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As a busy sales professional, you spend a lot of time focused on your career and your sales team’s success. Like other successful professionals, you may realize you neglect other areas of your life, like your mindset, health, and relationships.  In order to achieve at your highest level, you want to show up in your […]

The strongest force in human nature is to stay consistent with the identity you hold of yourself. Your identity is who you believe you are: I am a sales person, I am a mother, I am a master influencer, I am not a closer, I am not good on the phone. Any statement that begins […]

The best salespeople and sales leaders are compelling storytellers. They can draw their audience in, keep their focus, and guide them to their outcome. Anytime they tell a story, they’re taking their listener on a journey: The Hero’s Journey.    There are seven key elements of a compelling and engaging story:    The Hero is […]

Have you ever set out to do something new and simply lost interest along the way? Whether it’s making a decision to work out more often or learning to speak a new language, at some point, we’ve all been in a position where our old habits ended up trumping the new ones we wanted to […]

The most powerful way to increase productivity within your sales organization is with an effective and proactive performance review and coaching system.    Most organizations provide their employees with an annual review – a look back at the past year’s performance. While somewhat useful, this strategy does not support employees in changing habits that may […]

Many sales professionals begin a conversation with a prospective client without ever thinking about their outcome or the meaning they want someone to attach to the experience. They dive right into the conversation they want to have and leave the rest to change. That strategy is costing them precious sales!  The top 1% of sales […]

Do you have long term clients? Do you feel your clients are loyal to you and your product? Do you know exactly what your clients and prospects will need in 2021?    This is the perfect time of year to think about the type of sales relationships you want to create for 2021. If you […]

There are four dynamics of energy reflective in all human interactions. Many salespeople and leaders are not aware of the impact these four dynamics have on their success. If you are not experiencing the success you desire, then most likely the energy people are sensing during interactions with you are turning them off.    The […]

Your mindset is the product of your thoughts, your beliefs, and your internal dialogue. It is the filter you use to decide how to interpret what is going on around you, and then how to respond.     In order to create the results you desire from your sales efforts, you need to first understand and […]

A few weeks ago, we shared with you the Cycle of Performance (COP), an unconscious process that your mind goes through every time you start something new in life, whether it’s a new training routine, a nutrition plan, a new career, or anything else. The COP has four phases – Inception, Deception, Transformation, and Identity. […]