Rules, Tools & Attitudes

OK, I’m not Moses, but it seems to be a nice way to get the point across. Read below. The sales world is not that difficult if you follow these straightforward rules:
1. Thou shalt never SELL anything. Embody the idea of being objective, analytical, and solely focused on making the businesses, lives, careers and bank [...]

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Recently in our SELECT (advanced sales training) program, we got into a conversation about getting to the right person in the sales process.
As we went down the path, it became apparent that it was less a technique issue and more of an attitude issue on our part.
I went back in to the studio and recorded [...]

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In my observation of sales people, I’ve come to the conclusion that everyone falls on a continuum between highly skilled professional and poorly trained amateur. The people at the latter end of that scale are not bad people–they are just badly trained.
And nowhere does it become more apparent than when the sales person talks about [...]

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Have an upfront understanding prior to a sales call.
I’ve been called on by a lot of sales people over the years. And few–very few–ever tell me what the call is going to look like. They never send an agenda upfront–they never tell me the process they’ll use–they never tell me what the outcome could be.
Shame…shame…shame….
If [...]

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Have you ever seen a bad resume? I haven’t. And it’s time I did. Let me tell you why.
Every resume reader is skeptical of what he reads. Here’s what I think when I read a glowing resume: If this guy were that good, then why is he looking for a job? Or, “if he’s that [...]

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