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Leadership vs. Management with Charles Bernard

criteria for success

Charles has over 20 years of experience in direct sales, sales management, recruiting and training. He founded Criteria for Success back in 2004, and has since trained thousands of CEOs, Sales Managers, and Salespeople on the art of business, relationships, growing revenue, and overcoming challenges. The nuances of leadership.

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We’re Long Past Our “Use By Date”

Partners in Excellence

I remember in 2017, taking great joy in bringing a can of something that said, “Use by 12/2004.” It’s tantamount to my brushing the dust off that use by 12/2004 can and polishing it up. We focus our skills development on product training and selling skills. ” The world has changed! How do we do this?

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Sales presentations: Why more ISN’T better when it comes to benefits

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

But taking into account cognitive overload, this may have been too much information. If you provide good training, it’s not a big problem.”. 2004) Decision Making in Information-Rich Environments: The Role of Information Structure. That’s the case even if the information is relevant and well-presented. ” You: “Why?”.

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Setting the Right Value Proposition

The Brooks Group

In fact, our founder, Bill Brooks, wrote in his 2004 book, “Sales Techniques,” that sales professionals who focus on the motivators for the decision, rather than the raw needs, achieve a sale that is 11 percent higher than those who don’t. In our IMPACT Selling training program, this is the “ Probe ,” or “P” step. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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How A Straight CIS-Gendered White Male Got Into DEI

Smooth Sale

With over three decades of military service in professional corporate consulting, Greg has trained, facilitated, mentored, and coached countless military service members, corporate employees, and executive leaders of various industries. It was the summer of 2004, and I was preparing to ready myself for retirement from United States Army.

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How to Recruit the Next Generation of Women Sales Leaders

Hubspot Sales

As I observed my peers, several career paths rose to the top as the careers to pursue if you were an ambitious woman with a business degree: accountant, consultant, or banker. For example, in 2004, 20% of all American advertisements featured a celebrity. In its place? Peer-to-peer influence. By 2012 the number dropped to 9%.

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Do Generational Differences Matter in Account Based Sales?

No More Cold Calling

Will they ever be able to have a conversation or build the kind of relationships that lead to success in account based sales? In fact, it can be a competitive advantage for account based sales teams. My accountant-trained parents asked how my company was going to pay back the million dollars I raised from investors.

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