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Smarter Selling

Insights that accelerate your sales performance

Account Planning

Sales Strategy

The Chronicles of Account Planning: The Lion, the Whip, and the Chair

Everyone agrees planning is essential to good selling - the one thing you cannot do without. But salespeople thoroughly loathe it.

Sales Strategy

Your Post-Pandemic Sales Reset: Top 3 Recommendations

Does your sales organization need adjustment for post-pandemic market conditions or changing priorities? Read more for our top 3 recommendations.

Sales Leader

Sales Enablement

How Do Sales Leaders Stay Credible and Legitimate?

Leaders are good when they’re willing to learn. This is relevant for sales leaders to remain credible and legitimate.

sales leader

Sales Leader's First 90 Days: Dig Deep to Determine Long-Term Strategy

Learn how to dig deep into the sales organization so you can systematically surface the knowledge you need to determine longer-term strategy.

sales leader

Sales Leader’s First 90 Days: Setting a Longer-Term Sales Strategy

This blog describes days 60 to 90 of a new sales leader's 1st 90 days, including identifying alignment issues and building a sales strategy roadmap.

sales process

What Sales Leaders Can Learn from Epicurean Philosophers

What could followers of Epicurean philosophy in 307 B.C. Athens and modern sales organizations have in common? More than you think.

sales leader

Sales Leader's First 90 Days: Learn and Take Action for Early Wins

Learn your new organization enough to start achieving the early wins that are critical to establishing credibility as a Sales Leader in your 1st 90 days.

sales leader

A Sales Leader’s First 90 Days: Preparing for Day One

Part of our First 90 Days series will help sales leaders cut down on the initial chaos that comes with a new sales leadership role.

sales leader

The First 90 Days for a Sales Leader: A Guide to Success

What should be a Sales Leader's priorities be in The First 90 Days in a new role? We share elements of a First 90 Days Guide for a long-term sales strategy.

sales coaching

Talking to Your Sales Team: Do it More Often, Starting Now

Sales teams under stress require frequent communication. This can be challenging for sales leaders. Here are ideas for regular cadence calls.

Sales Enablement

Descartes Philosophy: Applied to Modern Sales Challenges

A recent experience attending a flawless virtual conference with 8000 attendees proves that organizations can indeed reimagine and execute what's possible.

High-Performing Sellers

Sales Training

Prepare Your High-Potential Sellers for the C-Suite

Prepare high-potential sellers for the C-suite, as well as provide the added benefit of talent retention.