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How Not to be a Workaholic —Reclaim your time

Are you feeling like a workaholic who is putting in too many hours with no end in sight? If so, you need to decide that your time is valuable and worth managing better. Below are some suggestions to get you started. Managing each day Guard your high-energy time –...

Reclaiming Your Time

The stress of having too much to do and not enough time to do it is a top concern of my clients. It was also a concern of mine during a long period of rapid growth at the distributorship where I worked. With an engineering background, I was fixated on alleviating that...

Closing the AI Gap: A Five-Step Roadmap

When I retired from a welding and atmospheric gas distributor in 2018, I made a decision to continue in that distribution sector as a consultant. To stay relevant, I continue to read and watch webcasts produced by Distribution Strategy Group (DSG), Modern Distribution...

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Praise Followed by Criticism Never Works

A career-long blind spot I learned later in life that the best salesperson I worked with in my 50-year career often felt I did not fully acknowledge or praise her success. We worked together in...

Key benefits of AI calendar planning

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing time management, and AI planners are leading this transformation. Moreover, these intelligent systems go beyond traditional scheduling methods by learning...

A New Day in Sales with AI

It's a new day in sales Artificial Intelligence tools are transforming processes. By analyzing data and automating processes, AI can significantly enhance your revenue stream. More efficient sales...
The Pricing Czar

The Pricing Czar

Managing pricing with AI The pricing process, which is central to your business, has been significantly influenced by AI. As a consultant in the...

What Will You Still Become?

What Will You Still Become?

Take a look back to look ahead... What have you done? I am 76 years old and find myself asking — how did I get here so fast? I reflect on what...

Developing a Life Plan

Developing a Life Plan

Whether you are at the beginning of your career or nearing the end, it is important to have a life plan.  A guiding strategy that takes into account...

Trust in a Professional Relationship

Trust in a Professional Relationship

Creating new relationships I recently read two articles about developing trust on the SmartBrief on Leadership blog. They were "This Advice from...

Trust and Getting to Know You

Trust and Getting to Know You

The ability to build new relationships is an important asset for a businessperson, but getting to know someone is no easy task. I have found that...

Shaping a Meaningful Life

Shaping a Meaningful Life

Lessons from The River While exercising the other day, I listened to Garth Brooks’ “The River”, and it inspired this week’s sales/leadership tip to...

The Timeless Traits of Success

The Timeless Traits of Success

This article was inspired by a woman whose career path demonstrates the timeless traits of success.  Her early entrepreneurial business...

A New Look at Journaling

A New Look at Journaling

The value of journaling  In a seminar I teach, The 4 Disciplines of an Organized Executive, I advocate the use of journaling for improved,...

Lead with Selective Attention

Lead with Selective Attention

I have the privilege of working with a visionary pioneer who has a passion for using cryogenic gases in unique environments. He focuses on the...

AI Enablement and Workforce Security

AI Enablement and Workforce Security

AI enablement Why am I so adamant about distributors enabling AI without delay and with a sense of urgency? The answer is because AI is already...

Travel Days: Critical to Success

Travel Days: Critical to Success

Throughout this AI-Enabled Sales Management series, we've examined AI tools that help maintain analytical focus on key performance indicators...

Defining Your Top 5 Prospects

Defining Your Top 5 Prospects

In my career in sales management, I witnessed too many outside sales reps (OSR) get distracted and lose some top account opportunities. Today, AI...

3 Steps to Avoid Customer Churn

3 Steps to Avoid Customer Churn

We've all experienced the disappointment in learning that one of our Top Ten Accounts is switching to a competitor. There is a practical way to...