Josh Penzell

Josh Penzell is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in coaching sales teams, developing global strategy, leading cross-functional teams, and facilitating organizational innovation.

His approach focuses on delivering results and behaviors to propel learning initiatives, leading to significant improvements such as reducing new hire training resources by 50% at Zillow Rentals while enhancing sales professionals' ramp performance by 86%.

Josh's unique perspective on connecting things has led him to create innovative learning experiences like a voice assistant for vehicle manufacturers at Zoox and developing growth mechanisms for businesses like Amazon Alexa.

Drawing from his theater background, Josh sees employees like actors, focusing on individual needs to enhance performance, emphasizing human performance in solving business problems.

He believes in Passion Transfer, running L&D as a business, rapid implementation, ROI delivery, and collaboration with diverse talents.

Josh's expertise includes increasing sales revenue, improving compliance training adoption, implementing new technologies for budget efficiency, enhancing productivity, and boosting sales through coaching programs.

Education-wise, Josh holds a BS in Communications and Theatre, an MBA, and an MFA in Theater Directing, along with a high school diploma.

His professional journey includes roles such as Senior Director of Product Management at Skillsoft, Advisor at Aloft, Founder & Artistic Director at TheaterThink, and various managerial positions at top organizations like Zillow, Amazon, and Zoox.

Josh's skills encompass sales enablement, training strategy, coaching, learning systems, talent development, e-learning, writing, consulting, project management, instructional design, and TheaterThink.

He invites discussions on a wide range of topics related to his expertise and is open to professional connections.