Blog - Xtra Effort Solutions

August 18, 2026

Career Accelerator Program

Xtra Effort Solutions is excited to announce our Career Accelerator Program! How do you get experience when every job seems to require experience? The Xtra Effort Career Accelerator Program is designed to help answer that question. Our goal is to...

June 17, 2026

AI and the Future of Sales Engineering: A Leadership Conversation

At Xtra Effort, we’re committed to bringing together industry leaders to share insights that help sales professionals stay ahead of an ever-changing technology landscape. In this episode of the Xtra Effort Podcast, we sit down with two accomplished Sales Engineering...

May 22, 2026

Sales Leaders Podcast

Xtra Effort was joined by Sales leaders to create another insightful Podcast. This discussion reviews how AI is assisting with pipeline development for larger enterprise accounts. We also assessed how AI is impacting the business sales development function. The Sales...

May 5, 2026

CEO Leadership Podcast

We are excited to announce we just completed our first Leadership Podcast. The discussion focused on decisions facing SaaS CEO Executives. The team panel included CEOs from the following leading SAAS technologies companies. Patrick Van Deven http://vaultspeed.com Bob Potter http://pottergroup.net Shane Cooke http://etiometry.com Gavin...

April 13, 2026

Announcement: Xtra Effort Grows the Team

We’re excited to share important news at Xtra Effort Solutions. After 25 successful years of leadership, our founder, Mark Rodman, has chosen to transition out of day-to-day operations and focus on the next chapter of his professional life, remaining closely connected to the firm as a coach, mentor,...

August 12, 2025

5 Considerations before changing employers

Changing employers can be exciting and represent a way to reinvigorate your career, but premature employer change can also lead to missed opportunities. You may want to review if the fundamentals that originally attracted you to the company remain in...

July 1, 2025

Q2’s impact on your Q3 Sales, SE, and CS recruiting plans?

Q2’s impact on your Q3 Sales, SE, and CS recruiting plans? Below are the basics of reviewing Q2 and YTD performance on your Q3 recruitment plans. They should serve as “return to the basics” reminders of what you already know....

July 12, 2024

Andy Murray, professional tennis player, retires: The relevance to you as a technology industry professional

You may find Andy Murray’s tennis career to be motivating, particularly his ability persevere through many set backs. The below excerpts remind me of the importance of resilience, hard work, and self-belief. How about you? “He was physically diminished, not...

June 24, 2024

WSJ article about leveraging AI without embarrassing yourself with employees or customers

No One Wants to Sound Clueless About AI. Especially Your Boss. Many executives talk a visionary game about AI’s promise—while trying to learn exactly what it can do ILLUSTRATION: MATT CHASE By Ray A. Smith Follow June 24, 2024 5:30...

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