by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 31, 2016 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force
Field sales people have a unique aspect to their jobs – they have the ability to decide what to do every moment of every day. The need to make this decision – where to go, who to see, who to call, what to do – distinguishes the sales profession from most others. I’ve...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 20, 2016 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force, Leadership-Sales Management
“I have my own style of selling.”That is a remark I have heard a number of times, usually from relatively inexperienced salespeople. What they usually mean is something like this: “I don’t have any real system to what I do, I don’t want any scrutiny, and I am...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 20, 2016 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Management
Question: How do you switch from paying your sales people based on the sale to paying them based on the collection of the sale? Answer: Anytime you make changes to a sales person’s compensation plan, you are playing with fire. Any adjustments require that you be...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 10, 2016 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force, Leadership-Sales Management, Christian-Leadership
In a previous post, I wrote that qualities of character in the CEO were a more important indicator of business success than the business model. In this, and the next few posts, I’m going to share those qualities that I believe mark a great business leader. ...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 9, 2016 | Leadership-Sales Force
Q: I’m seeing a lot of anxiety and nervousness about the economy all around me. Do you have any thoughts on how to respond to this? To my readers…This started out as a normal question and answer. The more I wrestled with my thoughts, the more I became convinced that...
