Inside The Sales Training Industry Part 2: 9 Big Obstacles To Overcome

For those of you who read Part 1 of this series and asked for more, thanks for your feedback, and here it is. Sales trainers and sales training firms have a big challenge over the next year:  many customer training budgets have shrunk or been eliminated entirely; the trainers’ own revenues are significantly down—there has [...]

New Year Resolutions For Sales Leaders

Pick one or more of the resolutions below.  Commit, execute, enjoy the results. I’ll never hire another sales rep who can’t get the sales job done. First, completely understand the position and the skills and traits required to be successful.  Evaluating whether a candidate meets those requirements requires a series of two to three structured [...]

Ten of My Most Popular Posts for Sales Leaders

I’m very pleased that traffic on this blog has grown significantly since I created it last April.  With that in mind, I suspect some of you who are new to this blog may have missed some of the earlier posts.  Here are the most popular, based upon this blog’s Top Posts stats: Observing a Sales Training Program (Part 1) [...]