VIDEO: Fatal Coaching Mistake. Managers, Share Ideas, Not Expectations
Mar 12, 2010 Executive Coaching, Videos, coaching for managers, coaching salespeople, training for managers
It is a fact that if you’re a boss, manager, or executive responsible for managing people, you are their superior. And, therefore, you have a certain degree of influence over how your staff feels about certain things.
Managers and executives have the power to shut down a conversation or open up a dialogue. Quite often, they don’t realize how much of an influence they have over their staff and how influential they can be without even trying. When a manager takes a strong stand or position and makes a statement like, “Here’s the solution” or “Here’s how it is,” it removes any opportunity for others to contribute a different and potentially better idea.
There’s a difference between sharing an opinion or idea and sharing an expectation. It’s one thing if the manager or boss shares an opinion that allows the dialogue and flow of the conversation to continue moving in a positive, collaborative direction. It’s entirely different when the manager shares an expectation with a strong agenda or ultimatum behind it.
An opinion or idea from the boss opens up further conversation. An expectation shuts it down.
In this video, I discuss this approach managers can take so that you will be more likely to get a response that encourages unfiltered collaboration and multiple contributions.
Tags: coaching for managers, coaching salespeople, management coach training, training for managers
VIDEO: How To Leverage The Power Of Fear to Become Unstoppable
Mar 5, 2010 Career Advice, Executive Coaching, How to Manage Your Team, Live Responsibly: Life Tips, Great Living, Sales Coaching, Videos, accountability, career coaching, coaching for managers, coaching salespeople, cold calling, training for managers
Do you allow fear to paralyze you or have you made fear your greatest ally? Does fear hold you hostage, preventing you from being more of who you are and what you want to achieve? Have you ever been in a position of action, yet felt powerless to take those steps you need to take to live your greatness, achieve better results or make the best choice because fear had it’s grip over you?
Are you driven by what you want most; your dreams, goals and passions – or are you fueled by fear, consequence and what you worry may happen or occur in the worst case scenario?
How do you manage fear? Do you embrace it or resist it?
In this video, discover how you can leverage fear and make it your greatest teacher so that you can become unstoppable.
Tags: career coaching, coaching for managers, coaching salespeople, Executive Coaching, life coaching, Sales Coaching, video
VIDEO: More Frequent Coaching Yields a Measurable R.O.I.
Dec 29, 2009 Executive Coaching, How to Manage Your Team, Sales Management, Videos, coaching for managers, training for managers
If you go to the gym on a frequent basis, you’ll get in better shape. A sound and fairly obvious principle. The same principle holds true with coaching the people in your company.
The measurable return you receive from investing your time coaching your people is similar to the payback you get when working out or engaging in some type of physical exercise on a consistent basis. That is, if you coach your people more frequently and consistently, your career and the career of those people on your team becomes much healthier.
Moreover, you have your finger more readily positioned on the pulse of what’s going on around you and within your organization so that you have the ability to handle what would initially be perceived as a small challenge or inconvenience before it blows up into a grand scale problem or costly catastrophe.
After all, problems are what happen when you fail to recognize the clues around you.
Below is a 45 second video I did that discusses this.
Tags: coaching for managers, coaching salespeople, Executive Coaching, management training, Sales Coaching, training for managers
VIDEO: Use The Wanting For Statement To Motivate and Enroll People In Change
Dec 17, 2009 Executive Coaching, How to Manage Your Team, Sales Management, Videos, coaching for managers, coaching salespeople, training for managers
Tags: coaching for managers, Executive Coaching, management training, Sales Coaching, training video
VIDEO: If Time Is Money, Then Your Routine Is Priceless. Are You Treating Them The Same?
Nov 23, 2009 Career Advice, Executive Coaching, Sales Coaching, Sales Management, Time Management Tips, Videos, accountability, training for managers
Do you manage your time as diligently as you manage your money? Do you have a consistent, weekly routine that you follow from the time you wake up in the morning up until the time you end your day, [whether that’s when you end your work day or go to sleep] that contains the specific, measurable activities and tasks you engage in that move you closer to your goals, while keeping your life in a happy balance?
If you’re in the majority of people I ask this question to, you’ll probably answer with a “No.” (I’m not surprised. After all, it was my clients who inspired me to write a book on time management in the first place.)
Here we are, on the surface believing that time is money, yet when it comes down to it, we’re not managing our time and ourselves the way we manage our money. We don’t give our time the same respect, diligence and planning it deserves the way we do money.
Watch this three minute video I did with homebusinessbrains.com and develop a deeper appreciation for the value of developing a highly structured routine. It’s time to upgrade your relationship with time. Click on the ‘read more’ link below to watch the video.
