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About Morné
Morné Smit doesn’t just talk about resilience—he’s lived it. A former national-level rugby player, Morné learned early on how discipline, teamwork, and focus can drive success under pressure. “Rugby teaches me a lot,” he says. “It’s not about the individual player. It’s about the team, and everyone doing their job to win together.”
That mindset shaped a career that’s taken him across 60 industries and four continents. Along the way, he’s seen the struggles sales teams face: overworked, under-supported, lacking direction, and struggling to scale . He’s also seen their potential. “Salespeople are some of the toughest, grittiest people out there,” Morné says. “But even the best need the right systems and coaching to unlock their full potential.”
To help them do just that, Morné built Emerse Group, a company dedicated to unlocking sales potential through proven systems and actionable strategies. Under his leadership as CEO, Emerse Group was named Best Sales Training & Development Company (2025) in the U.S. by the Business Excellence Awards, hosted by Acquisition International.
Morné’s results speak for themselves. He helped take one company from $18M to $180M in under five years—without a dollar of external funding. “That wasn’t luck,” he says. “It was about finding the gaps, building the right systems, and giving people the tools to succeed.” By combining systems, discipline, and encouragement, Morné doesn’t just help teams hit their numbers—he transforms how they think about sales.
Through his work, Morné caught the attention of legendary sales guru Jack Daly, who entrusted Morné with carrying forward his life’s work. As Jack’s sole partner for his renowned sales growth tactics, Morné continues to inspire and empower sales professionals around the globe.
He was named Transformational CEO of the Year (Sales Industry) by the Global Excellence Awards and honored by Marquis Who’s Who for his leadership and impact. In 2025, he earned the Top New Speaker award from Vistage and was a top-rated presenter at EO’s EMP program at MIT, where attendees praised his sessions for their actionable strategies and fresh perspectives on sales leadership.
Morné’s workshops are practical, direct, and built for results. He’s not here to inspire from the sidelines, he’s here to help sales teams win.
“I have found my successor. It’s time to pass the baton.”
Work With Morné
Morné met global keynote speaker and Best-Selling Author Jack Daly in 2018 and with his guidance and mentorship has led ambitious start-ups, scale-ups, and mid-market companies, to grow revenue 30% – 130% year-on-year, through his sales consultancy, Emerse.
“It’s not every day that you meet the perfect individual to take forward your life’s work. In many ways it is more unique than meeting your spouse.”
~ Jack Daly
Combining Jack’s teachings and materials along with his own 20+ years of sales experience, Morné has created a set of tailored keynote talks, workshops and virtual training that he now delivers across the globe, virtually and in person.
Your audience will be left energized and ready to transform their sales performance, with practical and easy-to-implement tools and takeaways.
Morné met global keynote speaker and Best-Selling Author Jack Daly in 2018 and with his guidance and mentorship has led ambitious start-ups, scale-ups, and mid-market companies, to grow revenue 30% – 130% year-on-year, through his sales consultancy, Emerse.
“It’s not every day that you meet the perfect individual to take forward your life’s work. In many ways it is more unique than meeting your spouse.”
~ Jack Daly
Combining Jack’s teachings and materials along with his own 20+ years of sales experience, Morné has created a set of tailored keynote talks, workshops and virtual training that he now delivers across the globe, virtually and in person.
Your audience will be left energized and ready to transform their sales performance, with practical and easy-to-implement tools and takeaways.
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TESTIMONIALS
What Others are Saying
I have found my successor on the business front, which I’m tremendously excited about. In the past 20+ years he is the most impressive of guys I’ve met in that space, he is an accomplished professional in the sales arena and someone who over the last four years has absorbed my teachings and combined my proven systems & processes with his material, making for a strong combination. He will add tremendous value to your members.
Jack Daly
International Speaker & Best-Selling Author
Morné is dynamic, engaging, and filled with insights. The concepts covered during the talk helped me glue all the pieces together of how to hire, manage and get the performance I need from our sales team. I left with a clear picture of the actions we needed to take to scale through sales.
Cesar Quintero
Certified EOS Implementer
Morné is a dynamic and entertaining speaker who unclutters how to build a sales team, the different skill sets between sales and sales management, behaviors to look out for, how to measure success, accountability and developing the all important Sales Playbook. This is a must attend session.
Franck Saragossi
CEO – The Profit Recipe
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Morné Smit for a number of years, and I’ve heard him speak a number of times.
Morné extracts new insights by framing exceptional questions. He’ll challenge, confront and test your assumptions. Then will guide you to reach ingenious answers.
Dan Larson
CEO of LeverageSalesCoach.com
I’ve attended a number of similar events and I rarely remember any of the content, but Morné’s style and approach are impactful and highly memorable. I definitely recommend attending Morné’s keynote talks!
Vesna Dejanovska
HR Director, KEMET
Excellent delivery and passion, engaging, great presentation flow. High energy and passionate about topic. Great take aways. Would highly recommend. I rarely give 5/5 but this was definitely one.
Michael S Kady
Vistage South Florida Group Chairman
One of the best speakers I have heard in a long time. Extremely relevant!
Outstanding speaker.
Andy Bourey
Master Chair, Vistage International Inc
Morné was among the best speakers we’ve ever heard at our Vistage Group in Little Rock. Lots of takeaways across many areas of leadership through a sales culture lens.
Morné is very energetic and motivating. I walked away with clear, actionable steps that I know will make a positive impact on my business.
I highly recommend Morne to speak to your business of business group!
Marta Loyd
Chair, Vistage Executive Peer Advisory Boards
Thanks for doing your magic with us this week. You nailed it. I believe what you shared will have a lasting impact with my members.
Ed Holinski
Vistage Michigan
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