Why Is It So Hard to Create Improvements in the Sales Department?

April 24, 2009 by Michael  
Filed under Blog

Some people didn’t like the word “Easy” in last week’s blog post: “Six Easy Ways to Boost Your Company’s Sales Results.” For example, reader Tony Cole said:

“If it were easy then everyone would be doing it. … “Let’s address the issues of why companies, sales leaders, and salespeople fail to implement and execute basic fundamental sales processes or techniques, let alone the sophisticated process improvements you talk about here.”

I called Tony to find out more about what Read more

The Role of the CEO in the Sales Process

January 4, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Leadership

by Michael J. Webb (pdf of this article) Many CEOs see themselves as chief revenue officer (especially in tech companies) or at the least feel very consumed by this challenge. Many have Read more

Michael Webb and Randy Zales: Simple Sales Management (members only)

October 10, 2005 by mjweb76  
Filed under In-depth Interviews

Randy Zales held a franchise license from Anthony Robbins Enterprises longer than anyone else (Mr. Robbins discontinued all licenses just a year or two ago).  Randy’s sales training business, based in Tampa, FL, continues to take him around the world into companies large and small. In this discussion, Randy and Read more