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“In today’s world, employers are smart to be cautious on who they hire into their companies,” states Ann E. Zaslow-Rethaber of International Search Consultants (ISC), a leading executive search firm that specializes in the sales and marketing industry on a nationwide as well as international ... Views: 1624
Is Coaching the New Management?
World-class athletes, public performers, indeed winners in nearly every profession, know that without the right coach, they won't perform at their peak.
Executive and management coaching has increased in popularity in the business world, with many ... Views: 1624
If you're an expert who is wanting to get out there and coach with your work and help people, it's a smart strategy to put what you know into a book.
However, since my blessing is to give everything a look through a sales conversion perspective, I'm going to give you some advice that you ... Views: 1622
Many people head their articles or book chapters with a quote; this lends gravitas, authority and authenticity to whatever follows. On the whole I like a good quote, although seeing the same quotes and anecdotes repeatedly, (Edison and his light bulbs, Colonel Sanders and his chickens) starts to ... Views: 1622
You’ve spent countless hours preparing your program launch.
Everything is moving forward like clockwork and the last email is just about to go out. With the special offer you’ve included you’re expecting to generate some real interest from your list.
Then it happens - the thing you dread ... Views: 1622
This is first in the series of Top 10 Basic Business Principles, and it is important that you get this one right.
One of the more difficult decisions to make in business is what am I going to do within the business, and even more importantly, what am I NOT going to do. This decision will ... Views: 1621
For a lot of business people, the concept of marketing and selling is so similar that they tend to put them together, interchange them, or even alternate them in a lot of things. Sad to say, but this is a mistaken concept. Although both sales and marketing have similar in the idea of reaching ... Views: 1620
Giving criticism can be just as, if not even more stressful than receiving it. Studies have shown that people who are about to offer criticism are often concerned that they or the other person may get angry at them and that they will not know how to manage that other person’s anger.
According ... Views: 1619
Or maybe it’s just the words we use…
It's become fairly obvious to me recently from people I speak with that not everyone connects with, relates to or gains value from the traditional personal development language or paradigm.
Or words like paradigm (for that matter). Or NLP, EFT, ... Views: 1619
Change your LIFE… change your JOB...
Changing jobs can be an overwhelming task, particularly when you don't know what lies ahead of you. The fear of the unknown coupled with not knowing where to start, often stops prospective jobseekers from even venturing on the path that will lead to ... Views: 1618
Teach, Coach And Lead With Integrity
Teach, Coach And Lead With Integrity
By Louis Jordan
There is no one-thing that makes a sales leader great. But, there is definitely one thing that can make them poor - an inability to coach and develop their employees.
Tell a salesperson to go sell and ... Views: 1617
Work from home mothers are some of the top coaches around. Yes, I said “the top coaches” around. Below are just 10 reasons why:
1. You have great motivation to change the world (and gain an extra income stream while you are at it).
2. You have amazing life experience. Until you have raised ... Views: 1616
I have been involved in “selling” for nearly a dozen years now. I have sold everything from life insurance to media services. I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of different sales reps, and meeting thousands more. They all have one thing in common – they want to make more ... Views: 1615
Up and out -- that is my motto. Whenever I'm pursuing a contract, project or deal, I find out who all the top level people are in the organization. Then I focus on how I'm going to spread like a virus in an organization and get to them. But the leaders who are always the most helpful are ... Views: 1613
Business meetings, tight schedules, business development activities, conferences, product launches and a heap of other responsibilities leave the CEO and associated management team exhausted, stressed and wanting for some relief out of physical and mental stress.
Here we discuss some ways and ... Views: 1613
What do you think is the most important skill your guitar students have to learn from you in order to become excellent musicians as fast as possible? Think it’s guitar soloing? Maybe it’s songwriting? Perhaps it’s aural skills? Or is it improvising?
