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How to Motivate Your Sales Team
Selling is a game of belief and confidence. In fact, they go hand in hand because confidence comes from belief. When your sales team starts...
2 Stories Every Leader Needs to Tell
Leadership is about more than achieving goals—it’s about forging connections, inspiring action, and driving change. One of the most powerful tools in a leader’s toolkit...
Love Wins: 5 Leadership Lessons From Ronda Conger of CBH Homes
“We are so glad you are here!” That heartfelt greeting was my first experience at a CBH Homes Sales Rally in 2018. As I stood...
How AI Is Changing Sales
I believe that today is the best time in history to work in sales. I also believe that AI will radically alter the mechanics of...
Greg Scheinman on Breaking Out of the Midlife Blues
You can be successful without feeling happy or fulfilled. You can achieve a meaningful outcome without being able to simply pause and enjoy the moment....
What I Learned From the No Complaining Challenge
The more we complain, the more likely we are to keep complaining. We can do better and I wanted to prove it. Enter the No...
How to Run an Exceptional Sales Kickoff Meeting
Imagine stepping onto the stage as the lights dim and the room buzzes with the collective energy of a sales team eager and ready to...
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Why Human-Centered Leadership Is the Future of Growth
The world of work is forever changed. Employees have changed, too. They have evolved their expectations of what work should be like and how managers...
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The Future of Hospitality With McKibbon Hospitality CEO Randy Hassen
“The most important guest is the one right in front of you. Take care of that one and the rest will take care of itself.”...
The Power of Celebration
January 11 is one of my favorite holidays. You may have never heard of it, but it’s one I look forward to celebrating at the...
The Mind of a Leader With Mike Lee
The mind of a leader today requires the self-awareness to understand your behaviors and the emotional intelligence to foster trust and safety with the people...
Lessons from Hell on the Hill
“Tomorrow, an hour into the race, the hill is going silent. We will continue to run, but observe a 20-minute silence. During that period, I...
Why I Wrote a Book with My Brother
“You should have written the book.” We were three margaritas in, and my brother Chad was giving me a hard time for not leveraging my...
U2: A Science Project in Service of Art
It was a chilly night in Norman, Oklahoma, when the sky opened up and it started to rain. Running for cover wasn’t a consideration since...
Make Better Decisions Faster: A Conversation With Paul Epstein
“I can’t decide.” So I didn’t. The truth is, avoiding that hard decision and others like it cost me time, opportunity and cycles of unnecessary...
I Will Be Happy When …
“Are you enjoying your summer?” I stared at that text message from my coach. I thought about it deeply and eventually responded: “Regarding summer, I...
Why We Need to Enable — Not Manage — Performance
Few organizations are better authorities on the evolution of performance management than Betterworks, whose annual State of Performance Enablement report dissects what employers are doing...
Stacking Value to Drive Growth
Did you know 87% of sales opportunities have medium to high amounts of customer indecision? And when you add in economic uncertainty, inflation, supply chain...
The Magic of Creation
concept—> review —> create —> TEST —> iterate A few weekends ago, I hit the pause button to take in the John Mayer solo tour...
4 Questions to Build Trust in a Team
“How can I support you in the work you are doing?” On the surface, it seems like a simple question. But when sales leaders pose it...
Creating Something New
In my business, a break in the action means it’s time to create something new. Every entrepreneur, executive, leader, manager and individual contributor needs to...
The Art and Science of Storytelling in Sales
“I understand….let me tell you a story.” They are some of the most powerful words we can convey. The invitation to listen is also my...
How to Conduct Effective Pre-Call Planning
Sales calls are the beginning of a journey, and like any adventure, you need to be prepared. Remote selling has risen 89% since 2013, and...
3 Most Important Elements of Sales Preparation
Most sales are closed before the meeting even starts. Today, on average, when B2B buyers are considering a purchase, they only spend 17% of their...
How to Improve Psychological Safety at Work
How important is psychological safety at work? Google’s Project Aristotle launched with a singular goal — to discover the elements that make a perfect team. The...
