Special Episode Re-Release: A Thanksgiving Discussion with John McDonald, Western Sales Director, Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation (2020)

Melissa Davidian has been a very successful Medical Device Sales leader in Neuromodulation and worked in the chronic pain field for over 25 years. She’s witnessed thousands of people struggle with persistent health challenges and has seen how mental and emotional stress can quietly take a toll on the body. Now she’s coaching others to take action and focus on the energy behind the illness by addressing root causes.https://www.innersectioncoaching.com

Kathryn Traff worked for years in the world of Neurosurgical and Spine cases supporting complex and highly intense procedures. An extraordinarily difficult 17-hour day in the operating room led her to change her life and give up alcohol completely and start her coaching business. She joined the Chase MedSearch podcast to discuss her coaching methodology which utilizes her proprietary REVIVE Method which combines neuroscience principles, mindset work, and faith practices to create a holistic approach to revive your mind, soul and life.

Chip Moebus, VP Market Access, joined the Chase MedSearch Podcast to discuss the difficulties of getting accurate data for epileptic patients on the type of epileptic seizure they’ve suffered and the frequency rate. He further discussed how the Minder System has the potential to provide extraordinarily insightful data that Neurologists have never been able to capture before.    www.epiminder.com

In this episode of The Chase MedSearch Podcast, Jordan interviews Tony Koop, who wrote “Discovering the Sale: DxB4Rx”. Tony focuses on diagnosing customer challenges before proposing solutions, advocating for a consultative, diagnosis-driven sales approach, focusing on developing champions and implementing psychological insights to improve sales results.

Michael Blackwell, most recently Vice President and Managing Director for Medtronic India, joined the Chase MedSearch Podcast to discuss the importance of mentorship and delivering results as key to career advancement.

Neil Dougherty, Chief Strategy Officer and Dan Rogers, Chief Revenue Officer from Spinal Simplicity joined me on the Chase MedSearch podcast to discuss their careers, and the rapid growth and bright future of Spinal Simplicity.

Jim Surek, VP of Sales for Rhaeos, commercialization strategist and podcast host of Medical Sales Nation, joined the Chase MedSearch Podcast to discuss breaking into medical device sales, launching a Neuromodulation startup sales team, how social media savviness can be a competitive edge for sales reps, and what’s around the corner in the medical device industry.www.chasemedsearch.comMedical Sales Nation PodcastConnect on LinkedIn:Jim SurekMatthew Ray Scott, Virtual Sales Rx

Travis McCoy returned to the podcast to discuss creating meaningful connections with customers, avoiding bad sales techniques and valuable insights from his book “Authentic Sales”.Buy Travis’s book 

Author Alert! I was delighted to welcome a friend and former Medtronic Human Resources colleague to join me on to the podcast recently. Dr. Tonya Jackman Hampton is the author “The Myth of the Fearless Leader: Exposing a New Path Beyond Fight, Flight and Freeze.” Tonya encourages leaders to not pursue having no fear, but rather to know their fears to unlock their true leadership potential.www.drtonyajackmanhampton.comThe Myth of the Fearless Leader: Exposing a New Path Beyond Fight, Flight and Freeze

In this special Thanksgiving-themed episode from 2020, Jordan interviews his long-time and good friend John McDonald, now retired from Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation. The pair discuss their Thanksgiving traditions, how John is staying in the game after retirement and how both a Wall Street Journal® article from 1961 & an excerpt from the journal of William Bradford still ring true today.