In sales, if you’re gonna lose, lose fast: Why we don’t

In sales, if you’re gonna lose, lose fast: Why we don’t

You know how this story ends. Is there anyone out there who believes that losing slowly is the best policy? 😧 “I would prefer to work an entire sales cycle before finding out that we’ve lost…versus finding out at the beginning. Working entire sales cycles are...
Confessions of a Former Cold-Calling Expert

Confessions of a Former Cold-Calling Expert

Today, when someone reaches out looking for sales prospecting workshops, I can’t say “no” fast enough…then I refer those opportunities to others. However, the answer was quite the opposite 15 years ago. From 2003-2006, I was one of the experts...
The Future of Sales: What once was admired…

The Future of Sales: What once was admired…

The Sales Profession – once trusted, respected and even admired as a profession, now consistently scrapes the bottom of Gallups annual trusted-professions study. To understand how to regain that respect, we must first understand how we had it in the first place,...