How to Master Your First Quarter in Sales Leadership

There is a plethora of (mediocre) advice about how to get your first sales leadership role. What to do to stand out, what to say in the interview, how to "act as if." What never seems to get mentioned is that what gets you the new sales leadership position has very little to do with how well you will do at that role. What gets you there won't make you successful there.

Millennials Are Now Your New Managers

Millennials and boomers are having a moment. They are getting into Twitters fights with each other on who is better. "Ok, boomer," and "okay, millennial" is daily fodder. One of my favorite sketches Saturday Night Live does is a gameshow between boomers and millennials. There is even a board game called Millennials vs Boomers. The…

Do You Add Value? Or Multiply It?

Photo by Jessica Strobel Creative In business and sales, we think about adding value to people. If we add value to others, we will have a job and are valued ourselves. If we don't add value, we get the chopping block. When high achieving sales people make the leap into sales leadership, it's no longer…

Servant Selling

We are seeing a huge divide among sales people right now.  When things are going well, lackluster sales people can still survive.  When times get tough, differences arise and the side unprepared to serve falls into a heap.  Those who posivitely pivot, make adjustments, and keep their customers first rise to the top. I led…

How to CALM Down Betty-Backout

I lost a few clients last week.  No one is immune from our current reality.  I call people who back out of deals "Betty Backout."  We don't have to just fold our cards and sing an ode to Kenny Rogers: "You got know when to hold em....know when to fold em...know when to walk away....know…

Plan Emotionally, Execute Rationally

I don't feel like writing right now. At all. I've just finished my first book and honestly, it took a lot of brain and will power.  It's in format phase and will be released by mid-February, 2020. I'm writing this blog post and article because it's part of my 2020 plan.  This is my 46th…

New Year’s Obsession

I offer free one-hour complimentary sessions before people enroll in my one-on-one coaching.  About six months ago I was talking with a young mortgage officer.  He was hungry, working hard, and had a desire to succeed.  He was working extreme hours and his girlfriend made him take a few hours a week off of work…

Do You Want Sexy or Successful?

Every day we are imploded with advice and advertisements on all the things we need in our personal and business lives to feel sexy, but not necessarily successful.  More followers on social media, or we don't have any validation.  The perfect dress or we won't get the perfect picture.  The latest craze workout that'll have…

Happy New Year Moms!

Did anyone else do a countdown this year?!?! Just me?!?! No, I'm not crazy - I realize January 2020 is still four solid months out. But I'm not waiting 4 months to hit some goals and finish 2019 strong.  And neither should any other parents out there. The day after Labor Day is the first…

Master Your Mind with a Mastermind

Masterminds are making a comeback.  For some of you they may seem like a brand-new idea.  I see them being sold all over social media.  Some you can get into for as low as $7.  (I don’t consider those masterminds but group training, but I digress…) But they aren’t new.  Napolean Hill talked about them…