Archive for January, 2008

by David M. Traversi
I recently wrote a book entitled The Source of Leadership: Eight Drivers of the High-Impact Leader. In the introduction, I wrote about the ultimate alignment of my own personal search for my best life with my professional search for the “holy grail” of leadership success:
I began to observe and analyze the […]

by Ram Charan Author of What the Customer Wants You to Know
Too often in traditional selling the sales pitch either succeeds or fails and the salesperson moves on to the next customer and the next pitch. In value creation selling the sales pitch is just another beginning, whether or not it succeeds. If the customer […]

©Tessa Stowe, Sales Conversation, 2008
Are you focusing on selling the wrong thing? If you are, you are not alone as the majority of salespeople focus on selling the wrong thing. In addition, senior executives in companies encourage their own salespeople to focus on selling the wrong thing. In fact these senior executives even give their […]

by Dan Coughlin, author of ACCELERATE: 20 Practical Lessons to Boost Business Momentum

The Four Root Causes for Executive Failure
Poor Confidence

Joe had no confidence in himself. Technically he was brilliant in finance, but he didn’t see the value that he brought to the organization. Whenever his boss said, “Jump,” Joe said, “How high?” He ran reports […]