Sales Coaches: Developing a clear coaching game plan

Sales Coaches: Developing a clear coaching game plan

Sales management is an art that requires thoughtful and effective communication between coaches and sales teams. Experienced sales coaches understand the importance of a clearly defined coaching plan for each individual team member, ...
Sales management: Building your dream team

Sales management: Building your dream team

Sales management is a multifaceted discipline that requires sales, management, HR and training experience to properly implement. It is a challenging role with no magic bullet solution. That being said, there are foundational elements ...
Sales Management Training: The Mindset of a Sales Guru

Sales Management Training: The Mindset of a Sales Guru

Sales Management Training: The mindset of a sales guru A career in sales can be the most satisfying profession, with every potential client interaction hinging on your ability to make a real connection. It is also a high-stakes and ...
Sales Management: Defining your Individual Sales Pact Discussions

Sales Management: Defining your Individual Sales Pact Discussions

Sales Management: Defining your Individual Sales Pact Discussions A Sales Pact Discussion is a valuable sales management tool that creates clarity on predefined expectations, agreed and desired business outcomes. It ensures that each ...
Sales Management: The importance of defining your sales team’s individual goals

Sales Management: The importance of defining your sales team’s individual goals

So, you’ve hand-picked your sales team and placed them. That is one big step towards building your dream sales team, but it’s only the start. Each team member might have a clear job description, but what they are expected to do is ...
Sales Training: Overcoming the Minimum Disease

Sales Training: Overcoming the Minimum Disease

There is a condition in sales that occurs in even the most skilled professionals; an underlying killer of consistency that creeps in when you least expect it. It starts off with a seemingly harmless voice that tells you, “It can wait ...
Sales Coaching: How to unlock the sale in discovery meetings like a Sales Guru

Sales Coaching: How to unlock the sale in discovery meetings like a Sales Guru

As a salesperson, you know that discovery meetings are crucial to the sales process. It’s where you establish rapport with your prospects, uncover their pain points, and present your solutions. Without a successful discovery meeting, ...
Sales Management: Introducing individual accountability

Sales Management: Introducing individual accountability

Anyone who has worked in sales knows that it is a highly demanding job that requires a lot of effort, skill, and motivation to succeed. However, regardless of one's competence, the efficiency of the sales team is ultimately determined ...
Sales Training: Why customers leave and the huge cost of customer churn

Sales Training: Why customers leave and the huge cost of customer churn

As salespeople, our ultimate goal is to not just acquire new customers, but to retain our existing ones. But despite our best efforts, there will always be a percentage of customers who leave. And while it may seem like a minor ...
Sales Training: Removing excuses and self-limiting beliefs

Sales Training: Removing excuses and self-limiting beliefs

Excuses, self-limiting beliefs and negative self-talk can put a huge damper on your sales performance. Negativity is contagious, it creeps into our everyday thinking through the smallest of exposures, and if we allow it, begins to ...
Sales Courses: Sell like A Sales Guru

Sales Courses: Sell like A Sales Guru

The need for continual personal development in sales has never been more critical. Just as we upgrade our cell phones, laptops, and other devices to enhance performance and access the latest features, sales professionals must also ...
You or the lotto

You or the lotto

On the 13th January, 3 people won the American Powerball lottery and shared a massive US 1.6 billion, the equivalent of R26.56 billion! In the lead up to this, I spoke with friends in America who were excited about the opportunity ...