Dave Kahle Wisdom

Is Your Sales System Clogged with Accumulated Gunki?

What’s gunk?  Any practice that detracts from the salesperson spending time with customers.  In other words, other things the outside salespeople do instead of meeting with customers. Let’s drill deeper into Gunk, determine if you, or your salespeople are...

Have We Lost The Ability to Say NO?

It seems like more and more business people have lost the ability to say no. That’s too bad.  Being able to say no is a higher level skill that is advantageous in both business as well as life in general. Those who don’t master the art of saying no are...

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 Selling System:...

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 my series on the...
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