Wesleyne Whittaker

CEO, Sales Training and Enablement at Transformed Sales

Member since June 2021

Management Consulting

Education: BS Chemistry Alcorn State University
Houston, TX, USA

Biography

Wesleyne Whittaker is a sales strategist, leadership speaker, and founder of Transformed Sales. She helps organizations improve performance by addressing the human side of leadership, communication, and behavior before focusing on skills and execution.

With more than 15 years of experience in sales and leadership, Wesleyne has worked with organizations across manufacturing, industrial, pharmaceutical, education, and service industries to help leaders strengthen communication, build trust, navigate change, and improve team performance. Her work combines sales psychology, emotional intelligence, and mindset development to create lasting transformation within teams and organizations.

A former chemist turned sales leader and entrepreneur, Wesleyne is known for bringing practical strategies, honest conversations, and real-world insight to every stage. Her message challenges leaders to move beyond surface-level performance issues and address the beliefs, behaviors, and communication patterns that truly drive results.

Passion

I love talking about the connection between communication, mindset, emotional intelligence, and performance. Most organizations try to solve problems with more tactics, more pressure, or more systems, but real transformation happens when people feel safe enough to communicate honestly, think differently, and lead with confidence.

I’m especially passionate about helping leaders understand the human side of performance. Whether it’s sales, education, innovation, or leadership, people perform better when trust, empathy, accountability, and communication are strong. I also love helping women recognize their value, use their voice confidently, and stop feeling like they have to earn a seat at the table through perfection.

Best Story

One of the stories I often share is about my transition from chemist to sales leader. Early in my career, I walked into an international sales meeting and realized I was one of only a few women in the room and the only person of color. I remember questioning whether I truly belonged there and feeling pressure to constantly prove myself through performance.

For years, I believed success meant perfection. I worked harder, pushed harder, and tied my worth to results. Eventually, I became a top performer and moved into leadership, but I realized many high achievers around me were silently struggling with the same fear, burnout, and self-doubt.

That experience completely changed how I approached leadership and performance. I stopped focusing only on skills and started helping organizations understand how mindset, communication, emotional safety, and belief directly impact collaboration, innovation, and results. That realization became the foundation for the work I do today.

Origin Story

My journey started in science, not sales. I was a chemist by background and originally believed my career path would stay within STEM. But after transitioning into sales, I quickly realized success was not just about technical knowledge. It was about communication, emotional intelligence, resilience, and the ability to connect with people under pressure.

As I advanced into leadership, I noticed a pattern across teams and organizations. Most performance problems were not actually skill problems. People were struggling with fear, burnout, communication breakdowns, self-doubt, and environments where they did not feel safe speaking honestly or asking questions.

That realization led me to found Transformed Sales. I wanted to help organizations improve performance by addressing the deeper behavioral and mindset challenges underneath the surface. Today, my work focuses on helping leaders build stronger communication, healthier cultures, greater accountability, and more sustainable performance by focusing on people first.

Example Talks

The Sales Reset: Why Communication and Mindset Drive Performance

Most organizations try to solve performance problems with more tactics, more pressure, or more training. But the real issue often lives beneath the surface. Communication breakdowns, fear of failure, burnout, low trust, and limiting beliefs quietly impact leadership, collaboration, innovation, and results.

In this session, Wesleyne Whittaker shares how her journey from chemist to top-performing sales leader reshaped the way she approaches leadership and organizational performance. Drawing from sales psychology, emotional intelligence, and behavioral performance, she teaches leaders how to improve communication, strengthen trust, navigate difficult conversations, and create healthier high-performing cultures.

Attendees will leave with practical tools they can immediately apply to improve team engagement, accountability, communication, and leadership effectiveness in high-pressure environments.

This session is ideal for leaders, educators, managers, and professionals seeking people-first strategies that drive long-term performance and sustainable growth.

