by Kahle Wisdom | Jan 29, 2018 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Management
Question: How does one respond to companies that are now participating in “on-line” auctions? It is basically a 30-minute bidding war and the low bid is presented. One needs to decide, (auction style) how low to price the product. Specifications and drawings are...
by Kahle Wisdom | Jan 3, 2018 | 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. First, a...
by Kahle Wisdom | Jan 3, 2018 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Management
Question: Are sales people made or born? Answer: 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...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 28, 2017 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Management, Christian-Leadership
“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 probably...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 13, 2017 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Management
In our surveys, CEOs indicate “on the job” training as the predominant method of developing sales people. If everyone is doing it, it must be OK, right? I don’t think so. See if this sounds familiar. You are ready to expand your sales force, so you hire a nice guy...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 10, 2017 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force, Leadership-Sales Management
This was to be a totally different article. I intended to write about what makes a successful sales person. However, as I began to conceptualize the article, it occurred to me that I ought to begin with a definition of success. And it was there that I got...