I’m often asked by clients which of their current employees should be selling or engaging customers. There are numerous traits that suggest someone could ‘sell’, or be a strong leader (because the two roles are similar). But I’ve boiled down my top three: 1. They have strong ‘belief in cause’ 2. They’re credible in front […]
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Pay-off: help your consultants to improve at sales Investment: 3.5 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here A question I’m often asked is, “how can I get my non-sales consultants to sell?” The answer? By first eliminating any thinking that you’ll get them to do anything they didn’t sign up to do. After all, would
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Pay-off: become more comfortable selling Investment: 40 seconds Sign up to weekly posts here To anyone who is uncomfortable selling themselves: You’re smart You’re not pushy You’re good at your job You want to help You’re a problem solver You’re a good person You’re professional You’re reliable You’re organised You’re trustworthy You’re honest You care And you’re glad you’re
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Pay-off: a chance to re-direct your energy and abilities Investment: 3 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here This one’s about the fight you’re having. The important fight, with major lifelong consequences. Whoever you are, and whatever stage of your career and your level of success, in some area of your work or life… You’re having one
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Pay-off: Get clear on which of 2 paths you should take for your next career step Investment: 5 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Are you taking charge of your career? Or is it taking charge of you? (If it’s not one, it’s the other). You might want to pause and get clear on that. Even if your
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Pay-off: a more accurate sense of where you’re really at and what to do next Investment: 2.5 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here What are you paid most to do consistently? What’s the most important consistent deliverable or outcome in your work? OK, on a scale of 1-10 how good or confident are
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