Posts in Best Practice
Thank You

Gratitude is not just a once-a-year expression used during Thanksgiving, performance appraisals, or annual meetings. It's a daily necessity for sales professionals whose goal it is to provide value for as many people as possible.

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Never Assume, Always Ask

It is easy to do, it is convenient when the truth fits one’s own thinking, it is quick as no time is needed to check, it is comfortable as all debate is avoided, and it often happens unconsciously. And it is a trap, one that we all fall into way too easily.

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Self-Reflection

Researchers have shown that we think more than 50,000 thoughts per day, of which more than half are negative and more than 90% are just repeats from the day before.

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The 10 Types of Innovation

How do you tell your R&D team that while you value their work, their innovation on Product Performance matters the least to customers? The executive I was with has had this very conversation and was able to demonstrate how, for his business, Customer Engagement was the most impactful type.

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Being Deliberate

Being deliberate has its place in all parts of our life: work, love, parenthood, leadership, creativity, … Being deliberate is a skill. And mastering that skill will create the space for a higher level of performance when life presents its’ challenges. 

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Healthy Competition On and Off the Ice

Someone recently asked me for tools to use to create healthy competition among their team. I had to immediately think of the joy of comparing scores, the unexpected winners, the bragging rights, the prizes that stuck with people for years, and the stories we were able to tell as a result.

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The Internal Customer

Lack of attention and respect towards internal customers was leading to poor customer service, missing parts in deliveries, and an overall inability to achieve the desired double-digit sales growth. Only after addressing those internal issues did the company regain reputation and growth externally.

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Always be … CRMing

Sales Leaders (and for that matter anyone in Sales) know the acronym “ABC” is the infamous motivational phrase  “Always Be Closing” made popular by Alec Baldwin.  Today’s Sales Leaders need to know another acronym called “CRM”, or Customer Relationship Management. 

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Sales Objections and How to Handle Them

Every prospect you speak to has sales objections, or reasons they're hesitant to buy your product. Sales objections are unavoidable. And a salesperson that wants to be successful absolutely needs to know how to discover and resolve those objections.

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