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    Situational awareness - a critical factor in B2B sales

    As regular readers will know, I’ve been a long-standing advocate of establishing repeatable sales processes, but please bear ...

    Harnessing the power of hindsight...

    Sales opportunities can go so wrong in so many different ways. Sometimes, they go wrong due to events or circumstances that ...

    Creating a new axis for SPIN® Selling

    Like many people of my generation, I was brought up on SPIN® Selling. It’s a little chastening to reflect on the fact that ...

    Self-awareness and self-honesty in complex B2B sales

    Other than an appropriate level of product knowledge, what are the key attributes of a good B2B sales person? Interpersonal ...

    Where is your prospect in their buying journey?

    One of the main reasons why apparently well-qualified sales opportunities fail to close or move forward is that the sales ...

    10 of the best from 2017...

    As you reflect on 2017, and as your thoughts turn to what you seek to achieve for yourself and for your organisation in ...

    12 keys to value selling success for 2018

    If you’re like most of the B2B CEOs or sales leaders we talk to, no matter how well your organisation has done in 2017, ...

    Critical to B2B sales success - stakeholder assessments

    One of the most common reasons why apparently promising B2B sales opportunities get derailed - often at a late stage in our ...

    Why having a budget isn’t always a positive qualifier …

    John Holland of CustomerCentric Selling® makes an interesting point in a blog article. Many sales people who have been ...

    Thinking about what could go wrong…

    Let’s face it, many (maybe most) “average” sales people seem to be incorrigible optimists. When assessing their chances of ...