Topics/Keywords

sales sales performance sales training sales assessment women in sales businesstobusiness sales team chemistry chemical products chemicals cosmetic chemical sales science engineering technology manufacturing womens leadership team leadership authentic leadership sales enablement marketing social media business strategy worklife balance bootcamps career change voice of the customer professional growth development selfdevelopment the future of leadership personal growth buyers journey mapping juggling baby and startup wellness at work pitch critique navigating todays complex market diversity in the workplace diversity and inclusion vertical leadership development business development women entrepreneurship entrepreneurship entrepreneurship support professional development executive development coaching executive coaching career coaching business coach selling for nonsalespeople high performance teams performance improvement leading high performing virtual teams virtual teams virtual communication managing virtual teams zoom wfh working mothers networking women in tech technology adoption the power of faith heightened and sustained levels of performance strategic selling persona selling personal branding executive sales management executive coaching for women team strengths and strengths assessments behavior assessment and support employee assessments personality profiles personality type encouragement through faith the intersection of faith and work the power of faith and gratitude discover storytelling as your secret sales weapon objection handling linkedin linkedin sales techniques black women in stem black women in tech black women women of color advancement of people of color women of color leadership women in business women in the workplace email marketing email marketing best practices seo search engine optimization sales strategy sales strategies strategic growth strategic planning marketing strategy sales vs marketing sales and marketing relationships

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I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
Everything is negotiable

Best Story

One of the stories I often share is about my transition from chemist to sales leader. Early in my career, I walked into an international sales meeting and realized I was one of only a few women in the room and the only person of color. I remember questioning whether I truly belonged there and feeling pressure to constantly prove myself through performance.

For years, I believed success meant perfection. I worked harder, pushed harder, and tied my worth to results. Eventually, I became a top performer and moved into leadership, but I realized many high achievers around me were silently struggling with the same fear, burnout, and self-doubt.

That experience completely changed how I approached leadership and performance. I stopped focusing only on skills and started helping organizations understand how mindset, communication, emotional safety, and belief directly impact collaboration, innovation, and results. That realization became the foundation for the work I do today.

Origin Story

My journey started in science, not sales. I was a chemist by background and originally believed my career path would stay within STEM. But after transitioning into sales, I quickly realized success was not just about technical knowledge. It was about communication, emotional intelligence, resilience, and the ability to connect with people under pressure.

As I advanced into leadership, I noticed a pattern across teams and organizations. Most performance problems were not actually skill problems. People were struggling with fear, burnout, communication breakdowns, self-doubt, and environments where they did not feel safe speaking honestly or asking questions.

That realization led me to found Transformed Sales. I wanted to help organizations improve performance by addressing the deeper behavioral and mindset challenges underneath the surface. Today, my work focuses on helping leaders build stronger communication, healthier cultures, greater accountability, and more sustainable performance by focusing on people first.

I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
Everything is negotiable

Example Talks

The Sales Reset: Why Communication and Mindset Drive Performance

Most organizations try to solve performance problems with more tactics, more pressure, or more training. But the real issue often lives beneath the surface. Communication breakdowns, fear of failure, burnout, low trust, and limiting beliefs quietly impact leadership, collaboration, innovation, and results.

In this session, Wesleyne Whittaker shares how her journey from chemist to top-performing sales leader reshaped the way she approaches leadership and organizational performance. Drawing from sales psychology, emotional intelligence, and behavioral performance, she teaches leaders how to improve communication, strengthen trust, navigate difficult conversations, and create healthier high-performing cultures.

Attendees will leave with practical tools they can immediately apply to improve team engagement, accountability, communication, and leadership effectiveness in high-pressure environments.

This session is ideal for leaders, educators, managers, and professionals seeking people-first strategies that drive long-term performance and sustainable growth.

Topics/Keywords

sales sales performance sales training sales assessment women in sales businesstobusiness sales team chemistry chemical products chemicals cosmetic chemical sales science engineering technology manufacturing womens leadership team leadership authentic leadership sales enablement marketing social media business strategy worklife balance bootcamps career change voice of the customer professional growth development selfdevelopment the future of leadership personal growth buyers journey mapping juggling baby and startup wellness at work pitch critique navigating todays complex market diversity in the workplace diversity and inclusion vertical leadership development business development women entrepreneurship entrepreneurship entrepreneurship support professional development executive development coaching executive coaching career coaching business coach selling for nonsalespeople high performance teams performance improvement leading high performing virtual teams virtual teams virtual communication managing virtual teams zoom wfh working mothers networking women in tech technology adoption the power of faith heightened and sustained levels of performance strategic selling persona selling personal branding executive sales management executive coaching for women team strengths and strengths assessments behavior assessment and support employee assessments personality profiles personality type encouragement through faith the intersection of faith and work the power of faith and gratitude discover storytelling as your secret sales weapon objection handling linkedin linkedin sales techniques black women in stem black women in tech black women women of color advancement of people of color women of color leadership women in business women in the workplace email marketing email marketing best practices seo search engine optimization sales strategy sales strategies strategic growth strategic planning marketing strategy sales vs marketing sales and marketing relationships