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As a manager, how do you communicate with your team? Do you have a systematized, reliable process for sharing both large and small segments of information with your employees? Or do you rely on the default communication structure in any organization Read More

Many salespeople fear silence during face-to-face selling interactions. If the conversation gets silent for too long, the typical salesperson pummels that divine silence with words, often in the form of gibberish, repeating what has already been said, or inane questions such as "Are there any questions I could answer? Read More

But there is a dark side to the blogosphere that we all should be aware of. And we need to do what we can to stamp it out. Enter one "Michael J. Roman." Mr. Roman may have some excellent qualities, but he appears to be a plagiarizer with a significant body of others' work that he claims to be his own work. Read More

Dots are great. They're little. And round. And dot-like.

I'm talking about the small, roundish mark that we're all familiar with, not the candy or the nickname for the name Dorothy (although those deserve respect, too). Look, here's one now: .

Cute, isn't it? Read More

Nothing mentioned here is new, or breaking new ground. It's not "Sales 2.0". There's no new sales magic here, no stunning new concepts. It's often said that sales is a "numbers game." But you'll only win the numbers game if you earn the right numbers Read More

What's a disappointing retail selling experience look like? It looks like this. Let's put an end to trite selling forever Read More

It's the last day of April 2010, and I hereby proclaim today a Fearless Friday. What is Fearless Friday? Well, you'll have to decide for yourself, because that's part of being fearless today. But here's what Fearless Friday could mean:.. Read More

Here is an exhaustive list of what great salespeople do. Is anything missing from this list? Should anything be deleted from the list? Read More

My daughter and I went to Noodles and Company in Eagan, Minnesota, for dinner last week. We placed our order at the register, and as it became time for us to pay for our order, I realized I had left... Read More

I've been asked by Charles H. Green of Trust Matters to host the April 2010 edition of The Carnival of Trust. As a sales trainer and management consultant, I believe trust is at the very core of productive sales relationships, whether those relationships are ongoing, long-term relationships (as in the relationship between an insurance agents and her accounts), or very short-term (as in the relati Read More