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Do Project Managers Need Sales Training, Too?

(If you don’t have Project Managers in your firm–and instead, have Customer Service agents or Technicians, then substitute that title for PMs) Well of course, you know the answer to that question before we start. But I’d like to share some observations that may make it easier for you to train your PM’s in communication […]

How Adults–And Sales People–Learn (And Achieve)

Not an especially sexy topic but one that every sales manager/ceo/leader should understand as we look to change results–and change behavior. (And for your extreme achievers, knowing how you learn might not be a bad idea). In our sales training practice, we get asked in to companies to solve sales problems. That’s just what we […]

The High Cost of Low Curiosity

Are you, by nature, a curious person? Having worked with thousands of sales people–and hundreds of managers–I honestly believe it is a pre-requisite to income success to be curious. Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.” When someone […]

A Great Example of Accountability

Cold-Calling My friend Dan runs a restaurant equipment company. As you can imagine, they’ve gone through some tough times recently and he has had to lay off several people in his firm. But his heart really broke when he had to lay off Marvin, a 26-year employee who had battled prostate cancer and other illness […]

Pharma Reps-Change Or You Might Become Expendable.

I work with a fair number of pharma reps–and I must tell you–there are changes you’ll have to make in order to be of value to your clients. Here’s an idea: Instead of moving into the sales process operating from a place of “how do I get the Doc to prescribe my drug?” – move […]