sales disciplines
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7 More Tips on How I Sell More and Get More Done Part 3
- January 9, 2017
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Part 1 and Part 2 were very popular and centered around productivity and technology, but not selling competencies. This post presents Part 3, which although having a different perspective on selling more and getting more done, stays away from selling-specific competencies like the other two entries.
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Former IBM Pro Lashes Out Over Sales Assessment
- February 17, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
A CEO of a fairly large-sized but under-performing OEM asked us to evaluate his sales force. One of the three regional managers, who assessed as poorly as any regional manager could, called to complain about his results. In addition to calling me a toad, Bob said that in the eighties he used to sell and manage at IBM and he led the top performing team. He finished by letting me know that we didn’t know what we were talking about and, by the way, he would be picking me up at the airport for the kick-off of their national training initiative.
