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    Business Case is More Important Than Budget

    Business Case is More Important Than Budget

    In sales organizations that still use BANT as their primary qualification framework, salespeople are encouraged to primarily qualify sales opportunities based on Budget, Authority, Need and Timeframe. BANT may indeed sometimes be an appropriate and sufficient way of looking ...

    The vital relationship between Well-Being, Motivation, and Retention in Modern Sales

    In too many sales environments, performance and productivity are largely seen as endpoints to be optimised through ...

    Getting the Right Salespeople in the Right Seats on the Right Bus – In 2025

    More than two decades ago - in “Good to Great” - Jim Collins spoke about getting the right people on the bus, in the right ...

    No Fit, No Deal: Why ICP Fit Must be the First Thing You Qualify in Complex B2B Sales

    By their very nature, high-value complex B2B sales typically involve multiple stakeholders, lengthy and frequently ...

    Crafting Compelling, Customer-Specific, Value Propositions

    I imagine most of us have probably heard the term “value proposition”. It’s widely used in B2C marketing. But how does the ...

    The Sales Manager’s Competitive Edge - Why Coaching Matters in Complex B2B Sales

    In the high-pressure world of complex B2B sales, frontline sales managers often find themselves pulled in multiple ...

    4 critical questions for B2B sales: Why Change > Why Now > Why You > Why Trust?

    Your company is facing an increasingly strong competitor - yet you won’t find them listed in any Google search of the key ...

    Making a Career of Sales

    As many readers of this blog will surely agree, there is no doubt that sales can be an excellent and satisfying career, and ...

    Sales Forecasting Essentials - get your definitions right

    There’s nothing more frustrating for a sales leader, a CEO or a Board of Directors than a continued inability to come up ...

    Yes, confidence matters when selling - but not where you might think

    Confidence. It's a quality most of us associate with successful salespeople. A confident presence, a persuasive tone, a ...