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Your Sales Kick-Off Meetings Are a Waste of Time!

Igniting Sales Transformation

Studies suggest that the average per head cost is between $1,500-$3,000. The surprising thing is that this is NOT a new revelation. The activity KPI’s we set today, which incent the wrong behavior? Use your SKO time to train your sellers how to be better at selling; otherwise scrap the meeting. SKO’s are expensive!

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Why Did I Lose the Sale? 6 Win-Loss Analysis Questions

HeavyHitter Sales

I’ve had the privilege of conducting “Win/Loss/No Decision Sales Cycle Analysis Studies” for leading companies including IBM, EMC, ATT, Acxiom, and PayPal. To accomplish these studies I have interviewed hundreds of C-level executives and countless mid-level managers and lower-level personnel.   Losing is always hard.

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