"As part of my initiative to build Sales Culture
I'll post my thoughts on the topics of the day"
For many years now, the concept of an online community has grown from dreams to reality. Many different organizations and groups have formed some really amazing communities. I was once part of a great company called Pensare where the mission was to build communities of MBA candidates getting their degrees online! That was a fun time for me in my professional sales career. We learned much about getting people to be online with peers. Online communities are fun and are a place where real conversations occur in real time and people work together to learn, develop and grow as professionals. We get better by not being in a vacuum. We bet better by working together and
...Leadership and communication are intertwined and dependent on each other. This is not news nor is it a revelation, just my observation! Good leaders communicate well and good communication skills are essential to be a good leader. In my sales career, I have never stopped thinking about what a great leader is and I want to communicate my belief that as leaders in sales we must communicate obsessively! This means that we must communicate obsessively with our clients, our partners, peers; management and anyone part of our virtual teams! Read my full thoughts here and please blog your thoughts and ideas as well!
Many of you are naturals at the "art" of networking. Some have to work harder at it. Some are terrified to network. I have always enjoyed the process because I have always thought and believed that it is just a natural extension of what we do as sales pros! Meeting and greeting with a "mission" in mind is not a bad thing. Everyone does it. Even non sales professionals! I do think that we have to approach networking essentially the same way when we are pursuing business development or perhaps engaged in a job search. If you are skilled and comfortable at developing and nurturing relationships in your personal life, then I think you ...
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