Tags: accountability, crm, diary, routine, schedule, self management, time, time management
VIDEO: The Initial Objective of A Cold Call – Find The Fit Early Or Waste Precious Selling Time
Nov 20, 2009 Sales Coaching, Sales Training, Videos, cold calling, sales tips, tele-sales, telesales
Think about the intention or the end result of your prospecting efforts. Rather than focusing all of your energy on making the sale, first determine if there’s a good fit between you, your prospect, and what you are selling.
Instead of feeling that the intention of prospecting is to get a sale, provide a demonstration, submit a proposal, or schedule an appointment, the initial intention of prospecting is to determine if there’s a fit worth pursuing.
While this may sound a bit strange, closing the sale and earning the business of a prospect is not your initial goal. Instead, your primary objective is to determine whether you and your prospect are a good fit.
Here’s a video I did on cold calling that I recently produced with a great new company I’d like to introduce to you that’s offering some free and valuable advice to home businesses and career minded professionals. That company is Home Business Brains. Click on the “read more” link below for the video.
Tags: cold call, cold calling, Sales Coaching, Sales Training, telesales
Landslide Video: Respect Sales! A Day On The Links With a Prospect
Nov 12, 2009 Clients are fun. Case Studies in Sales and Leaders..., Prospecting, Cold Calling and Networking, Sales Training, Selling Advice, Videos
Landslide.com recently recorded a video for a series with the theme: “Respect sales.” The idea is to show how sometimes people think salespeople have it easy – they get to travel, play golf, go on dinner outings etc. but the reality is far different.
So, what actually happens when a salesperson takes a prospect out on the golf course? Any good salesperson knows that deals just don’t fall out of the sky. Follow Landslide’s sales guy as he puts up with his difficult prospect and tries to close the deal. Click play on the video below.
If the video does not load, here is a link to the video.
Tags: funny, prospecting, sales, Sales Training, selling, video
Special Event: Free Webcast With Zig Ziglar Next Week – Embrace The Struggle
Nov 12, 2009 Live Events, Live Responsibly: Life Tips, Great Living, Videos, webinar
I want to pass along to you an invitation from Zig Ziglar which my friend, Tom Ziglar just informed me about that I’m excited to share with you. Next week, you can participate in a very special live webcast that Zig Ziglar is hosting on November 17, absolutely free.
It sounds like the last few weeks for the Ziglar family have been incredible. Zig just turned 83, will be celebrating his 63rd wedding anniversary later this month and Zig’s new book, Embrace The Struggle, was just released.
With so many people facing their own struggles today, including Zig’s own struggle after a recent accident, you can’t help but find hope and encouragement when you see how Zig himself is embracing his struggle.
If you haven’t already seen it, The Ziglar family has created a very powerful movie, “Embrace The Struggle,” that tells in two minutes the Embrace The Struggle message. When the movie is finished, it will end on a registration page for the free webcast.
You can watch the movie here if you have not seen it yet.
Or, you can go directly to the registration page here.
I know that Zig Ziglar has made an impact in my life and in the lives of thousands of others.
I’m certain that anyone in the midst of a struggle who participates in this webcast will find something that will help them embrace their struggle.
Join the Ziglar family for a special evening with Zig Ziglar, Tom Ziglar and Julie Ziglar Norman, as they discuss how Zig has embraced his struggle from a brain injury and the resulting short-term memory loss. Your life will be impacted as you see this family rise above their circumstances – and thrive!
Below are the details of the webcast:
Title: Embrace the Struggle
Speakers: Zig Ziglar, Tom Ziglar and Julie Ziglar Norman
Date: November 17th
Time: 7:00-8:15 pm CST
To Register:
You can watch the movie here.
Or, you can go directly to the registration page here.
Tags: life coaching, life training, Sales Training, Zig Ziglar, Ziglar
VIDEO: Developing a Compelling Opening Statement When Cold Calling and Prospecting.
Sep 21, 2009 Cold Calling Tips, Prospecting, Cold Calling and Networking, Sales Coaching, Videos, cold calling, tele-sales
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Here’s one example of the type of opening statement and cold calling approach you can create that’s sure to generate more qualified prospects for you than ever before. This example was one that a cost reduction company used when calling on the C suite of prospects, such as the controller or CFO. Once you listen to the opening statement, I’ll then dissect this approach so you can see the strategy behind it.
Tags: cold calling, Cold Calling Tips, opening statement, prospecting, Sales Coaching, Sales Training, video
VIDEO: Deeper Interviewing Strategies to Identify Top Sales Champions and Avoid Mis-Hires
Sep 18, 2009 Executive Coaching, HR issues, How to Manage Your Team, Interviews, Sales Management, Videos
Watch the Video Here.
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“I know how to interview. I’ve been doing it for years.” I hear this from practically every manager or HR executive I’ve ever had the privilege of coaching or training. And the other day, when speaking to one of my favorite clients, a VP of HR, this statement was echoed once again. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: career coaching, Executive Coaching, hiring and recruiting salespeople, hiring top salespeople, how to hire, how to interview, HR, human resource, interview, interviewing questions, recruiting salespeople
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