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Graeme Hall's thoughts on various sales related topics together with some of the answers to questions we have been asked over the years.

 

18/07/2017 | Sales management

Well done on the order but do we (really) know why we won it?

Many of the businesses we come across, both pre and post private equity investment, carry out some form of 'lost bid analysis.' The more astute manage...

03/04/2017 | Sales management

If you keep doing what you've always done

Working as we do exclusively with private equity-backed businesses, one of the common themes we encounter is the need for more headcount to deliver ne...

09/02/2017 | Sales management

Questions for sales managers

How do you know if the team is doing enough of the right activity, early enough, to ensure the revenue you need next month/quarter?   How do you know...

02/11/2016 | Sales management

The orders factory?

The recent great news about Nissan’s decision to re-invest in it’s Sunderland factory reminded me of how few of the sales leaders we meet, take the so...

12/10/2016 | Sales management

Is there a cadence to selling?

As a keen (and very amateur) road cyclist I have been experimenting with using different cadences (pedal speeds) to find the most optimal for me. It’s...

01/06/2016 | Sales management

How do you recognise a strong sales manager?

A question we regularly hear from our clients is ‘where do you find great (or even good!) sales managers?’   For us, the real challenge lies with how...

26/01/2016 | Sales management

It's not like selling photocopiers you know!

Over the past 12 months we have met and/or worked with around 20 UK businesses in a variety of sectors but predominantly from engineering and service ...

12/06/2013 | Sales management

How to keep your top sales performer

Not withstanding the appalling way that events were allowed to unfold in public, the recent headlines about Wayne Rooney’s decision to finally sign a ...

15/12/2011 | Sales management

There’s no ‘I’ in team - nor should there be!

Although groups of sales people are often described as being in a team, my experience over the past 20 years is that sales is rarely a team game if yo...

19/10/2010 | Sales management

Grow your own versus buy it in

One of the outputs of our work is to identify the need for additional sales resource/sales management. This throws up the inevitable question of wheth...

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