Becoming a Good Sales Person

6 Ways Salespeople Irritate Customers and Lose Sales

Salespeople are typically the nicest people in the room. They ask about your family. They laugh at your stories. They empathize with your hard...

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Female Professional Worker

6 Secrets to Becoming Your Own Boss

Not everyone longs to be THE boss of a large team or organization. But given a choice, most of us would like to BE our own boss. We want the...

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Using a Specific Agenda

Are You Leaving Customers in the Dark With a Vague Agenda?

You’ve interacted with your prospect a couple of times—either on the phone or by email. You’ve researched the organization. You’ve...

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Speaking and Presenting Techniques

Are You Telling a Story––or an Anecdote?

No, it’s not just you. You’re not just imagining that half the blogs and books you’ve read in the last few years have urged you to learn to...

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Tips for Executive Presentations

5 Tips for Executives Who Become Public Speakers

Many professional speakers have a talk in search of an audience and then wonder why their listeners don’t find what they say relevant! The...

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Thinking like a Demanding Boss

Confessions of a Demanding Boss: How to Manage Them

I don’t yell, rant, curse, pitch fits, or get in your face when things go wrong.  But as the owner of a training company, I probably would have...

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