Q.  Are salespeople made or born?

Q. Are salespeople made or born?

I field this question, in one form or other, in almost every seminar I do. Just heard it again yesterday in relationship to the competency of building relationships.  The questioner opined that building relationships was a natural talent.  You either had it or you...
Myths of B2B Sales #1: “Great Relationships”

Myths of B2B Sales #1: “Great Relationships”

The world is full of sales people who claim, quite proudly, to have great relationships with their customers.  If that were true, it really would be great.  But unfortunately, “great relationships” is too often a veil that sales people hide behind to keep from...