March 15, 2023
Consider this sales metaphor boot camp. (And, yes, if you’re wondering, “boot camp” is a metaphor. No actual sit-ups or rope climbs required.)
January 25, 2023
Personality characteristics can only predict about 20 percent of behavior. That’s because most people act different ways in different situations.
July 06, 2022
There is no perfect background for sales. So, what are the qualities that sales professionals do need to be truly successful at what they do?
March 30, 2022
Cognitive biases work together to create nine bias traps that affect decision-making. Escaping them requires prediction, intentionality, premortems, and a little less storytelling.
March 09, 2022
An anchoring bias makes it nearly impossible to look at something fresh. But you have to free yourself from it, whatever it takes–a second opinion, a red team–because otherwise you’ll drown.
March 02, 2022
Have you ever gone in for a pound, even after you realized that first penny was badly spent?
February 23, 2022
This is the professional version of “Show up when you say you will, show up regularly, and show you give a damn.”
January 05, 2022
There’s a lot of nonsense out there about being bold. The truth is that boldness requires equal parts warmth and humility. Otherwise you just look like a jerk who has taken up skydiving.