Here is the answer you ... Views: 1613
Addressing Workplace Relationships
Where do we get to choose our relationships and where do we have no choice? We get to choose our friends, but not our family or co-workers. Figure that the workplace is one area where a group of random people are plunked down in some sort of space and told ... Views: 1612
Let’s take a look at why you hate your present job to see if there’s ANY chance the situation can be salvaged. In this article I want to deal with 3 issues...
1. What’s Going On That Bothers You?
2. Why Does Your Job Bother You?
3. How You Can Change It
According to Gretchen ... Views: 1612
The methodology of elite salespeople is focused at a higher level. They gravitate more toward the natural laws of human interaction and psychology – the esoteric – the essence for which the Rules of Selling were written and in which they find credibility. Their delivery appears effortless albeit ... Views: 1612
As you build your Virtual Assistance practice you will find that sometimes your workload as a virtual service provider can get quite heavy. One of the best ways to handle it is to outsource some of your work to other virtual assistants. But, where do you start? Let’s dig a bit deeper to get your ... Views: 1612
When your boss is the office bully a very different picture emerges. It’s like dealing with a spoiled child who rants and raves knowing nobody will say anything for fear of risking the unemployment line. They act out because they can. They are insecure, compensating for little or no leadership, ... Views: 1612
Lack of confidence, self-doubt and low self-esteem stem from negative talk within yourself. This negative talk was programmed into you as a child. Yes, it was your parents or friends or role models that messed you up. However, that was then and there is nothing you can do to change that. But ... Views: 1610
Most of the small and medium organization (SME) wants to transform the organization for breakthrough growth. Breakthrough growth happens only when there is radical thinking and execution happens on the way it does business on a daily basis. The person at the top thinks that people working for ... Views: 1610
What Is Identity Theft?
Identity theft is a crime that often occurs when someone obtains your personal information without your knowledge and begins using it to either assume your identity (act as you by using your identity) or make purchases in your name. You are the one that has to prove ... Views: 1609
Today is Day 6 of my "25 Days 'til Christmas Plan" and I'm merrily on my way to holiday bliss.
With my husband's office party right around the corner, I started thinking about all of the funny things that have happened over the years at these events.
Luckily, I have not been involved. ... Views: 1609
By Colleen Francis, Engage Selling
You say it to your sales team all the time: “ABC. Always be closing.” Well, as a sales leader, I’d recommend that you adopt a slightly different mantra for yourself: ABR: Always be recruiting.
Many sales managers settle into complacency when their team is ... Views: 1607
To state the obvious, there’s no question we are living in turbulent times. The winds of change are creating upheaval and instability, leaving chaos and confusion in its wake. The almighty dollar upon which we’ve built just about all of our institutions, including religion, as well as a sense of ... Views: 1605
If you own a stock, you can follow it on the stock exchange and watch it go up and down in value all day. You have no control over the value or the fluctuation. All you really have is the hope and faith that the stock will go up. Your choice lies in keeping it or selling the stock.
If you own ... Views: 1604
Have you ever had a patient that sits through a whole report of findings and looks at you with the deer in the headlights look? It's obvious that they don't really understand the treatment program that has been implemented and your communication is off target.
If your patients do not have have ... Views: 1603
A Reason To Believe
Amidst the chaos of our lives, we must be steadfast on our quest to find reasons to believe. Even in the gloomiest of times when there does not seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel, you have to look for that glimmer of hope. Because, at times, that is all we ... Views: 1601
There is no doubt that customer satisfaction plays a key role on how businesses develop quality products and keep revenue coming. This explains why it is important for a company to implement effective methods for communicating with their customers. This way, they could remain current with what ... Views: 1601
As the world turns on its axel our society is moving forward at a break neck pace due to technological advances. These innovative solutions are great on one hand yet are also a main culprit to diminishing customer service experiences. It is time to change the way we do business in the new ... Views: 1601
Can you describe the characteristics of a successful blog? One important characteristic of a successful blog is a large group of regular readers, blogs that make a lot of money have a lot of readers so a focus on obtaining readers is imperative. Methods for obtaining readers are numerous, for ... Views: 1601
If you’ve been following me on the Social Networks, you should know that I have a 5 year old, who I believe will be 25 next birthday.
