Jul 8, 2023 | Hire Better, Leadership, Sell More, Strategic Thinking
Harnessing the Power of Position-Specific Competency Selection Models Business owners and CEOs repeatedly express frustration with finding sales talent. Slow ramp-up, long learning curves, and high washout rates exasperate them. Their angst is understandable. Most...
Nov 15, 2022 | Hire Better, Leadership, Research
How to improve sales hiring success Senior leadership invariably wants to hire better salespeople. It begs the question to ask better than what? Better than the existing salesforce? Better than the competition? Better than the top five percent of all salespeople?...
Nov 6, 2019 | Coach Effectively, Hire Better, Sell More
One of the laments that we repeatedly hear is that “it takes a long time to learn our industry”. That statement is usually made in the context of a discussion about how it takes “a couple of years” to get a salesperson to be productive. Seriously? The truth is that...
Sep 10, 2018 | Coach Effectively, Hire Better, Sell More
While the trend toward inside sales has been growing for several years, over the course of the past six months, our clients have been asking about this topic more than any other. This article discusses the growth of inside sales and the appropriate role for inside...
Mar 5, 2018 | Hire Better, Sell More
Customers are increasingly choosing value-differentiated consultative sellers and marginalizing product jockeys. The challenge for distributor leadership is to assess, adapt and re-skill their sales teams so they are aligned with the needs of the modern buyer....
Oct 12, 2017 | Hire Better, Sell More
Everyone wants a salesforce comprised of elite sales people. The question is how? The starting point is understanding the qualities that make “A” players different form everyone else. Peduto What Makes an Elite Sales Person...
