Design Think Your Way to Sales

Could this approach actually make Sales a Noble Profession? I had the pleasure of discussing with Régis Lemmens his new book, From Selling to Co-Creating. He is a partner at Sales Cubes, a sales management consulting firm located in Belgium, specializing in sales and key accounts management. He is a firm advocate of design thinking Read More …

Are Sales of Tomorrow based on Lean Startup

From Selling to Co-Creating is not just an academic conversation. It is happening and this ground breaking book is discussed in tomorrow’s Business901 podcast. I had the pleasure of discussing this topic with Régis Lemmens, a consultant, author and teacher on the topic of sales and sales management. He is a partner at Sales Cubes, Read More …

Layout for Hoshin Kanri Planning in Lean Sales and Marketing

If you have not listened to this podcast with Art Byrne, you should. Podcast: Lean as your Business Model w Art Byrne Transcript: Lean as a Business Model The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company Review layout for Hoshin Kanri Planning in implementing Lean in Sales Read More …

Applying Standard Work to Sales and Marketing

People struggle with Lean in knowledge work, services, sales and marketing because they don’t believe that many of the fundamental concepts of Lean, such as Standard Work can apply to the S & M discipline. If you review the slide shows under the Lean Engagement Team section on Slide Share, I think you will find Read More …

Increase Sales with Better Note Taking

Have you ever reviewed your sales people call notes? Don’t look at what they put into the CRM look at those raw notes they captured during the conversation, the raw footage. The importance of capturing information is so valuable, and one of the most underdeveloped traits that a salesperson or even many support staffs have. Read More …

The Beautifulness of Chaos in Sales

One of my pet-peeves is this process thinking mentality that we can apply a tool like value-stream mapping and create a more efficient sales process, by getting rid of unnecessary steps and action. People are always looking for a template that they can follow and ZaZoom, sales increases. Though there is some truth that we Read More …