An Open Letter to New Salespeople Maybe the word "slimy" comes to mind. Last week I had the opportunity to interact directly with a young person thinking about a career in distributor sales.  They were put off by the image of being a “salesperson,” but because of the experience of one of their friends, they were taking a fresh look at the industry. Their questions revolved around a handful of unknowns.  ·       Is sales a position that taints your ability to do something else later in life? ·       Do customers see salespeople as valuable or as sleaze-ball characters to be avoided? ·       What is this commission thing all about? ·       Do I need to be a natural born salesperson? ·       How hard is the job?  It seems like a lot of people “used to be salespeople but quit.  For the benefit of everyone just s...

Last week we shared some thoughts on The Attack CFO. Recently we discovered a cool article on CFO personal operating styles. The article states… “CFOs fall into six distinctive groups of financial decision makers: Politicians (27%), Revolutionaries (19%),Carers (19%), Conductors (16%), Traditionalists (9%) and Visionaries (9%).” And there is a tie between personal style and business performance: “CFOs who were characterized as Revolutionaries were tied to companies that had the greatest profit growth … those CFOs characterized as Traditionalists were tied to companies that had the least profit growth.” Perhaps the Revolutionaries are on the Attack. Read the article here…

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