Category: Business

Investing is a critical component of securing a comfortable future, but it can be a daunting task without the right knowledge and strategy. A well-rounded investment plan is not just about growing wealth; it’s about making informed decisions that align with your financial goals and risk tolerance. This guide delves into the essentials of investing,…

What is a complex sale? A complex sale is characterized by multiple stakeholders directly and indirectly involved in the decision process. The sales process requires numerous interactions with stakeholders over an extended period. This can result in a long selling/buying cycle and impact on the seller’s revenues and cash-flow. Stakeholders can be in various regional…

Management who believe solely in developing the sales team’s product knowledge will give them the edge and increase sales are headed for disappointment. It may have been a good idea forty years ago but in today’s environment a client can gain information via the internet and through their peers, product knowledge is not a differentiator.…

If the purpose of sales training is to share information, then using a classroom setting or on-line learning is the right forum. However, seeing, reading, and taking notes is passive learning and will not achieve sales competence. Add to this the generic nature of most courses, makes it difficult for a salesperson to relate the…

What do you do when your sales targets are not achieved despite having been through a sales training and coaching program? This is a situation no-one wants to be in. Sales performance is affected when your identity is incongruent with your role as a salesperson. Being incongruent could be a temporary issue, and if you…

This story is part of I’m So Obsessed (subscribe here), our podcast featuring interviews with actors, artists, celebrities and creative types about their work, career and current obsessions. When actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt launched Hit Record a decade ago, the goal was to give people an online place where they could come together and create…