Meredith
Ian
Head of Global Ad Sales Training & Enablement
Spotify
Meredith has over 20 years of experience in media, with expertise in sales methodologies, leadership coaching, curriculum development, training facilitation, staffing, on-boarding and career pathing. She is passionate about helping leadership become better coaches, which amplifies training's impact across the entire organization. Her areas of focus are ensuring that her team on-boards faster, advances their product and industry knowledge, and builds their skills to increase readiness as they move up in their careers.
22 March 2024 11:00 - 11:30
Case study: The evolution of a sales enablement program
Numerous studies show that investing in sales training will boost productivity and revenue, but still too many companies under-invest in this area. Training & Enablement teams either don’t exist or are just one person. In this session, Meredith Ian, Global Head of Sales Training and Enablement for Spotify Advertising, will share her (so far) 8-year journey of building and evolving a sales enablement program. This journey started with Meredith as a team of one with no established practices, and is now a flourishing global team facilitating multi-layered courses and managing enablement technologies. She will walk you through the evolution of the program - from the beginning stages of foundational practices, to the newer more advanced offerings - as well as how the program matched the growth of the business. Key focus areas: - Defining the pillars of a sales enablement program - Gaining buy-in and alignment with leadership - Evolving the sales enablement program with the business