Sales processes, CRM systems, sales trainers, sales professionals are all becoming more professional, more sophisticated but are close rates getting any better? The trouble with most sales training whether supplemented with great outside consultants, or not, is that...
You have enjoyed a glorious career as a top salesperson but now it’s time to join the ranks of management. Sadly sales management coaching is thin on the ground. General consensus – You were great at closing deals so you will excel at mentoring salespeople to...
The recession feels like the new norm to me. Sometimes we need to just ignore those big ugly macro statistics and get stuff done. Assuming this difficult climate has allowed you to fine tune your Big Story, the compelling reason for you to exist (what else are...
How many times have we heard the phrase – I’m sorry but there is no budget for your proposal/idea! Of course there is no budget. If you are leading your sales teams to look for budget you really are going to be very disappointed. Look at it this way, what...