Surprise!!! It may be fun for a birthday party, but it's never fun in sales. It means that somehow our carefully thought out approach has suddenly been thrown
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The Questions We Are Afraid To Ask


From http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 3178 days ago
I wrote, If You Were In Your Customer's Shoes, What Would You Do? Gary Hart offered a thoughtful comment that got me really thinking (as his comments so often
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“Checking In,” Is Not A Next Step!


From http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 3189 days ago
For those of you that know me, this won't be a stunning confession, but I really struggle with my impatience. I try to rein it in--I've stopped tapping my pen,
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Sales Training And Human Interaction


From http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 3199 days ago
Annually, billions are invested in sales skills training. On top of that, millions are spent on books on sales techniques, thousands of articles are wr
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Insight, The Convergence Of Strategies


From http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 3206 days ago
Insight has become the buzzword for engaging today's buyers. We are supposed to teach our customers--helping them identify new opportunities, areas to i
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Sales Management Review Cadence


From http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 3220 days ago
I'm not sure anyone looks forward to the Sales Management Review (sometimes these are called QBR's, but there are other reviews). It's unfortunate, because t
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Agile Sellers Always Have A Plan—And A Plan B…..


From http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 3226 days ago
Consistent top performers, Agile Sellers, always have a plan and focus on the effective/efficient execution of that plan. That's one of the things that sets
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How Would You Sell If You Weren’t “The Salesperson?”


From http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 3227 days ago
Probably more "selling," happens outside the sales profession than within the profession. That "selling," isn't measured by revenue or quote, but it happens
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Why Are They Buying?


From http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 3267 days ago
I've completed a few days of doing deal reviews with some really terrific sales teams. The teams had done outstanding jobs. They had great deals, they'd d
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It's Never "Just A Matter Of Training."


From http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 3274 days ago
To sustain performance improvement, we have to move away from the event mentality that surrounds most training programs. We have to look at the other components
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