Assumptivitis…a chronic disease of many sales people

It’s a story that has played out time and time again. A company announces a new product. It is innovative, well positioned and competitively superior. Senior management has high expectations for the new product and has established big revenue targets. Unfortunately,...

Is Price killing your sale? Think again!

Ask most sales reps the reason they lost their last sale and they will most likely say; “price, the competition undercut me to win the business”. Price is easy to blame and sometimes it really is the culprit, but, more often than not, it is not the problem. In fact,...

Why isn’t the sales team selling our new product?

This is a question that is asked by business executives every year. The company invested lots of time and resources to bring a new product to market. R&D invested hundreds of thousands of dollars creating a product that should far exceed anything in the market...
How to Ask Coaching Questions that Challenge your Reps Thinking

How to Ask Coaching Questions that Challenge your Reps Thinking

While speaking at a Sales Conference this past spring, I shared a few best practices around what top sales managers are doing to drive better sales results. Top coaches in any field understand the importance of challenging the individuals on their teams, pushing them...