The Sales Evangelist Your Sales Team Sucks At Using AI, Here's How To Fix It | Eve Kedar - 1974
There is a specific way to use AI technology to get the results you want. To show us how to do this, Dr. Eve Kedar, a community builder, enablement strategist, and educator, joins me for this episode. Drawing on her experience supporting over 18,000 AI enthusiasts, Eve shares strategies to help sales teams use AI without amplifying the overwhelm that can come with new technology.
Meet Eve Kedar
- Eve Kedar is a sales enablement strategist, author, and advisor with over 15 years of experience helping sales organizations move from scattered training to scalable systems that actually drive results.
- She’s the author of Build a Kicka$$ SalesTeam and Build a Kicka$$ Online Community, and works with SaaS and tech leaders to improve ramp time, execution, and alignment.
- Eve brings a practical lens to AI adoption, focusing on cognitive diversity, real workflows, and helping sales teams use AI as a thinking partner, not a replacement.
Empowering Sellers Through Cognitive Diversity
- We begin by talking about how effective AI integration starts with recognizing the unique strengths each seller brings to the table.
- Eve explains that instead of forcing uniformity, leaders should support and amplify those differences with the right tools.
- She shares stories of helping one seller who is highly data driven and another who is a natural storyteller use AI prompts tailored to their individual styles. The goal is not to replace human skills, but to enable them.
Practical Steps for AI Adoption
- We also break down simple, actionable steps sales leaders can take right away.
- For example, setting up a team chatbot such as ChatGPT that is loaded with your company’s sales processes can give both new and experienced reps targeted guidance.
- This helps them become more independent while also personalizing their development.
- Eve reminds us that leaders do not need to master every AI tool. What matters most is encouraging curiosity, exploration, and the sharing of best practices.
Maintaining Humanity, Curiosity, and Creativity
- Another major theme in our conversation is balancing productivity with preserving the human touch.
- Eve suggests gamifying prompt writing, celebrating creativity, and encouraging bold curiosity so teams do not become overly reliant on automation.
- While entry level roles may evolve as AI takes over repetitive tasks, sellers will be expected to think more deeply and build stronger relationships than ever before.
Community and Collaboration
- We also discuss the importance of leveraging AI communities, both internally and externally.
- Creating space for open dialogue and experimentation allows teams to learn from one another, spark new ideas, and reduce the overwhelm that often comes with adopting new technology.
"Cognitive diversity is a great thing on a sales team. Don’t suppress it with AI tools. Use the tools to help them, you know, amplify their diversity. But leverage the results. The outcomes are still what’s important." - Eve Kedar
Resources
Find Eve Kedar on LinkedIn and check out her thriving AI community for more insights and resources on AI adoption in sales.
Get Eve’s books on Amazon: Build a Kicka$$ SalesTeam, Build a Kicka$$ Online Community
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