and ready to tackle their sales enablement issues. Audiences rate him highly, and it’s easy to see why!”

Conference Manager

 

“It was awesome to have Roderick come in & share his knowledge, especially around Sales Enablement with our community!”

Owner, Enterprise Sales Meetup

 

“Roderick presented a review of great strategies!”

Stanford University Graduate School of Business FinTech Forum

 

Roderick inspired and encouraged over 400 students with his anecdotes, advice, and experience. His content is in a genuine manner that connects with both students and professionals.

Program Manager, CSU Chico

 

It was really awesome to have him come in & share his knowledge, especially around Sales Enablement with our community!”

Owner

Enterprise Sales Meetup

“Roderick approaches the topic of Sales Enablement by focusing on the relationship and building trust. He understands that the science is finding out what you need that scales broadly and the art is tailoring how to provide that information!”

Founder, SalesTuners

 

“Roderick presented a review of great strategies!”

Stanford University Graduate School of Business FinTech Forum

 

“Roderick’s thought leadership and guidance on all things enablement and productivity oriented within the Sales and Customer Success areas of our business have enabled us to scale rapidly”.

- AVP, Commercial Sales, Salesforce.com

 

“Roderick is real, an expert in his field and dedicated to success. He connects very well with all levels of an organization and knows how to adjust his communication style when necessary.

- Owner, JBarrows Sales Training

 

We were truly blessed to have Roderick as our keynote speaker. His speech and presentation were moving uplifting, & inspirational!

Kiwoba A.

CEO/Founder, Girl STEM Stars

Roderick is a terrific keynote speaker. He gets standing ovations for two reasons: first, he delivers great content, second, he speaks from the heart. I highly recommend him for sales kickoff meetings. He’s spoken at our Sales 3.0 conferences many times and always gets top ratings!

Gerhard G.

CEO & Founder, Sales 3.0 Magazine

Roderick is a master of professional speaking. He is extremely motivational, and his training and enablement content is some of the best. He is able to connect at a professional and personal level with his audience.

Erik T.

VP, Global Renewals, Riverbed

Roderick’s impact on my organization was immediate. Moving the needle in metrics that mattered to me!

Terrance R.

Sales Leader, Marketo

I have attended countless courses over the years, but nothing prepared me as well for selling a value proposition than the course designed by Roderick. I can honestly say I’ve never attended a better course. Read More

Vaughn W.

Regional Sales VP, NTAP

Roderick Jefferson & Associates delivered a brand new GTM transformation program and department in 180 days, fundamentally changing how we went to Market!

Scott M.

VP, Enterprise Sales, Integrate

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Dec 12, 2018

How Sales Enablement Consultant Roderick Jefferson Can Help Your Company Grow

Has your sales team hit the wall? Are you having trouble getting the right people on board? Does it seem...

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