by Sherry Nicols | Apr 11, 2014 | Sales Forecasting, Sales Management
You Relied on What You Were Told “Never ever mistake the smile upon my face as agreement to the words coming out of your mouth. There’s no telling what I may be thinking.” – Lisa Pool There are plenty of reasons I may be smiling while you talk. One of the most...
by Mike Bybee | Apr 2, 2014 | Sales Coaching
Sales and Basketball I love watching the NCAA Basketball Tournament. I sometimes find myself riveted to games in which I couldn’t tell you the city or state where one of the schools is located. (I’m still not sure where Gonzaga is and they seem to be in the bracket...
by Ray Bonis | Mar 25, 2014 | Consultative Selling, Leadership Development
As I sat in a meeting with a prospect, the conversation started morphing. Their voice began hitting my ears like the sound Charlie Brown’s teacher made. “Wa wa waa, wa waa, wa wa wa waa.” It was obvious from the very beginning of the conversation...
by Sherry Nicols | Dec 10, 2013 | News & Events
AXIOM Sales Force Development earned No. 152 on Deloitte’s 2013 Technology Fast 500™. This is an annual ranking of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology companies in North America. In short, nominees won based...
by Bob Nicols | Jul 30, 2013 | Sales Leadership, Sales Management, Sales Training
Sales Managers Who Sell vs. Sales Managers Who Coach I’m certain many of you can relate to this: After enjoying success as a salesperson, I was approached by my company with a promotion to sales management. From the company’s perspective, the logic was...