banner

Archive for Hiring/Firing

What the NFL Can Teach Sales Leaders About Finding Talent (Lesson for Sales Leaders)

Do you have a clear, defined, approach to identifying talent?  How do you know when you have the killer candidate

Read more →

A Sales Newbies Death

There is a very good discussion going on in the Sales/Marketing V.P.’s group on Linkedin.  The question was posed over

Read more →

How To Fire A Salesperson Without Creating A Stink

There is nothing more critical than being able to hire and fire as a sales leader. Building teams is all

Read more →

You Are Who You Hire

Do you wanna get a good feeling of the type of sales leader you are? Look at your direct reports.

Read more →

How to Know the Sales Person You are Interviewing is a Superstar

You want to upgrade your sales team, either because someone or somebodies didn’t work out or because you’re growing and

Read more →

4 Myths to Identifying “A” Players in an Interview and What You Should Really be Looking For.

Hiring “A” players is without  a doubt critical in building and maintaining successful sales teams. We all want the absolute best talent

Read more →

The Rain Maker is DEAD!

The Rain Maker is a dinosaur. The days of the kick-ass, lonewolf, rainmaking sales person is done. Sales has become too

Read more →

You Don’t Need the Best Sales Talent to Win

“Our job isn’t to assemble the best players, it’s to put together the best team”   – Bill Belichick and Scot Pioli New

Read more →

I Want Doers

I want a doer.  I want people who get stuff done. I want people who know how to get from

Read more →

Hiring a Superstar is Useless!

Have you ever hired, what you thought to be, a superstar?  You think you’ve found the perfect candidate. They have

Read more →