A High-Level Sales Call Gone Bad – Really Bad

Years ago I was based in Europe, opening up operations there for Datalogix International, an ERP software company.  Datalogix “wound up” in Europe after selling a large deal to a Boston-based adhesives company, Bostik.  Bostik came to us with a problem: the were being sold by their parent company, Black & Decker, and Bostik had [...]

Strategic Account Management: It's Not Just A Sales Job.

One of the top firms among the 26 sales performance improvement providers ESR covers is Performance Methods, Inc. (PMI).  Founder and managing partner Steve Andersen is recognized as a thought-leader in the demanding and often misunderstood area of strategic account management. (Listen to Steve in an ESR/Podcast.) To understanding what a strategic account management methodology [...]

Selling = Politics and Politics = Selling

Geoffrey James writes a great blog.  I enjoy reading it, plus I most often learn something.  Although it’s more targeted to sales people than sales leaders, Geoffrey knows a lot about selling, is very well informed about a lot of things, and is a really good writer. Last week he wrote a seriously gutsy post about whether the U.S. should bail out of [...]