Episode 169

EP 169: Marketing Skills Every Executive Needs—Even If You're Not in Marketing with Allison Windon

🚨 Executives: Want to drive bigger results—even if you're not in marketing?

Most execs aren’t marketers—but the ones who rise fastest understand how to: ✅ Position their ideas for buy-in

âś… Build influence inside their org

âś… And make their wins impossible to ignore

In my latest episode of The Executive Appeal Podcast, I sit down with Allison Windon, Head of Marketing, Pre-Sales & GTM Strategy at Paylocity —one of the fastest-growing publicly traded HCM companies.

We break down the marketing skills every non-marketing executive needs to stand out and lead at the next level.

🎧 Listen in now to learn how to:

-Amplify your leadership brand

-Communicate value beyond your team

-Get your work recognized at the top

This episode is your executive playbook for making more strategic noise—without sounding like you're selling.

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👇 What’s one marketing skill you’ve had to learn as a non-marketer?

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About the Podcast

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The Executive Appeal with Alex D. Tremble
For CEOs of $10M–$25M companies who want to stop being the bottleneck.

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Alex D. Tremble

Alex D. Tremble is the Founder and CEO of GPS Leadership Solutions, a bestselling author, and an award‑winning executive coach to CEOs of early eight‑figure, multi‑location companies. With a Master’s in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and over a decade of advising Fortune 500 executives, federal leaders, and high‑growth founders, Alex helps CEOs stop being the bottleneck in their own businesses.

Through his Executive 360 Snapshot and 90‑Day CEO Reset programs, Alex uses his TP3™ framework – Trust, Proactivity, Productivity, Profitability – to reveal how CEOs are truly experienced, pinpoint the behaviors that are slowing everything down, and install simple leadership operating systems so their companies can run fast without them in every decision.

He is the author of five leadership books, including "Leadership Sucks! (Sometimes)" and Unlocking the Executive Advantage, and hosts The Executive Appeal, where he interviews CEOs and senior leaders on the real work of leading companies that no longer depend on hero leadership.