How Curious Are You?

How Curious Are You?

The inspiration for this post was my recent visit to Boston and one of my closest friends in the world twin sons. They are identical twins and are four years old. I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that they are absolutely the cutest boys on the planet. My...
Are Your Sales Reps Not Challenging or Disrupting?

Are Your Sales Reps Not Challenging or Disrupting?

My blog posts are mostly inspired by real world sales interactions that I’ve experienced first hand.  That includes both the good and bad sales experiences. Being a perpetual student of the sales game, I collect the extreme examples of both in my own little...
Enterprise Sales War Stories…

Enterprise Sales War Stories…

I got together with an old colleague and his sales team for dinner the other night.  It was a blast as each one of us enterprise software sales veterans tried to outdo the other with our respective sales war stories.  Suffice to say, there was ample material...
Who Teaches Our Thought Leaders?

Who Teaches Our Thought Leaders?

What is a thought leader? According to Forbes, thought leaders are: “… recognized as one of the foremost authorities in selected areas of specialization, resulting in its being the go-to individual or organization for said expertise. A thought leader is an individual...
What Happens When the Kids Are in Charge…

What Happens When the Kids Are in Charge…

I’ve been working in B2B technology sales for over two decades.  The past 22 years of my career have been based in Silicon Valley.  It can be truly exhilarating to work with twenty something year olds freshly minted with their college diplomas, chock...