by Kahle Wisdom | Mar 21, 2017 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force, Christian-Leadership
“Plans fail when there is no counsel, but they succeed when advisers are many.“ (Proverbs 15:22) This is an often-quoted verse, a piece of advice from King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived. While the advice doesn’t appear to be pointed only at business...
by Kahle Wisdom | Mar 1, 2017 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force, Leadership-Sales Management
I call it FIP. Fine in the Past. It refers to all the sales and marketing efforts, ideas, policies, principles, techniques, and strategies that worked well in the past but are no longer effective. The past is everything that’s pre-2012. I still recall a poignant...
by Kahle Wisdom | Jan 18, 2017 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force, Leadership-Sales Management
One of the most debilitating myths about the sales profession is this: Salespeople can learn on their own, on the job, and eventually become good at their jobs. They’ll eventually develop their own style, this myth implies, and that will bring them the maximum...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 31, 2016 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force
Field sales people have a unique aspect to their jobs – they have the ability to decide what to do every moment of every day. The need to make this decision – where to go, who to see, who to call, what to do – distinguishes the sales profession from most others. I’ve...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 20, 2016 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force, Leadership-Sales Management
“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 am...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 10, 2016 | Leadership-Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership-Sales Force, 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. ...
