Sometimes we just need to have bold, bad sales moves. In this podcast, Bill and Bryan talk about two bold moves you can make as you pursue the sale.These moves are not intended to get someone to buy—that’s not cool. They ARE intended to move the sale along—or move it out.

Due to the holiday week, Bryan is taking some much deserved time off and Bill chose this week to share live audio from one of our MasterMinds programs. (MasterMinds is a peer group of high achieving sales professionals.) Bill and the group address the issue: What mental platform do you need to operate from?

Happy Memorial Day!

This is part 1 of our 2-part series on sales competencies—what do you need to be good at to succeed in professional selling today? Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the background on these competencies and how you can make them your strong points. Good for B2B sales teams and salespeople. If you’re a sales manager, play this at your next sales meeting and create discussion on whether or not you believe in these.

Salespeople, what’s the number one attribute of the best manager you’ve had? Bryan recently conducted an informal poll, and the answers are surprisingly simple. In this episode Bill and Bryan discuss the attributes of a good sales manager and continue a previous discussion on motivation. (15:00)

Sales managers, have you ever wondered if in your process of motivating people—you actually demotivate them? Hard to fathom, isn’t it?  In this episode, Bryan and Bill review an actual email memo sent out from a sales manager to his team at the end of the quarter. And through their discussion of that, you’ll learn a new, more effective approach to how to movitate your team to get results.
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Out of the box thinking continues this week with Bill and Bryan’s interview with Tom Heuer and Steve Coats, authors of "There is No Box." Sales managers and leaders should continue to listen to this session because is has to do with the very important topic of “comfort zones.” We all operate inside one and the authors give you some ideas on how to pull people out of them.

One of the most stressful times for both salespeople and managers is the dreaded “manager ride-along.” It’s that time when the salesperson inflates their daily activity to prove to their manager that they really are working hard. And it’s the time the manager gets to be really smart (and critical). In this episode, Bill and Bryan address this event from both perspectives and give some hints on how to make this a more resourceful, helpful event.

If you’re a sales manager/leader, you should be constantly asking yourself, “How can I build a better team?” In this episode, Bill and Bryan help you with two big issues: how to continue to grow current clients; and how to keep from discounting to get business. This is part three of several podcasts for sales managers on how to assess your sales team’s competencies. If you’re a salesperson, no worries, this will be easy for you to take into your world.

Do you or your people lose deals in the 11th hour of the sales process? Or do you have problems differentiating your value from your competition? Most sales teams do. And in this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address this from a sales training standpoint. So, if you’re a sales manager or leader, and you are responsible for the professional growth of your team, listen up. You’ll hear exercises and wisdom from two guys who are in front of sales teams working on these issues every day of the year.

If you’re a sales manager you’re going to love this epsiode because Bill and Bryan talk about how to train/coach your sales team on two very important topics. Even though most sales managers don’t invest tons of time in training (they probably should) there are many coaching moments that happen between manager and seller. They address the thinking behind some of these strategic changes. On the other hand, if you’re a sales person, you will still get plenty of content from this episode, because they address two issues that hold people back – whom you call on at your prospect company and how you think about prospecting.

Your role as a sales manager/leader should be to ELEVATE YOUR TEAM. Yes, you can show them how to sell, and mentor them in the sales process—but your one overriding objective is to make them self-sufficient. This podcast gives you five things you can do immediately to help you grow and help your team grow as well. If you’re struggling to grow your team, then maybe you’re looking at it all wrong. This podcast will help change your mind—just a little.

This is the initial voyage of the Sales Managers episode which we’ll release the first Thursday of the month. If you’re not a sales manager, forward this on to those appropriate for this. The premise for this episode is that most sales teams don’t work - or at least they aren’t optimized. We’ll talk about how to look at, and assess, your sales team so you know where to focus your attention – and how to grow your business. This is for Sales VP’s, Sales Managers, Regional Managers or anyone who manages/oversees a sales team.

Leadership should be on every sales person's mind. In this interview, Bill and Bryan talk with new author, Kevin Eikenberry, who has written a book called REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP. Listen to this podcast if you are a sales leader/manager or have any inclination to be one someday.