Curiosity Isn’t a Soft Skill. It’s Your Edge

6 months ago

Most sales training programmes treat curiosity like a soft skill – a nice-to-have, good for rapport-building or probing for pain.…

Born to Sell? Probably Not

7 months ago

There’s a seductive story in sales. One that gets told over pints, in hiring meetings, and in the quiet hierarchy…

The 80/20 Illusion: Rethinking the Pareto Principle in Sales Teams

7 months ago

Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist with a cracking name and a sharp beard, first noticed in 1896 that 80% of…

Questions Sellers Should Ask Themselves

7 months ago

If you're not interrogating your own approach, your buyers certainly will. Salespeople are often praised for the questions they ask…

How to Be a Sales Manager

7 months ago

Being a sales manager is no longer just about hitting the number. Today’s sales managers must master a complex balancing…

More Tech, Less Selling?

7 months ago

There’s an old adage in sales: give your reps the right tools, and they’ll deliver the results. It’s not unusual…

The Dunning–Kruger Effect

7 months ago

There’s something deliciously ironic about the Dunning–Kruger effect. The very people most affected by it are the least likely to…

Where Salespeople Go Wrong with Multi-Threading

7 months ago

Multi-threading in sales—engaging multiple stakeholders within a target company—is often presented as a silver bullet for complex deals. In theory,…

The Power of Unfinished Busi…

7 months ago

In the 1920s, psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik noticed something unusual about waiters in a Viennese café. They could remember unpaid orders…

Interesting Sales Stats: That Will Make You Think

8 months ago

If you like using stats to gain insight—or just want to steal some for a LinkedIn post—we’ve put together a…