Home / The Mindset Behind Modern Revenue Leadership with Mike Head The Mindset Behind Modern Revenue Leadership with Mike Head Guest: Mike Head Confidence matters in revenue, but ego is where performance starts to slip. In this conversation, Mike Head, CRO at PartnerStack, explains how the strongest leaders build confidence without letting pride drive their choices, especially when outcomes feel personal. He shares what modern revenue leadership requires: emotional discipline, clearer decision frameworks, and an ecosystem mindset that puts giving first. Mike also breaks down the belief systems that separate consistent leaders from reactive ones, plus how partnering, automation, and better signals are changing what it takes to lead at the CRO level. Listen Now Amazon More Options Your Host Hayley Parr Head of Marketing, Integrity Solutions In this Mental Selling episode, you’ll learn: Emotional Control At The Top: Why confidence matters, but ego can quietly derail performance and decision making. Lead With Stability: How the best revenue leaders stay steady through wins and losses, and why that emotional baseline sets the pace for the whole team. Partnerships Require a Giving Mindset: Why scarcity thinking kills ecosystem growth, and how long-term partnerships reward leaders who consistently bring value first. Better Deal Reviews Through Better Questions: How to pressure test opportunities by naming the real reasons you could lose and using that to improve execution. The Modern CRO Skill Set: Why the role is becoming more technical, with stronger expectations around systems, data fluency, automation, and AI. Jump into the conversation: (00:00) Meet Mike Head (03:51) Mindset that drives performance: beliefs of top revenue leaders (06:25) Scarcity vs. ecosystem thinking: confidence, overconfidence, and give-first partnerships (08:54) Modernizing pipeline with tech, automation, and better systems (10:18) Raising decision quality: emotions, steelmanning, and listening to understand (14:04) Stress-testing assumptions and separating signal from noise in an AI world (17:35) The CRO of tomorrow: RevOps roots, AI fluency, data instincts, and creativity (22:00) Rapid-fire: habits, biases, and selling with integrity Additional Resources From This Episode: Mike Head’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/headmike/ Learn more about PartnerStack: https://partnerstack.com/ Raise your Mental Selling acumen with us by following us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Amazon, GoodPods or wherever you get your podcasts. Please rate our show or leave a review— we value YOUR feedback! Salesforce, Cognism, FeedSpot and others have all named us as one of the best sales podcasts for your playlist. And Training Industry, Inc. includes us on their Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide. Share This Post: Related Episodes The Pit Crew Strategy Behind Clinical Sales Influence with Michelle Dillon and Amanda Ervin Guests: Michelle Dillon and Amanda Ervin In this Mental Selling episode, you’ll learn: Jump into the conversation: Additional Resources From This Episode: Raise your Mental Selling… EP. 136 July 23, 2026 27:58 When Service Meets Sales in Healthcare with Michelle Dillon and Amanda Ervin Guests: Michelle Dillon and Amanda Ervin In this Mental Selling episode, you’ll learn: Jump into the conversation: Additional Resources From This Episode: Raise your Mental Selling… EP. 135 July 9, 2026 21:15 Human-Centric Selling and Risk-Aware Growth with Jack Haworth Guests: Jack Haworth In this Mental Selling episode, you’ll learn: Jump into the conversation: Additional Resources From This Episode: Raise your Mental Selling… EP. 134 June 4, 2026 29:45 When Compliance Meets Culture in Banking with Jack Haworth Guests: Jack Haworth In this Mental Selling episode, you’ll learn: Jump into the conversation: Additional Resources From This Episode: Raise your Mental Selling… EP. 133 May 15, 2026 23:47