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“Show Me Your Calendar….”

Partners in Excellence

Let me share a “secret” from my consulting/coaching practice. I ask to look at people’s calendars. Looking at someone’s calendar tells me a lot. I look for things that should be on their calendar that aren’t. This tells me what they might be missing.

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Our Addiction To “Busyness,” Not Business

Partners in Excellence

We seem to measure our worth by how we fill our calendars and that pleasant feeling of exhaustion at 10PM when we have finished a busy day. We revel in our ability to multitask, even though the data shows that multitasking makes us accomplish less. We went into his office, I asked him to show me his calendar.

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One Technique to Avoid Ghosting

Mr. Inside Sales

We’ve all been through it: You set an amazing demo or presentation call and, and…they don’t show up! Or, you have an amazing and, what you think is an, engaging demo call and you set a call back and, and…they don’t show up! I’ve got my calendar open here, can you go ahead and pull yours up for me?”. What’s wrong?”

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What Relationship Builders Do Better Than All Other Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

He would share if you asked but he was in your life for your benefit. He wanted to learn more about you and what you had going on in your life. He felt joy from your happiness and empathized with your problems and challenges. This was years before calendar applications could do that.

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Introducing the Back in the Black Sales TV Show

No More Cold Calling

Join me for my first monthly broadcast. That’s why I’m introducing Back in the Black , my new monthly sales TV show on the Sales Experts Channel! After all, that’s the most important step in your sales process. Unless you get meetings with your target buyers that result in qualified leads, the rest is a waste of time.

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Nimble CRM Tips & Updates – May 1 2024

Adaptive Business Services

I know, I sound like a broken record but, trust me, these releases are imminent. They claim to have researched me, but I know that they have not. Feel free to add your own reasons here. As examples, if someone has pulled data from my LinkedIn profiles … I show my name as being “Craig M. I have seen the interface.

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What Happens When We Take Connections Off-Line In a Hybrid World

Bernadette McClelland

Straining over the very loud rendition of Crowded House’s ‘When You Come’ , I asked, ‘How is your meat pie ?’ His research over three years showed that behind any addiction is a feeling of isolation and inability to connect in a meaningful way with others. Make your move!