Through our blog posts, we are looking to share not only the value that interim and fractional sales leaders bring to an organization. We also cover a variety of topics and share our experiences, all of which are part of the “day-in-a-life” of a sales professional.
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Half of those hired in from the outside turn out to be unsuccessful. That is a staggering statistic, and from a sales leadership perspective completely in line with other stats frequently quoted: a 2.5-year average tenure of a sales leader and only 1.5 years for the first VP of Sales a company hires.
Read More* Just kidding, there is no such thing. The many, often conflicting goals a sales compensation plan is meant to achieve, in addition to the huge variety of products, services, and businesses, make it impossible to have one plan that is “the greatest.”
Read MoreHow many of you sometimes find it difficult to slow down and collect your thoughts when under stress? Or, you get so excited that it negatively affects your ability to sleep? Or, on occasion, you experience both but at the same time?
The goal of leadership is to get others to willingly cooperate and engage, rather than following your directives because you’re in a position of authority. So, it does not matter if you have authority.
Read MoreImagine you are the founder, owner, or CEO of a young, ambitious company. You have developed a great new product. You have taken it to some potential clients. And some of those clients were so impressed by the product that they purchased from you. You are now ready to go to market.
Read MoreThey are extroverted, at first sight charming, intelligent, and busy leaders. They create their own “chaos and crisis,” then going about solving the very chaos and crisis they personally directed and created. He/she rarely sees a link between themselves and the chaos.
Read MoreTruly successful people don’t merely tolerate discomfort—they embrace it and seek it out again and again. Business founders and university students, top athletes and couch potatoes, meditation gurus, and military leaders all have very different ways of coping with discomfort.
Read MoreRespect time, yours, and others. If you tell someone you can meet at a certain time, you have made a promise. Being on time shows others that you are a person of your word, that you are dependable, and your word can be trusted.
Read MoreBacking it with evidence is very important. Data from the MIT Sloan School of Management determined that companies that utilized data-driven decision-making saw a 6% increase in productivity compared to those organizations that did not.
Read MoreManaging up doesn’t mean sucking up. It means being the most effective employee you can be, creating value for your boss and your company. That’s why the best path to a healthy relationship begins and ends with doing your job, and doing it well.
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