Blog Creating Sales Champions—One Manager at a Time

When you have something you need your people to do or buy into, how do you get your people on board? You could use your authority to demand compliance or you could choose a better way and learn how to create alignment towards a shared goal through the art of Enrollment. Get notified each time …

Managers worldwide struggle to find the time and resources necessary to properly observe their people. Learn why this is a crucial mistake and how to avoid it. I recently delivered a webinar in partnership with Salesforce.com and Work.com that focused on key concepts from my book Coaching Salespeople Into Sales Champions. It was an exciting …

Your A Players are clearly more effective communicators than your C Players. So if selling is a language, why aren’t we coaching our salespeople’s language and message? Get notified each time a new 60-Second Sales Coach video is released. Complete transcript taken from a live Q & A session in Phoenix. Would anyone here disagree …

Do you know exactly what to say to a prospect or customer that captures their attention so succinctly and effectively that they want to talk with you and are actually asking for more? If you are being honest with yourself, the answer is probably “No.” If that is the case, then how can you expect …

If you’re trying to assess your people and uncover the real gap or coaching opportunity based on data, reports and spreadsheets, your extinction is imminent. Learn the secret to successfully evolving as a manager by shifting from a spreadsheet jockey to an authentic people manager. Get notified each time a new 60-Second Sales Coach video …

At some point, I hear from practically every person I’ve ever worked with about the competition in their market. Companies spend so much time trying to outsell, outwit and out price their competition without realizing who their greatest competitor truly is. As such, they focus all of their energy on trying to beat out the …

Most sales managers are so result driven that they attempt to coach the end result—drilling their sellers about quotas, numbers, activity and results. Learn why coaching the process without pushing for the result, will paradoxically lead to breakthroughs in performance. Get notified each time a new 60-Second Sales Coach video is released. Complete transcript taken …

The opportunities for coaching people are vast. Here is a detailed list of the top 14 significant and common areas to be mindful of when coaching people. In a prior blog, I discussed The Gap, which is where the real magic and true coaching moment takes place. The Gap is the space that exists between …