Dave Kahle Wisdom

Expectations in Sales Management: They Are Not You – One of The 25 Most Important Things

Expectations in Sales Management: They Are Not You – One of The 25 Most Important Things

by Dave Kahle I was in the first year of my first management job and experiencing growing frustration. I was continually disappointed in what I perceived as a lack of motivation in my charges.  Not only that, but they just didn’t have the same degree of...
B2B Sales: Narrow Your Focus, Multiply Your Business

B2B Sales: Narrow Your Focus, Multiply Your Business

by Dave Kahle            In my earlier life, I had seven sales positions during the time from age 18 to 34.  The last was selling for a hospital supplies distributor.  I was given a territory that had about $10,000 in existing business, and 77 accounts.  Every year...
How Important are Sales Managers?

How Important are Sales Managers?

by Dave Kahle I have a notoriously bad memory, to the point where I am often the butt of incredulous comments from my spouse and grown kids.  “Don’t you remember when we did this?” they’ll ask.  “No” I respond.And yet, remarkably, I can remember each of the seven...
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