Aren’t they the most precious people on this earth?
The questions, the Ego, the inquisitiveness amaze me every day!
For accounting women in business, ... Views: 1600
I don’t know about you, but when I first started out as a solo-preneur in my service business and sat down to write the copy for my website, I found it incredibly challenging. I had no idea where to start on my home page, let alone any others.
So I did what most other coaches were doing, I ... Views: 1599
Making money via texting messages sounds great! Well, text messaging marketing is the newest buzz. If you want to make money easily and quickly then you must try this method. Here people text to win. Do you want to make some easy extra bucks? Then you must try texting method, you simply have to ... Views: 1598
Chattering away inside the heads of most human beings is an internal monologue that goes on and on at about 45,000 words per day. It consists of a variety of voices—the cheerleader, the worrier, the taskmaster and a whole gallery of others, some uplifting and cheery, others nagging and mean. ... Views: 1598
Reference checking is an important part of the interviewing and hiring process, yet so many supervisors are unsure of either how to go about checking references, or why they should even take the time to check references on their job applicants.
When you have found your perfect job candidate, ... Views: 1597
Are you an author looking for effective ways to gain visibility for you and your book? There are some very simple (not necessarily easy) ways to do this.
If your book is a self help, business, spiritual or virtually any topic that can be developed into a workshop you host your own free one ... Views: 1597
Ever wanted to get more B2B leads? That sounds like a very daunting task to those who are not ready for it. But none of us are really ready for it, right? That is why we need to hire someone else to properly do the job. This is where a competent telemarketing team becomes even more important. ... Views: 1597
Once you’ve gone through the process of finding and hiring the right candidate, the last thing that you’d expect is the need to fire your new employee.
Despite thoroughly interviewing and checking references, it is not out of the realm of possibility that your new employee will not be a good ... Views: 1596
Do you want to increase your wealth and improve your relationship with money? Are you willing to ALLOW a constant flow of prosperity into your life?
All it takes is a decision and belief. Simple, huh?!
Sure, you’ll have to let go of a great many negative beliefs that you currently hold on ... Views: 1594
My 7 year old daughter Jenna loves to play baseball. In fact, she loves it so much she’s willing to play in a league where over 90% of the players are boys. We are nearing the end of the season and playoffs begin in a few days. She’s struggled to keep up with the team, playing mostly in the ... Views: 1594
My friend Joan Steidl was recently asked about her thoughts on the election. She responded, “We are living in a rapidly changing world. Both parties are offering old solutions that haven’t worked. What we really need are some new ideas.”
Her words have haunted me.
Our traditional semi-free ... Views: 1594
“We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?” We absolutely love this quote from Marianne Williamson.
And do you want to know what really breaks our hearts? It’s when we see people who are so full of potential, not step into ... Views: 1593
One of the reasons why people online sign up to expensive high ticket coaching programs is because they want a shortcut in knowing the things that they find very important in their lives or careers. Most of these people have no time to read hundreds of articles and just get confused later on ... Views: 1593
Shel Horowitz, Apex Award winning author of Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First and founder of the international Business Ethics Pledge campaign, shares 7 reasons why ethics will help your business succeed and 5 easy steps you can take towards building a more ethical ... Views: 1593
Daegan Smith is a great mentor to network marketers. What did he do to become so successful. My business has been built around many of the teachings I have received from him.
My mission is to empower as many struggling network marketers as I possibly can.
Using what Daegan Smith has taught ... Views: 1592
Many times I am in conversation with a potential client or struggling solopreneur and when I ask them what the biggest obstacle is that they feel is preventing them from succeeding, they say “money.” I know at that point that they need to work on their relationship with money. That’s because ... Views: 1592
We all know what HR stands for. Every company has one, big or small. Whenever there is a problem or concern, the HR department will address the issue and create a solution. So what if we are talking about ourselves? Would if we have an issue that stems from us internally and does not require ... Views: 1592