In America’s Cup racing, just because someone is a great sailor does not necessarily mean that they will make a great skipper. The skills needed to lead a team of people are not the same as those who can get their foot in the door of multiple clients, listen for opportunities, and overcome objections to ...
For most organizations, the sales pipeline is a very important management tool that they use in many different ways. However, it’s Vantage Point’s observation that the various uses of the sales pipeline often are co-mingled in everyday management practice, and we think that there’s value is pulling those uses apart. The clearer you are about ...
I had been working in corporate for many years before starting my sales consulting practice back in 2009. For many years, I would go down to Florida to visit my elderly parents and spend some time with them during the holiday season. Many of our customers had been trained (by us!) that the best time ...
Continuing our series on artificial intelligence in sales, let’s take a look at some of the ways AI is being used today, and how a number of those ways could lead us down the wrong path. I recently ran across a very interesting fact. An artificial intelligence identity, created by an artificial intelligence services company ...
Sales success in any organization depends on finding the “imperfect leader” who displays the attributes necessary to sustain winning sales performance over the long term. Imperfect, because they DON’T have balanced skills and competencies; they don’t possess a complete arsenal of leadership qualities. Rather they possess the critical few strengths necessary to consistently win the ...
No sorry, this is not an article about strategies to get out from under mortgage debt and sell your home quickly. It is quite the opposite. It is an article about how to take the stress out of the selling process, and put the relationship and profit back into it. For anyone who knows me ...
In sales, we all have targets or objects we’re aiming for or trying to exceed. Here I’ll share the very biggest target challenge I ever faced up to–and met–in my 20 years as a sales trainer and 50-plus years in sales. In Dubai several years ago, I met with the CEO of a major land ...
If, as someone once said, tact is the radar of the mind, then practicing DISC theory can be a valuable tune-up of your antenna. Indeed, DISC can have a positive effect on almost every aspect of managing. With each of the four behavioral styles, there’s a different way to communicate and delegate tasks to them, ...
