The best time to step into management is when you have shown a proven track record in reaching goals, mentoring people and leading teams. When you step into management, make sure to have your leadership experience on your resume and that it is 90% career specific.
Every sales person’s lament:
“My customer and I had several great meetings, they gave every indication they were going to buy, and then they went dark! No reply to email or blowing up their phone. I even tried texting. Why do they do that? Just tell me, I can take it!
What are you learning from the people around you?
Colleagues define us. We are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. So who are you five closest friends or colleagues? Surround yourself with people who are better than you and you will get better.
Do you treat all of your relationships the same?...
Recruiting is Communication. An accomplished recruiter has consistent and productive interactions with the client and the candidate. The key is to convey your thoughts to each in the appropriate way. The candide and the client are all not the same
Wide open spaces. A greenfield sales territory is a region that a salesperson is selling to where there has not been much, if any, penetration of the company’s product or service. The greenfield territory salesperson loves the opportunity to open new land where others have not tread. This means high rewards from the investments of working smart.
Don’t be THAT Salesperson. The one who made a name for him/herself by being a hunter, unafraid of cold calls and new accounts. The one who saw objections as a challenge. The one who saw the Entitled People as sad and weak and pathetic. The one who doesn’t kid him/herself about the quality of their pipeline.
Client Market Impact
What is the True Value of a Search firm?
You will Hear Our Competitors Tout
On September 30th, The Hobson Associates team gathered at Hawk’s Landing Country Club for Kick Off 2012. There was much to celebrate as the team posted a record year of sales achievement for 2011.