Training That Works
Corporate training that actually works. Training That Works is for leaders who want learning to stick and performance to follow. Hear from experienced guests—many at the director level and above—sharing what’s working (and what’s not) in real-world training.
Episodes
54 episodes
Make Training An Experience with Jeff Moss
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Jeff Moss about turning ordinary training into an unforgettable experience that actually drives results.Jeff reveals how most companies waste time on content-heav...
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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16:37
The Listening Advantage with Razan Naqeeb
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Razan Naqeeb about how listening is the ultimate advantage in sales, leadership, and training.Razan shares how her career transformed the moment she stopped ...
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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14:52
Engage Their Voice with Casey Poston
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Casey Poston about why the best training programs don’t sound like training at all.Casey reveals how most leaders unknowingly kill engagement by forcing people in...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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26:35
$3.5B Productivity Blueprint with Ashley AuBuchon-Arcand
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Ashley AuBuchon-Arcand, a pivotal leader behind IBM’s global productivity transformation, an effort that unlocked $3.5 billion in measurable gains across...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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36:33
Mindset, Behavior, Results with Adam Willson
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Adam Willson about how to build stronger sales teams by starting with mindset. Adam explains why most sales training fails because it focuses on fixing results before fi...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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24:14
Soft Skills Are Hard with Juliette Mao
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Juliette Mao about the truth behind soft skills and why mastering emotional intelligence, leadership, and communication is the real key to business growth.Juliet...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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19:33
Inside the Workflow with Aparna Muralidharan
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Aparna Muralidharan about the moment she realized her training programs were failing… not because the content was bad, but because it lived outside the work...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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16:21
Goals First with Lisa Hammack
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Lisa Hammack about a moment that completely flipped how she thought about training. One workshop changed everything — teams stopped zoning out, started solving ...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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15:55
B4B Mindset Shift with David Hays
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with David Hays about what happens when you stop training people to know and start training them to perform. David shares the story of sitting through a 35-module online cour...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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18:18
Data Driven Training with Daniel Metcalf
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Daniel Metcalf about how one failed training changed everything. Daniel shares the story of standing in front of a team that didn’t learn, didn’t engage, and didn’t change and ...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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18:33
Drive Behavior Change with Logan Hawley
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Logan Hawley about what it really takes to drive behavior change inside a sales team. Not theory. Not another workshop deck. Real-world transformation that stic...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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33:59
Accountability Drives Learning with Brandon Gort
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Brandon Gort about the hidden ingredient behind every high-performing training program… accountability. Before he ever built courses or sold software, Brandon w...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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21:37
Emotional Intelligence First with Hina Mada
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Hina Mada about how emotional intelligence, not policy or process, became the anchor when her company grew from 40 people to over 2,000. She shares the moment s...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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15:22
The Hackathon Method with Achal Channarasappa
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Achal Channarasappa, Head of Solutions Engineering at Superblocks, about what happens when training moves from theory to touching the real thing.
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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22:31
Frameworks That Work with Brian Maiers
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Brian Maiers about the two trainings that completely changed how he sells. The first gave him a simple framework he could use anywhere, even in an airport if he ran into a drea...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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20:21
Fix Onboarding with Lauren Klaus
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Lauren Klaus about how to fix onboarding so it actually works. Lauren shares why the old sink-or-swim approach fails and what companies should do instead. Drawing from her back...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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22:04
Proving Enablement Impact with Shara Simms
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Shara Simms about how to design enablement that doesn’t just get completed… it proves impact. Shara takes us inside a three-day immersive manager workshop where 75 percent of t...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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19:17
Training That Sticks with Robin Hoffpauir
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Robin Hoffpauir about building training people actually remember… and use. He opens with a story from his restaurant days… a pre-test to gauge knowledge, a focused five-day seq...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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17:10
Define The Win with Nitish Kulkarni
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Nitish Kulkarni about how Sweetwater builds elite sales talent at scale… and why storytelling beats slide decks when the clock is ticking. Nitish opens the curtain on Sw...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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50:43
Design Thinking That Delivers with Bri Brodeur & Samer Jabr
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Bri Brodeur and Samer Jabr about turning training from a one-off event into outcomes people can feel at work… today. They unpack the design thinking workshop that changed how t...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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52:33
Top Funnel Fix with Eric Wiegand
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Eric Wiegand about how to solve the top-of-funnel problem without chaos. Eric breaks down why “try-this” pivots kill momentum, why the worst training is no training, and how to...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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19:07
Value Selling with Julie Thomas
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Julie Thomas about why most training misses the mark… and how to fix it fast. Julie shares how she went from sales leader to “accidental entrepreneur,” then lays out the...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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25:26
Mentors Over Manuals with Andrea Wilczynski-Urbaniak
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Andrea Wilczynski-Urbaniak about what actually moves the needle inside sales organizations… and why most trainings miss. Andrea explains why mentors beat one-off workshops, how...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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10:35
Build Learning Journeys with Matt Cohen
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Matt Cohen about the kind of enablement that actually changes behavior and revenue… not just slides. Matt explains why every training must start with clear learning objectives ...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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16:59
Train to Win with Louis "LV" Vasquez
In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Louis Vasquez about why most training fails… and what actually gets sellers to execute under pressure. Louis shares his unique improv-style sales tournaments where reps battle ...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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30:13
