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Post-Sabbatical Takeaways on People, Places and My Professional Life

Not sure why it took working full-time for 35 years before pulling the trigger to make this happen, but I am so thankful that I finally listened to advisors, mentors, friends, and peers telling me to do it. I recently completed my first-ever sabbatical. 30 days off… The entire experience was wonderful, instructive, life-giving, convicting, …

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16 Years Ago Today, This Happened the Hole After I Broke a Window

After spending ten weeks on the road in Q1 (mostly doing sessions for sales kickoff meetings), it’s great to be back home. I’ve been looking forward to some office time, catching up with clients, and the chance to finally put together a handful of new engagements.  It’s only midday Tuesday and I just wrapped up …

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Winners Own the Outcome Instead of Blaming Others & Circumstances When They Lose

Last week was no fun. It was heartbreaking to see Purdue (our son’s school) bow out of the NCAA tournament early (yet again), this time to #16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson. It was the third year in a row they were upset by an inferior team, but this time was the most painful because as a …

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4 Very Common Causes for Lack of New Opportunity Creation

During a recent virtual workshop for a client’s global sales leaders, two little words made the entire group of sales leaders squirm: Pipeline health. You could feel the virtual room tightening up at the mere mention of it. The reason why quickly became clear—their teams were struggling to create enough opportunities at the top of …

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My Wife’s Reaction Proves That Customers Buy for Their Own (Sometimes Irrational) Reasons

Today is my wife Katie’s birthday. And anyone who knows us knows that she didn’t get the better deal in this marriage. As I wrote in the dedication to New Sales. Simplified., she is the very best proof that I really can sell. The Backstory: For the past two years, golf has become a mutual …

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Sales Lessons from St. Peter’s Cinderella Story

I’m heartbroken. While the rest of the country is enjoying and celebrating St. Peter’s Cinderella storybook run through the Men’s NCAA March Madness Tournament, my family is licking its wounds in utter disbelief. Nothing against this fun team of overachievers from Jersey City, their great coach, and this amazing heartwarming story. It’s awesome. As a …

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Stop Falling All Over Yourself Thanking Prospects & Customers for Their Time

It has been the fastest, craziest start to a year that I can remember, and even the over-the-top, ominous coverage of Omicron hasn’t put a damper on the kickoff of Sales Kickoff Season meetings.  As I recently posted on LinkedIn, for all the logistical chaos created by clients postponing or converting conferences from in-person to …

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