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May 02

Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later

By Kelly Riggs | Sales + Leadership

In the workplace, managers never have enough time. “I don’t have time” is the most common excuse managers offer up for failing to do the most critical leadership activities – communication, training, development, and planning. It’s not that managers don’t understand they need more time to do those things; they just never seem to have any extra time laying around. However, although managers constantly complain they never have enough of it, it’s amazing to see how poorly they invest what time they do have.

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Sep 06

Why Do You Never Seem to Have Enough Time?

By Kelly Riggs | Sales + Leadership

Salespeople never seem to have enough time. Which is interesting, because time is arguably the most important asset that any salesperson has. In fact, the real currency that salespeople trade in is not products and services, it’s time and ideas. The less time a salesperson spends in front of potential customers, the more challenging it is to develop new business and grow revenue; and the fewer productive ideas a salesperson has to offer customers, the more difficult it is to win acquire new customers.

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Oct 13

You’re an Average Salesperson, But It’s Not Your Fault

By Kelly Riggs | Sales + Leadership

You’re an average salesperson. And you think you’re safe. Sadly, you probably are. You’re one of the many salespeople at your company and you’re sleepwalking through the month. You’re going through the motions, doing just enough to stay off the bottom rung of the ladder. Your sales performance is average, at best, but occasionally you get close enough to your revenue objective that your sales manager – who claims to be way too busy to replace you – gives you another 3-month pass.

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