Dave Kahle Wisdom

Hidden Costs in a Sales Team

The biggest cost in a sales team is often invisible and unacknowledged.  Yet, it costs the company more in opportunities lost than any other single issue. Many sales managers aren’t even aware of it.  Let’s take a look. The Kahle Way(r) B2B...

3 Greatest Challenges for Sales Managers

Over my career, I’ve worked with hundreds, maybe even thousands of sales managers, and I’ve learned some things. Regardless of the size of business, the product sold or market to which it is sold, sales managers share some common hurdles.  Here are the...

Hiring a Star Salesperson — What to Look For.

Hiring a star salesperson is one of the best things you can do.  But, very few people do it well.  We often look for the wrong things in the interview process.  We should be looking for the character of the prospect.  Here’s the next  in...

Hiring a Great Salesperson – What To Look For

We’d all like to hire great salespeople.  Few of us ever do.  Part of the reason may be the qualities and qualifications we look for in the interview process.  In this next of a series of qualities of character of the best salespeople, I unveil...

Hiring a Star Salesperson- What to Look For

We’d all like to hire superstar salespeople. The problem is spotting one in the interview process. What do you look for?  In this, one of a series on the qualities of character of superstar salespeople, I share my number three recommendation:  Th...