By Simon Hazeldine For decades, sales training has revolved around the art of persuasion. Scripts, objection handling, closing techniques. The underlying assumption? If you say the right words with enough…
By Simon Hazeldine For decades, sales leadership has revolved around two words: the pipeline. Forecast calls, pipeline reviews, quarterly reports - they dominate how we track progress. Yet here is…
By Simon Hazeldine Every sales organisation has targets. They are the heartbeat of most commercial strategies, the rhythm by which managers measure performance, and the stick (and occasional carrot) that…
By Simon Hazeldine If you want your sales team to operate at peak performance, you need to start looking beyond the traditional sales training playbook. You need to start looking…
By Simon Hazeldine If you think sales success is solely the responsibility of your sales team, think again. In today’s hyper-competitive and complex markets, elite sales leaders know that revenue…
By Simon Hazeldine Sales leaders love best practices. They offer comfort, predictability, and a blueprint that feels safe when the commercial world feels volatile. But here is the uncomfortable truth.…
By Simon Hazeldine In strong economies, average sales leaders can hide. Good market conditions mask mediocre strategies, sloppy execution, and fragile cultures. But when the market tightens, when uncertainty surges,…
By Simon Hazeldine It’s the hidden epidemic in sales organisations: underperformance that stems not from lack of effort, tools, or talent, but from inadequate coaching. While companies spend millions on…
By Simon Hazeldine Take a long, hard look at your sales team. If their tools, techniques, and thinking haven’t evolved dramatically over the past decade, you may be unknowingly playing…
By Simon Hazeldine Due to the frequent changes that are now prevalent in today’s business world sales leaders are often tasked with guiding their teams through continuous changes – be…