Dave Kahle Wisdom

Is There a Good Time for Sales Training?

Here’s a question I received from a sales manager — Q.  I wanted to do some sales training last year, but it just wasn’t the right time for it.  We had too many things on our plate.  Looking at our calendar this year, I am coming to the same...

When Should You Fire A Salesperson?

      Sooner or later, almost every sales manager must face the difficult decision as to whether or not to terminate the employment of a salesperson. In this podcast, I provide some principles to help you with that decision....

Supercharging Your Personal Development

 One of the best ways to supercharge your personal development is to set goals.  In this post, I reply to a question about goal setting for personal improvement, with guidelines for every sales executive. ***********************************************************...

How to Sell Commodities

How do you sell when the competition has exactly the same product?  Are you reduced to being the low price?  Unfortunately, many sales people have never thought deeply about how to effectively sell commodities, and, therefore,  resort to discounting.  Here’s a...

What Do You Look For When You Hire A Salesperson?

Which of these two choices is more likely to result in an effective salesperson: Hiring someone with technical expertise or industry experience and training them to become a salesperson Hiring someone with sales aptitude, and training them in the product knowledge and...
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