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    Exploring the Art and Science of Complex Sales

    Exploring the Art and Science of Complex Sales

    I was delighted to be asked to contribute to Membrain’s “The Art & Science of Complex Sales Podcast” with Paul Fuller, and our conversation about taking a Customer-Outcome-Centric approach to B2B sales has just been released. I think you’ll enjoy the conversation, and ...

    B2B Sales Leadership and CRM

    What role should sales leadership play in their organisation’s deployment of CRM? A CRM application lies at the centre of ...

    Why it’s time to stop selling 'solutions' - and start delivering outcomes

    The first wave of B2B selling was product orientated - salespeople were taught and encouraged to think in terms of their ...

    The four pillars of a powerful customer value proposition

    The following article was first published in the March 2023 edition of the always-excellent Top Sales Magazine - there's a ...

    Why should salespeople bother preparing for their customer interactions?

    There’s been a great deal of research into the dynamics of salesperson-customer interaction over the years, and the results ...

    2 things we always need to know about every sales opportunity

    Every competent salesperson recognizes the importance of accurately qualifying every sales opportunity. But I want to ...

    Developing the potential of talented salespeople

    In my previous article - “hiring salespeople with talent” - I explored the challenges involved in making good sales hires. ...

    Hiring salespeople with talent

    In my last article, I shared Gartner’s findings about the current war for talent. In this article - first published in the ...

    Gartner: Building a high-performing sales team is now harder than ever!

    Gartner’s latest guidance for Chief Sales Officers [Leadership Vision 2023: 3 strategic actions for success] contains a ...

    B2B Buyers: from Fear of Missing Out to Fear of Messing Up

    As Matt Dixon (of Challenger Sale and Challenger Customer fame) points out in his latest book “The Jolt Effect”, B2B ...