by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 12, 2019 | Podcasts
In this session, I respond to two questions from salespeople: One has to do with the idea of ‘finesse’ and the other on methods to insure that you get the ‘last look.’ My advise may not be what you were expecting. Check out this...
by Dave Kahle | Dec 10, 2019 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
How can failure be good? Remember John Delorean? He was the superstar General Motors executive who started the Delorean Motor Company. When the company began to falter, he was arrested and charged with complicity in a drug deal that some speculated was an attempt to...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 5, 2019 | Podcasts
Effective salespeople think about what they do before they do it. That’s called planning. And, good planning requires disciplines and routines. In this podcast, I unveil a planning process that has focused and energized thousands of B2B salespeople....
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 3, 2019 | Podcasts
Great business leaders invariably exhibit the same qualities of character. In this first of series, I look at the qualities of character that mark great leaders, with a deep dive into the first: An unshakeable work ethic. Check out this episode! Excerpt: First, for...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 28, 2019 | Podcasts
This is my answer to a question submitted by a sales manager: How many sales calls should a salesperson make? The answer may surprise you. Check out this...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 21, 2019 | Podcasts
Why is it so difficult to change our behavior? Why are managers and leaders frustrated in trying to help people do better and sell better? The stealth cause is an aspect of human nature that is rarely acknowledged and even more rarely overcome. ...
by Dave Kahle | Nov 21, 2019 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
I just had a conversation with a sales manager at my last seminar. The gist of it is this: he has so many competing responsibilities; it is difficult to spend time with his sales team. Sound familiar? It should. I have heard that idea expressed countless times by...
by Dave Kahle | Nov 19, 2019 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues
When I was 18 years old, I got a summer job working for a company then called Jewel Tea, whose business was selling groceries, housewares and kids clothing to housewives on a route. I was hired to work the routes for the vacationing sales people who owned the route....
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 15, 2019 | Podcasts
Every profession produces a set of best practices. Despite the excuses we make for ourselves, what is true for every other profession is also true for sales. There are best practices for salespeople and the best salespeople study them, and embed them into...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 8, 2019 | Podcasts
It is the information age, and effective sales people and sales organizations understand the value of collecting good information about their prospects and customers. Good information leads to good decisions. Sales Potential is one often neglected piece of...