I am tired of seeing salespeople flailing, failing and whining, quoting morons and false teachers, executing horrendous sales process, acting like amateurs, and shooting their own sales effort in the foot. The list below stemmed from a twitter rant several years ago where I reeled off consecutive tweets proclaiming what I wish salespeople would STOP doing […]
30 Things I Wish Salespeople Would STOP… Read More »
When I was about 25 I remember telling my step-grandfather that it seemed like the years kept getting shorter and Christmas came around sooner every year. He replied, “Mitch, at my age, it feels like Christmas comes every other week!” Well, not sure how quickly the first-half of 2017 went by for you, but to
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Last week I was in Chicago and San Diego leading sales leadership workshops for two different large companies. We had a blast and it’s energizing seeing sales managers get refocused and recharged. What I always find intriguing is how interested managers are in one particular topic: help with upgrading their sales team meetings. It’s almost
Why Most Sales Team Meetings Are Awful and How to Fix That Read More »
Politicians typically are not great examples for us. But the one area where skilled politicians continually impress me is in their ability to deftly answer a different question than the one they’re asked. In many cases, it’s not that they are avoiding the question, but that they are intentionally focused on communicating a particular message to the
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Happy almost summer! Things are feeling just about right around here. My oldest is home from Butler and today starts his first internship. My daughter returns later this week from completing her first year in Kansas State’s grueling architecture program, and my high school junior had his banquet/prom this weekend. Last night we grilled out on the patio with
Pre-Summer Sales Management Checklist Read More »
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury… For six years I’ve been prosecuting the case against what several of my friends and I have come to call the #SocialSelling-Only, the Inbound-Only Prospecting is Dead Charlatans. On many platforms, and in front of many audiences, online and in-person, my friends and I have made the case that
In case you’re not a sports fan, haven’t turned on ESPN lately, or seen a sports page, tomorrow is the NFL Draft. The hype is close to unbearable. And laughably, so is the pathetic track record of the supposed experts telling us who’s the next surefire superstar. (The image above is comedian Frank Caliendo impersonating ESPN NFL
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Spring is in the air! March Madness comes to an end Monday night. The Cardinals are hosting (it pains me to write this) the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs at Busch. And Q1 is in the books. Hope it was a great quarter for you. Here’s a quick sales checklist headed into Q2: Review your
Q2 and Opening Day Are Here / Last Chance for OutBound ATL / New Website Pages Read More »
I often get notes from people who read my blog or books asking where they can attend a public event to hear me speak. It’s flattering to be asked, but also frustrating to have to respond that “you can’t come see me” because 99% of the events I do are private engagements (sales kickoffs, annual meetings,
My sales management mentor, Donnie Williams (who was also my sales manager in the late 1990’s and my business partner in the early 2000’s), was great with one liners. He’s the one who came up with the quip I often use when salespeople tell us they are worried about selling more because production or the
You Are Responsible for the Health of Your Pipeline, Results and Retirement Income Read More »
