Since I started Barrett in January 1995, I have met thousands and thousands of salespeople and sales leaders and whilst I can tell you many stories about these encounters the…
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The sixth Sales Trend for 2014 is ‘Low Carbon Economy Sales Opportunities’. Despite many governments lagging behind in terms of creating and endorsing low carbon policies and industries, forward thinking…
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Organisations of every size all have a collective personality that drives their thinking, behaviours and actions and can affect their performance for good or bad. These collective personalities may or…
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Do you find that some clients are open to change, they embrace change while others see change as disruptive and possibly threatening? And then you find there are those clients…
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Last week we talked about what we can control and influence in sales, especially in uncertain times. This week is looking at what we cannot control in sales and how…
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Salespeople deal with market ups and downs, political influence, people’s (customers, influencers, internal stakeholders, bosses, etc.) changing mindset and goals, etc. on a daily basis. Sales can be like herding…
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The first objective of effective sales training and coaching is to help us, salespeople, become aware of any bad habits we may have developed over time. The next objective is…
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Have you ever wondered what the ripple effect of your actions has on other people, things and systems way down the line or beyond your immediate world? Often in sales…
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Maintaining momentum in a sales career requires a proactive, disciplined approach. There are many things to consider and put together to achieve an effective selling week and sales year. The…
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The second Sales Trend for 2014 is ‘Telesales will have to make dramatic changes’. In-bound and out-bound telesales and call centre operations have traditionally focused on the uncomplicated sale of…
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