Make Baseball Fun and Put Fans First
Why are people already in line? The game doesn’t start for a few hours. I didn’t understand. I was in Savannah for a minor league...
Best Practices of World-Class Sales Organizations
According to Gartner’s Future of Sales 2025 report, 80% of B2B sales interactions will occur in digital channels by 2025. Organizations that can adapt, and...
How to Become a Successful Sales Person: A Conversation with Philip Kennedy
Few people know more about what it takes to become a successful sales person than Philip Kennedy, vice president of sales at CADY, the senior...
Servant Leadership in Healthcare: A Conversation with AccentCare CEO Stephan Rodgers
Beginning as a personal care attendant in college and progressing to leadership roles within the UnitedHealth Group network, Stephan Rodgers has spent 25 years profoundly...
10 Traits of a Great Teammate
When I decided to start my business more than 10 years ago, I wasn’t entirely sure where it would take me. But I knew who...
Visioning the Future
Visioning the future and mental rehearsal are battle-tested, time-honored traditions of peak performers such as Lebron James and Michael Phelps. However, you don’t have to...
How to Overcome Loneliness
Chronic loneliness harms us. It’s characterized by feelings of worthlessness, emptiness, and a lack of control, and it literally makes us susceptible to illness. A...
How to Become More Creative: A Conversation With Josh Linkner
“I am not an entrepreneur.” I carried around this limiting belief way too long. It kept me stuck, playing small and only developing a small...
Persuasive Communication: 5 Ways to Improve Your Skills
How much time do you spend every week presenting new ideas? Working on getting buy-in from your boss for a special project? Competing for new...
Adversity Is a Gift: A Conversation with Joseph Michelli
When the pandemic hit, Joseph Michelli was working on a book about the Godiva chocolate brand. Then the company’s stores shut down. He could no...
Who Are You Becoming?
I have accepted and surrendered to the understanding that the world isn’t going back to the way it was before. Neither am I. Instead, I...
The Virtual Selling Skills You Need To Grow
The most effective sellers have mastered the art of creating a dynamic, high-impact sales presentation. They know how to present value, offer compelling insight, and...
How One Family-Owned Business Keeps Its Heroes Healthy
“After the last exhalation, inhale one final time, as deeply as you can. Then let the air out and stop breathing. Hold until you feel...
You Can’t Improve What You Don’t Measure
“When you were presenting at the Summit in January, I was concerned. I thought I detected the early onset of Parkinson’s in your right hand....
What Is Your Personal Leadership Vision?
The most effective business leaders, the real Futuremakers, recognize the visioning process begins within. Successful leaders seeking to inspire and galvanize their teams should start...
Lead from a Position of Influence
Leadership isn’t about tenure or title. It’s about helping people achieve their full potential. It’s about putting people and the organization in a position to...
How to Conquer Burnout at Work
If you’ve been having trouble concentrating recently, you’re not alone. A recent survey conducted by FlexJobs and Mental Health America found that 75% of people...
5 Journaling Prompts to Build Emotional Resilience
My Rustico leather journal has been a trusty guide through the years. Looking back through my journal, I am reminded of emotions, ideas, conflict, insights...
Resilient Leadership: Embrace Continuous Reinvention
The discipline of change is changing. The modern marketplace is as dynamic as it is ruthless, and business leaders are increasingly defined by their ability...
My Focus on Mental Health During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes to daily life — and with it has come uncertainty, altered routines, stress and social isolation. As our...
Thank You, Tom Richey
“To say new business is important really does not give the process its proper value. It is our livelihood and our very existence. I do...
How to Build Trust With Prospective Clients
Welcome the resistance. In a selling situation, it’s often a sign of engagement and potential interest. If a prospective buyer has taken the time to...
The Pivot Back to Playing Offense
Around the country, including my home state of Minnesota, we are transitioning out of isolation at home. And as the country opens up, so is...
Show Up and Serve
Being a great sales leader has never been about driving quotas. It’s about leveraging valued guidance and insight to become a trusted adviser for both...
A Conversation with Rocket Software CMO Jeff Winter
Living your values when times are difficult is crucial not just to organizational success, but also to creating a sustainable culture that can weather the...