Lee Levitt - Speaking
Sales in service of the buyer, not the number. And a room that leaves ready to sell that way.
Lee Levitt has spent twenty years figuring out why the technology industry sells the way it does, and what it takes to change it. He brings that to the stage: talks that are provocative, specific, and grounded in real numbers, not slogans. Audiences leave with a different way of seeing the buyer, and something concrete to do Monday morning.
Whether you're opening a sales kickoff, running a leadership offsite, or building a strategic-account team, there's a talk here built for the room.
Keynote
Earn the Second Meeting
Why your best first meetings go quiet, and how to build a pipeline that actually moves.Your reps walk out of strong first meetings certain they nailed it. Then the buyer goes silent, and a deal that looked real quietly dies in "no decision", the single largest category of lost deals in B2B.
his keynote shows why it happens: buyers don't need more information, they need to be understood, and most reps are trained to do the opposite.
Lee reframes what the first meeting is actually for, and sends the room away knowing how to earn the second one, and the healthy, high-velocity pipeline that follows.
his keynote shows why it happens: buyers don't need more information, they need to be understood, and most reps are trained to do the opposite.
Lee reframes what the first meeting is actually for, and sends the room away knowing how to earn the second one, and the healthy, high-velocity pipeline that follows.
Best for: Sales kickoffs and main-stage keynotes. Sellers, managers, and leaders together.
They'll leave with: A new way to see the first meeting, and a clear picture of why good deals stall and how to keep them moving.
▶ Watch a recent session: Pavilion Palooza — The Secret Formula for Creating High-Quality Opportunities
They'll leave with: A new way to see the first meeting, and a clear picture of why good deals stall and how to keep them moving.
▶ Watch a recent session: Pavilion Palooza — The Secret Formula for Creating High-Quality Opportunities
Workshops & Breakouts
STUCK: Why Buyers Don't Move Forward
The largest category of lost deals, and what it takes to move a buyer forward.Half your pipeline isn't moving, and no one can quite say why. This session names the real reason buyers freeze, and it isn't price, product, or competition. It's a specific, unspoken fear that the standard playbook makes worse.
Lee walks the room through how to recognize a stuck deal, read what's actually holding the buyer, and help them move, without piling on more information that only deepens the freeze.
Lee walks the room through how to recognize a stuck deal, read what's actually holding the buyer, and help them move, without piling on more information that only deepens the freeze.
Best for: Sales teams and managers. Works as an SKO breakout or a standalone team session.
They'll leave with: A way to diagnose why any specific deal is stuck, and a move for getting it unstuck.
▶ Watch a recent version: Revenue Acceleration Summit 2026
They'll leave with: A way to diagnose why any specific deal is stuck, and a move for getting it unstuck.
▶ Watch a recent version: Revenue Acceleration Summit 2026
Build a Point of View That Makes Buyers Lean In
How reps become compelling, not just prepared.Everyone agrees reps should show up with a point of view. Almost no one teaches them how. This session is the how.
Lee shows reps how to turn what they know about a buyer into a real perspective, one that earns attention before a word about the product, and makes the buyer lean in instead of checking their phone.
Prescriptive, hands-on, and built to change what happens in the very next meeting.
Lee shows reps how to turn what they know about a buyer into a real perspective, one that earns attention before a word about the product, and makes the buyer lean in instead of checking their phone.
Prescriptive, hands-on, and built to change what happens in the very next meeting.
Best for: Sellers and the enablement teams who prepare them.
They'll leave with: A repeatable way to build a point of view worth walking in with.
They'll leave with: A repeatable way to build a point of view worth walking in with.
Leveraging Your Enablement Resources to Drive Pipeline
How sales and enablement partner to make the meetings that matter count.Most organizations spend heavily on enablement and still send reps into critical meetings underprepared. The problem usually isn't effort, it's the partnership.
This session shows sales leaders and enablement teams how to work together so that preparation actually translates into pipeline: the right intelligence, the right point of view, the right readiness for the meetings that decide the quarter.
This session shows sales leaders and enablement teams how to work together so that preparation actually translates into pipeline: the right intelligence, the right point of view, the right readiness for the meetings that decide the quarter.
Best for: Sales and enablement leaders, together. Ideal for kickoffs and enablement summits.
They'll leave with: A working model for turning enablement investment into pipeline outcomes.
▶ Watch a recent version: Sales Training & Enablement Summit 2025 — Building a Strong Foundation for 2026
Where Lee has spoken
Sales 3.0 / Revenue Acceleration Summit · Sales Training & Enablement Summit · Pavilion (GTM2024, Palooza) · DigiMarCon · Sales Enablement PRO · Vendor SKO (multiple) · Regional Sales Meetings (multiple) · IDC Directions
About Lee
Lee Levitt helps companies grow by changing how their salespeople engage buyers. A former IDC analyst, he built and led sales enablement at Google and Oracle, co-developed the Oracle Value Selling Methodology, and has coached enterprise sellers for more than thirty years. He's the author of The Second Meeting and Together We Win, and the founder of the Together We Win movement, how great sales teams earn the right to guide.
He speaks the way the best reps sell: with a point of view, in service of the room.
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