May 6, 2022 | Personal Growth, Sales Training
One of the best ways to foster innovation and performance is through autonomy. Even if you don’t have a leadership title within your organization, you can still be a self-leader. Self-leadership describes how you lead your own life – setting your course, following it, and correcting as you go. Hone these five skills to elevate your impact as a self leader,
Mar 23, 2022 | Personal Growth, Sales Strategy
When I ask my sales consulting clients what is the most important aspect of earning new business, it’s fairly evenly split between prospecting and closing. The bookends of their sales process. It makes sense, because without prospecting you don’t have opportunities....
Mar 17, 2022 | Business Growth, Personal Growth, Sales Leadership, Sales Training
Your organization’s sales success starts at the top with strong sales leadership. What makes a good sales leader? John Maxwell has said, “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” That’s especially true in sales, and especially now as...
Feb 24, 2022 | Personal Growth, Sales Strategy
Adapt Sales Strategy: Buyer Preferences Change, Approach Must Too. While much is written about the changing of buyer preferences in strategic selling, don’t let that distract you because the foundation of what they are looking for remains the same as it always...
Feb 15, 2022 | Business Growth, Personal Growth, Sales Strategy, Sales Training
I was driving on a Saturday morning, and happened to catch a show on NPR about how someone earns the status of “expert.” It wasn’t with a business guru, but an anthropology researcher and author. And that short 15-minute segment changed my thought process on how we...
Apr 9, 2021 | Personal Growth, Sales Leadership, Sales Strategy
Statistics show that top business leaders read a book a week. They know…. you are what you read.
So, as a sales professional or sales leader, what books are on your bookshelf?
As I consider my own library, there are dozens upon dozens of titles in it you’d recognize. And some that you wouldn’t. Out of all my books, a handful jump out as having made the biggest impact on me as an entrepreneur, sales professional and sales leader.
These are the 10 books I recommend for sales professionals and sales leaders.