When connecting smrtPhone to your existing Podio account, you must have these things in place first:
Make sure you select a workspace that you have administrative rights to
You have a Paid Podio Plan
You must have a Contacts App, where your lead information, including name and phone numbers, is stored (it's okay if it's called something else, as long as it functions like a typical contacts app).
The Contacts App must use a Podio phone number field (not a text field) to store phone numbers
All phone numbers for the Contact must be within the single, unified phone number field (because that is where smrtPhone will look for syncing phone numbers)