It doesn’t matter if you’re selling for a blue-chip Fortune 500 company or a shiny new startup. I’m convinced professional sellers and sales leaders need to incorporate entrepreneurial selling into their toolkit if they’re going to succeed in today’s business environment.

In a new article for Sales Hacker, I delve into the whys and hows of entrepreneurial selling. I invite you to check it out. Then tell me, do you feel comfortable with entrepreneurial selling? What’s the biggest challenge you face in treating your territory/book as a business?

Remember when 2020 seemed so far away?

Well, the future is now. We’re at the doorstep of 2020. But we need to be looking well beyond it, to continue learning about the forces that will shape our sales organizations and the talent economy at large.  As I travel the country and meet with sales leaders and other organizational executives, some common themes emerge around the competencies, skills and resources needed for modern sellers and modern sales leaders.

This week on the blog, I share a list of skills for sales leaders. It’s by no means exhaustive, but it will expand your idea generation as you build out your sales organization. What skills would you add?

Sellers experience more objections, rejections and pressure than most other professions. How do the best sellers maintain their drive and sense of optimism? One skill helps them stand apart– a growth mindset.

The strategies I share in this week’s blog will expand your mindset and your results. Take a look, and see how many you can implement. If you make a growth mindset your priority, it will be your best investment and your biggest payoff.

Tools can help us work more efficiently so we can sell more and increase our impact.

There are many options for productivity tools out there – it becomes important to find the tools that work best for each individual. Of course, it can take some experimentation to get there. This week on the blog, I share some tools I’ve found to improve my effectiveness and productivity in the sales profession. What are your favorite productivity tools?

One way you can break through in the new sales economy is to build upon your already strong client relationships by cross-selling services. Growing existing relationships is a strategic way to lower your business development costs while increasing overall margins and client loyalty.

In my new guest blog for the National Society of Accountant’s Main Street Practitioner, I share four sure-fire steps to leverage your existing client meetings to uncover new cross-selling opportunities. You can check it out at the link below, and be sure to watch for follow-up articles in the coming months.