I don’t know how long you spent organising, saving, searching and planning for your next 10 days on holiday – but I wonder if it’s comparable with the time you’ve spent preparing for how successful you intend to become over …
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On a fairly regular basis, sales managers and business owners tell me that what they really need is a sales team that’s much more entrepreneurial – they desperately want their salespeople to show a little more initiative towards their problems and opportunities. One …
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May the charlatans and half-jobs never darken your door – but may the knowledge that they exist, drive you to reach every customer an hour before the dishonest ever get a chance to call. May you wake every morning eager …
Not so long ago a study was carried out to try and work out what it was that genuinely motivates people at work. As part of this study a large selection of managers and their staff were asked to put …
Not so long ago, a report on Health.com listed sales as one of the 10 professions where workers are most likely to experience depression. If you didn’t know already, depression affects about one in ten of the population – and can …
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Very few managers ever set out to actually demotivate a team. The night before starting a leadership or management role, most people are usually brimming with excitement. They make notes, get ready to address the troops, they’re looking forward to …
I received quite a lot of feedback and comments with regards to my last post – These People Will Never Be Your Customers – telling me how I was wrong to use the word “never”, and that only failures wouldn’t try …
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There’s a secret to sales success – which, if you’re already doing it on a regular basis, won’t be that much of a big surprise – but that’s probably only around 5% of all the salespeople out there – so …
Originally posted in LinkedIn Pulse: In the series (#If I Were 22), professionals share what they’d do differently — and keep the same. To be fair, 22 Year Old me was doing far better than he really deserved to be. …
The biggest threat to team motivation in any organisation can be traced back to a single source – Lobster People You may not know it yet, but I can almost guarantee that you already work with a few – and …
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