While I have spent most of my adult life hiring and training salespeople, it has been two years since my last new hire and that was for a client. I left my last management job in 2005 and have been blissfully semi-retired since that time. Well, here I go again and once again for a
I always tell people the same story … when I am considering referring you to one of my good clients … the deciding factor is generally based on my observed behaviors of you during our interactions. My theory is that, how you act with me will be the same way that you will act with
The Success Triangle has three sides … Skills, Knowledge, and Attitude. It is said that a salesperson can be successful if they score high in two out of three. Should they score high in all three … you will have yourself a stone-cold killer. Now consider this. Skills and knowledge can be taught. Attitude cannot.
Big news today! In an earlier article I spoke a bit about returning to my roots … selling. I tried marketing, I failed abysmally, and I hated every minute of it. I’m a salesperson to the bone. My roots also include the industry that I still consider to be the highlight of my almost 45
It’s been a lot of years since I last hired and ran a sales team which was in … 2005. Yikes! That long ago!? Still, over 80% of my career was spent doing just that. Finding and selecting the right salesperson for your company is one of the most critical, and difficult, challenges that any
Sales Recruiting – Build a Sales Farm System
Sales has a talent problem. There is a shortage of skilled entry-level sales professionals across the country. Yet, every year, companies spend exorbitant amounts on recruiting, hiring, and training, while still struggling with high turnover rates. To remedy this issue, we need to rethink and better coordinate our recruiting practices and the distribution of entry-level
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