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Forming a Successful Sales Team
Perhaps the greatest change in organizations today is the shift from independence to interdependence, from individual efforts to teaming. Teamwork is having a profound impact on selling. Many companies today leverage the synergy of teams by sending two or three team members to sell an account. This is especially true when accounts represent significant revenue or when the team will be cross-selling various products. If you're thinking about bringing in a selling partner, or if a sales team is about to be formed, consider these ideas when setting up the team:

21 Pairs of C Words to Consider
A casual comment by a presenter at a conference we were facilitating led us to quickly build these word pairs for you to consider. Think about each pair, the tension between them, the relative merits of each, and which you value more (and apply) in different situations. We believe you will find this exercise as enlightening as we did.

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Complementary Businesses
A complementary Business is one that does not offer the same services and products as you (that would be a competing business!) It does offer things that are related to your business and that may be of use to your customers. Learn about the significance of this and how you can make use of complementary busiensses to succeed.

Finding the Right Business Partners
The right partner can ease the road and multiply the profïts of your business. Whether you are looking for investment funds, advice, a complementary skill set, or helpful associations, these insights will help you choose your releationships wisely.

Upselling with Complementary Items
Increase "same customer" sales with creative packaging and upselling with complementary items.

More on Upselling
Upselling works, we know that now, but how else can it be used? Besides using it to leverage complementary products, it can also be used to help customers discover new and bargain products that are market relevant.

Upselling Again
Upselling works in more ways than one. We've covered complementary items and related products, but how else can you upsell?

Why Employees' Leisure Interests are Good for Business
We all possess unique skills and talents, many of which come to the fore only when pursuing passionately-enjoyed leisure interests. Yet most businesses still only focus on the skills and abilities stated on job specifications. Skills audits rarely ask “what skills and abilities do you enjoy using in your personal life?” Passion promotes potential. To ignore skills used in passionate leisure interests is a major loss to the workplace.

Soft Skills Training
It is often argued that the education of hard skills is becoming more prevalent in schools and, as such, graduates are coming out more skilled than ever. Hard skills relate to abilities that are testable, such as typing or mathematical skills. Unfortunately, soft skills are often neglected and today’s grads find themselves incredibly skilled but unable to practically implement what they’ve learned. Soft skills relate to teamwork and interpersonal skills.

A Prospective Partner: Skills and History
Several criteria exist for determining whether a prospective business partner is a good fit. Criteria three and four, Complementary Business Skills and Business Competence, and Solid Credit History and No Trouble with the Law, helps a business owner determine what her prospective partner can bring to the table – both the good and the bad.

The Significance of Yin and Yang (Part One)
I Ching Astrologer Jon Sandifer examines the role these complementary opposites have to play in I Ching Astrology.

The Significance of Yin and Yang (Part Two)
In the second part of I Ching Astrologer Jon Sandifer’s series on Yin and Yang, he looks at real life examples of how these complementary opposites manifest in the world around us, and indeed in ourselves.

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