by Dave Kahle | Jul 26, 2018 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Professional B2B salespeople, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
Q. My new sales manager is having a difficult time trying to implement change. Because many members of our experienced sales force still need to execute a number of the changes in the past year, do you have any suggestions? A. Implementing change is always difficult....
by Dave Kahle | May 31, 2018 | Professional B2B salespeople, Sales practices & strategies
Are Successful Salespeople Born That Way? It is the eternal question, the sales manager’s version of nature versus nurture. I teach salespeople how to become better at their jobs. I believe successful salespeople are nurtured. There are best practices in the sales...
by Dave Kahle | May 24, 2018 | Sales Managers/Sales Leaders, Uncategorized
Sales Leaders need to communicate expectations of their sales persons directly to them. It should not be a secret. It should also not be a matter of negotiation. If you have not given clear and specific expectations, the sales people will default to what feels...
by Dave Kahle | May 11, 2017 | Professional B2B salespeople, Sales Force Issues, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
Whether you are a small business person, or a professional sales person, you can utilize a powerful strategy to take your sales performance to dramatically higher levels — leverage. Leverage revolves around the idea of multiplying the effects of some effort. ...
by Dave Kahle | Apr 4, 2017 | Professional B2B salespeople, Sales Force Issues, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
Question: What do I do when my goals don’t match the company’s goals for me? Answer: This is a question that I hear, in one form or another, pretty regularly. I can look at this is in two ways – expressing two different situations. In the first, there is a...
