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Finding Your Own Selling Style: A Key to Sales Success
Many salespeople struggle because they try too hard to copy or "model" successful role-models - without realising that a lot of what their role-models do is intimately tied-in to their personality and their experience. To truly succeed in sales you need to achieve the same outcomes - but develp your own style of doing so.

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Do You Over Promise and Under Deliver
A new client recently admitted to me sheepishly that she often didn’t get to complete a client’s work until the client called to see if it was ready. I admired her honesty if not her time management skills.

Insight Into Incompetence of Managers & Executives, From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
One of the most common topics of conversation in today’s workplace is the incompetence of managers and executives. And there does not seem to be any evidence that this subject is going away anytime soon. In addition, the managers and executives are very fearful that their subordinates will discover how really incompetent they are. And again, this fear of being “found out” is actually well founded. What is the magnitude of failure among managers and executives? According to one research study, 4 out of 10 newly promoted managers and executives fail. Think about this – that is a 40 PERCENT FAILURE RATE! Why do managers and executives fail? Based upon more than 35 years of experience and observations, your strategic thinking business coach offers a list of ten (10) top reasons for failure.

The Insider Secrets to Not Losing Your Shirt on your Client’s Next Project
My client Anna called me last week, completely frustrated, about an unfolding nightmare with her new client. Anna had recently accepted a new client who had an exciting project. They discussed what specific needs the client had, and Anna determined that it would fit in her schedule. She received a down payment for the work, and scheduled the time in her calendar.
How To Handle Customer Billing Snafus
Seriously, whether the client owes you the money or not is a moot point. Yes, you made an accounting mistake, but if the client agreed to pay you a certain amount each month in exchange for certain services rendered, and you have been under-billing that client for delivering those certain services, the client owes you the money, period.
Value, Value Stream, Flow, Pull, Perfection
Manufacturing executives said it didn't apply to them. (They were dead wrong.) Software development executives said it didn't apply to them. (They were dead wrong.) Business & technology services executives said it didn't apply to them. (They were dead wrong.) Sales executives, managers and professionals KNOW FOR SURE it doesn't apply to them. And of course they are right. Right?

10 Warning Signs That Prospective Client Is Not Right For You
In difficult economic times it is easy to let go of standards and take on a client who does not fit your vision of your ideal client. When few clients are in the pipeline it often looks attractive to take the ones that show up. When you do this you run the risk of having an angry client or worse one who is out a real energy drainer. Here are ten warning signs that tell you to avoid the client.

How to Add Innovation to Your Business
Earlier this year a client in the executive search industry told me she was beginning to see the need for executives who can bring innovation to their position. Based on her research she chose to add innovation as a practice specialty. Doing a bit of my own research I learned there's an amazing body of knowledge on the subject.

How Poor Information Technology is Like a Bad Marriage
A bad IT company-client relationship has more similarity to a lot of marriages than it should. There are many business owners and executives who would love to split up from their technology partners, but are too afraid to make the move. Here's why you should put up with the initial pain and make the move.

A Means to an End
One of the most stressful moments for most sales people comes at the point when they have to decide whether or not to go around someone they have been dealing with to that point, be they client or prospect. There are a number of factors in determining if and when to do an end run in order to win a deal. The value of the product/solution to the client organization; how pervasive is your solution in the client’s organization; how the client goes about purchasing both in terms of deciding and executing the purchase. And most notably, how good the rep is to begin with.
Coaching and Psychological Styles: Adjust Your Approach!
Most coaches understand, intuitively, the need to adjust their approach in dealing with different types of clients, but quite often, these adjustments don’t come until it’s too late, and the client has already lost faith in the process. Using an assessment to determine a client’s Perceptual Style at the outset of the coaching relationship can shift the equation, giving the coach the tools he/she needs to connect with the client and speak that client’s language right away.
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