How Working for Your Team Can Work for You
How can working for your team help you? I recently met with a young sales manager who wanted to be an effective team leader. After offering a few ideas and discussing accountability procedures, he asked me about a particular situation. His top salesperson had recently taken off several days. He took time off to care [...]
Why You Should be Networking Internally
Networking internally is a thing? Yes, well at least it can be. I've written quite a bit about networking but so far everything I've discussed has been virtual and in person networking events set after hours or away from the office. Isn't networking at the workplace just as important? What Networking Internally Isn't Networking at [...]
How Recognizing Employees Helps your Organization
Recognizing employees isn't only for the employee. Yes, employees seek recognition. They want to be appreciated, but recognizing employees helps your organization as well. But What Does Recognizing Employees Do for me? Last week I was talking with one of my favorite managers. He shared his belief that you can’t expect most people to do [...]
Sell More by Selling Less
Salespeople in many industries could increase their sales IF they stopped selling. As counter intuitive as sell more by selling less may sound, the best sales approach may be no sales approach at all. Instead of (or at least along with) improving small talk, sales presentations, and closing skills — work on improving product knowledge, [...]
Don’t Confuse Networking with Hijacking
So, what does don't confuse networking with hijacking mean? Here's an example. I once had a person, I thought was my friend, ask me to exaggerate and “Just stretch the truth a little. You know, a white lie.” The key word for me was lie. A lie is a lie regardless what color it is. [...]