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How Sales Champions THINK to Drive Awesome Results We live in turbulent times. CEO confidence is at an all-time low, as companies stress and scramble to hit their year-end goals. The managers’ solution? More frequent pipeline, forecast, and deal reviews, more cold calls, meetings, and pressure to push for results. Unfortunately, doing the wrong thing …

 Ask yourself, are you working from home, or living at work? 🤔 People work under intense conditions that traditional time management and life balance strategies fail to address. Especially in our remote world, your work and personal life suffer, and personal priorities, self-care, along with your quality of life become secondary in pursuit of …

 Ever wonder why some leaders experience higher turnover, interpersonal friction, and more team challenges, while other leaders are so inspiring that they have people wanting to be part of their team, and cherish their ideas, coaching, and any new initiatives? If the level of disengagement in the workplace is at it’s highest ever, at …

Here’s a painful paradox. Managers create the very problems they try to avoid. That’s why it’s time for you to quit your job. No, I’m not suggesting to hand in your resignation letter but to resign from your toxic role as Chief Problem Solver. Imagine this. You’re at your desk, and you receive an email, …

Every manager has been in this difficult position, which has been further exasperated by our remote workforce. That is, “How do I handle an underperformer?” Unfortunately, practically every company’s process around handling performance issues does not work. What if the underperformer handles themselves? Now, they’re the ones making the firing or hiring choice. The great …

A Global Epidemic I was talking with a WW head of sales and their sales enablement team. They said they want their managers to start proactively coaching effectively and consistently. Throughout the conversation, everyone kept making a similar comment. “WE WANT ALL MANAGERS TO COACH 70% OF THE TIME.” My response was, “If you want …

You may have heard the expression, “People don’t leave their company, they leave their manager.” The truth is, people don’t leave their company or their manager. They leave the CULTURE. Here’s a paradox. Managers create the very problems they want to avoid! Here are some of the topics we cover: * If you’re not enjoying …

Managers, Don’t Take The Bait! Your employees may be inadvertently manipulating you. In this 3 minute episode, I share how managers can make their deal and pipeline reviews more valuable that drive more sales, and how to avoid two of the most common traps they fall into when coaching their team that salespeople use to …