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    Doc Rivers and the Selling World!

    Tue,Apr 03,2012 @ 07:55 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

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    All for One and One for All: Improving Employee Commitment

    Mon,Apr 02,2012 @ 02:22 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    All for One and One for All: Improving Employee Commitment

    A recent research study shows that 1 in 4 employees have a strong sense of how their job contributes to their company's goals. With that said, 75% of your employees could be working under the impression that their job doesn't matter. That's 75% of your people who don't take an active and proactive role in what they do because they don't..

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    The 3 Basics to Becoming Successful in Sales

    Mon,Apr 02,2012 @ 12:54 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    The 3 Basics to Becoming Successful in Sales

    You may be the top salesperson in your company, but you had to start somewhere. Sales is not an easy job, and it is difficult because of preconceived notions about salespeople, which makes it difficult to get that first meeting with a potential client. Here are some sales techniques that you can use to help your chances of closing that sale when you do..

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    Coaching Youth Sports Teaches Us About The Value of Coaching

    Mon,Apr 02,2012 @ 08:23 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

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    How To: Organic Customer Engagement

    Fri,Mar 30,2012 @ 09:10 AM | Posted by: Codie Lynn Thompson

    How To: Organic Customer Engagement

    I think most managers will agree with me on some level when I say it is difficult to train employees on how to engage with customers and clients. The reason being is that customer engagement isn’t always this one tangible thing or action that can be easily written into a handbook or manual.

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    Learn It, Teach It, and Sell It

    Thu,Mar 29,2012 @ 04:14 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

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    Some Sales People Belong in "Adult Daycare"

    Thu,Mar 29,2012 @ 04:13 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    I heard this term from a nice lady that attended a presentation I did on sales coaching. When I heard her describe her team as her version of an "Adult Daycare" I  just broke out laughing. Here is a great audio narrative why some sales people belong in an "Adult Daycare":

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    Webinars: The Fast Track to Training

    Thu,Mar 29,2012 @ 08:00 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Webinars: The Fast Track to Training

    Picture this scene: an inside sales team is gathered in an office, taking notes and actively listening as a speaker gives a presentation about sales training…but the speaker cannot be seen. That’s because this group is listening to a webinar, the newest tool for speakers and businesses. Webinars let large amounts of people attend a single presentation from..

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    Know Your Product, DOGgonit!

    Wed,Mar 28,2012 @ 08:02 PM | Posted by: Codie Lynn Thompson

    Know Your Product, DOGgonit!

    A few days ago I took my dog to the vet for her yearly check up. While waiting at the front desk to check in for her appointment, I saw a product displayed on the counter called the Thundershirt. I have seen this product before, once in the back of a magazine as a small review blurb and again on a morning news segment titled: “Dog Days of Summer.” Neither encounter..

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    You Will Attract More Worker Bees By Coaching Than You Will By Managing

    Wed,Mar 28,2012 @ 03:51 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    You Will Attract More Worker Bees By Coaching Than You Will By Managing

    Coaching is about driving performance and demanding better performance but if we invest time (consciously) in the good things people WILL produce greater effort which leads to better performance. If we only focus on what people do wrong or not as well as we require this begs the question "will the employee continue to pursue..

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