A Return To Royalty

Some blogger I am.  A momentous milestone in my Road Warrior life came and went a couple of months ago, and I forgot to mention it.  Let me make amends for my careless transgression.  I’m a Premier again with United Airlines. For those who don’t travel,...

Shoot the Sales Trainer

Conventional sales techniques have not worked well in the past, and they sure as heck don’t work very well today. In spite of the millions of dollars spent annually to train corporate sales forces how to sell, they fail again and again. There are two major...

Taming the “Victim Voice”

This week I found myself out in Los Angeles with a rare opportunity.  I had the opportunity to perform a business “do-over.”  Let me jump in the “Way Back Machine” and give you the back-story here. Six years ago I conducted a seminar in Las Vegas that did not go...

Count to… Tomorrow

Have you ever heard the expression, “Before you respond, count to ten” before? In this economy I’m changing that expression to, “Before you respond, count to… tomorrow.” Counting to ten just isn’t long enough anymore. That’s because we’re all a little raw right now....