Dave Kahle Wisdom

Practical Wisdom Blog by Dave Kahle

Podcasts and blog posts to help sales professionals and business executives sell better, lead better, and live better.

I’m glad you found your way here.

I’ve spent 30 years in the business trenches; it’s been full and fulfilling. In that time, I’ve been the number one salesperson in the country for two different companies in two different industries. I’ve written 13 books, spoken in 47 states and 11 countries, and personally and contractually worked with over 500 organizations. I’ve touched tens of thousands of people through my articles, podcasts, webinars and seminars.

On the personal side, my life has been full as well. Coleen and I have raised 5 children, helped with 19 foster children, and enjoy 14 grandchildren. I’ve been a father, a foster father, a stepfather, an adoptive father and a grandfather – and now you know why my hair is grey!

In all of this, my faith is very important to me, and provided me with my “Why” as well as a unique perspective.

As you might imagine, in all of this, I’ve learned a few things. I’ve made lots of mistakes and have had my share of success. And, while I’m still learning, I want to share with you some of the practical wisdom I’ve gained along the way.

You’ll find that some of my ideas will challenge you – as I tend to see things in non-conventional way. As you interact with what I share, you’ll find that some of your fondest beliefs and most comfortable paradigms may be in for revision.

Difficult Customers — 9 Tips to Help You Handle Them

Dealing with an angry or difficult customer is challenging for everyone.  The stakes are huge, and the emotions can often get out of control. Here are nine proven tips to help you handle the next confrontation with dignity and competence...

Seeking a Richer, Fuller Life?

For most of my life, I have been a salesperson and an educator of salespeople.  One of the things that I have enjoyed the most about my career in sales is the intensely demanding nature of the job. Human beings...

Nurturing Prospects

You have made a call or two on a prospect, qualified them, and rate them as high potential.  The problem is they don’t have an opportunity at the moment. Lots of potential, but it’s all down the road a bit...

7 Ways to Build Rapport with Anyone

Building rapport with customers is a fundamental sales skill.  Yet, few salespeople have been trained in the specific tactics to facilitate this. Here are seven ways to build rapport with anyone. Think of it like squirting oil into gears.  Imagine...

8 Ways to Identify New Suspects

Every sales organization, and every sales process, begins with identifying a group of suspects.  Suspects are people and organizations you suspect may one day do business with you.  They aren’t yet prospects, because you don’t know if they have a...

Sales Success and The Hidden Path

Sales Success? In my twenty plus years of educating sales people, I have encountered tens of thousands of sales people. The vast majority of them want to do better. They want the benefits of greater success: Increased income, greater respect...

Organizing Information

Best Practices #38: Maintains an organized filing system, with all the useful information readily available.   “I’m just not a very organized person.”  That’s what one of my recent seminar participants said. “You’ll never be as successful as you could...

4 Strategies to Protect Your Good Accounts from the Competition

We all know the feeling.  Your key contact in one of your good accounts sheepishly admits that they have moved some business to a competitor.  No problem with your service, it was just a price issue.          Nothing...

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