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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” John Nardella

Partners in Excellence

Today, he is responsible for some of SAPs largest enterprise accounts. On my mother’s side, my great grandfather served as president of US Steel and my grandfather successfully sold various products from heart monitors to construction equipment. In 2016, seeking advice from Dave Brock, I decided to pursue an opportunity with SAP.

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot Sales

For example, if your employee has developed their soft skills after receiving constructive feedback the year before, include that in their performance review as a win. Constructive feedback for the employee’s opportunities for growth - What opportunities does your employee have for improvement? Image Source: SAP.

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If Hunter-Farmer Fails: What Next?

SBI Growth

For Cincom to compete with 800-pound gorillas like Oracle and SAP, they needed a high-touch, high-tech approach. Deighton said, “Picture a person with sleeves rolled up, wearing a construction helmet with blueprint in hand listening intently to a customer.”. The traditional ‘ farmer ’ role didn’t work either. Enter Steve #2.

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How healthy is your office?

Sales and Marketing Management

To be blunt, the air in our buildings makes us sick and saps our productivity.” “As a society, we are wasting money on bad buildings, and we are wasting lives in bad buildings,” Macomber and his co-author Joseph G. Allen write. “To The authors state their purpose in writing the book is to make the business case for healthy buildings.

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Jonathan Farrington's Blog ? How To Construct and Implement a.

Jonathan Farrington

How To Construct and Implement a Successful Business Development Strategy. Whilst I very much hope that the super-efficient amongst you had your strategy for 2012 signed off long ago, it may just be that some of you are still in “construction mode” so this will help…. Published by Jonathan Farrington at 3:18 am under General.

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3 Steps to Transform Your Mindset and Overcome Any Challenge

Sales Hacker

From the outside, your behavior may look like you’re rising to the challenge when, in fact, you’ve given up and are just pretending to do something constructive. Any of these mindsets can and will sap your energy and creativity , undermining your success as a salesperson. The challenge is too big, too difficult, too complicated, etc.

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Reflections on 2013: Social Proof, Quota Killers, Failing CRM, and Recommendations

SBI

The more elaborate “magical” tricks make use of smoke and mirrors not unlike how some people construct forecasts. Your prospects can’t be sure whether they’re the only sap that’s accepted your phone call, or signed up for a trial. You lose sight of that when you focus on “hitting the numbers. There is indeed, comfort in numbers.

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