Posts Tagged 'assumptions'

Do you really know what people mean when they say, “Success, coaching, difficult, call, or strategy?” You’re not speaking the same language when coaching or collaborating with coworkers and employees. Here’s the #1 cause of problems, strained relationships and unmet goals and what you can do to immediately eliminate it. SALES LEADERSHIP Named One of …

 Ever feel your parents are annoying? I did. Active listening is the cornerstone to effective communication, leadership, selling and coaching. The FILTER and assumptions we create when listening will build trust or erode it. PROactive, Intentional listening improves relationships or destroys them. It makes the difference between being an average performer or mediocre salesperson …

When salespeople lose a sale, do you assume it’s a gap in skill, experience, knowledge, passion, attitude or commitment? Actually, the root cause of all lost sales, communication breakdowns, departmental silos, and strained relationships that lead to mistrust are the ASSUMPTIONS we make every day. INSTANT DOWNLOAD Here’s a sales coaching playbook to avoid these …

There are many shared, best practices between sales coaching and selling. If the evolution of selling is coaching vs. closing customers, this also applies to how you manage and develop your team. Here’s how to break free of the most toxic of coaching tactics that kills team productivity and trust. Here’s a a global epidemic …

 Do you and your coworkers communicate from a place of scarcity and fear or abundance, goals and pleasure? If you’ve ever gotten pushback around change, here are two questions to ask that will prevent you from falling into the abyss of, “What If’s.” Order, Sales Leadership, save 32%, and get over $1,250 worth of …

Learn how to eradicate the judgment you place on others by challenging the way you brand your people and the costly assumptions you make about them. Stop Branding Your People – Part 4 (Excerpt from Keith’s upcoming book, Coachquest.) In the spirit of believing that you’ve ‘tried everything,’ take a look at the following coaching …

Think of the objections you hear that prevent you from closing sales. Are you hearing these reasons directly from your prospects & customers or is it all in your imagination? Discover the leading cause of lost sales, pipeline constipation, missed sales targets and forecast inaccuracy. Whether it’s around your sales efforts, during a conversation with …

Everything is coachable, but how do you identify the truly powerful coaching opportunities during a conversation? A great place to start is by evaluating what assumptions you’re making about your team. If you’ve been following my blog and read my book on coaching, you may be asking yourself, “Okay, I get what coaching is, I …