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Catch up on previous editions — from prospecting tips and coaching frameworks to negotiation tactics and leadership lessons.
Raise the Bar: Why Better Qualification Protects Your Pipeline
There is often a nagging doubt in anyone who carries a sales goal, and it shows up in the deals that feel promising but never quite progress, in the follow-up emails that go unanswered, and in the forecast numbers that look optimistic but feel uncertain. At the heart of much
The Calm Closer: Handling Objections with Confidence
If you have worked in sales for any meaningful length of time, you will recognise the internal shift that happens the moment a prospect challenges your proposal, questions your pricing, or expresses hesitation about moving forward. Even when the conversation has been flowing well and rapport appears strong, a single
Founder-Led Selling Without the Emotional Toll
Selling is emotional work. Anyone who has spent time in sales knows this, but founder-sellers feel it in a different way. When you are the person who built the product or service, shaped the vision, and poured time, money, and identity into the business, every sales conversation can feel intensely
You May Not Be Listening As Well As You Think
Salespeople are almost universally confident in one skill: just ask a room of sales people what they do well, and “listening” will come up fairly quickly. Most genuinely believe they listen better than average. Many will tell you they ask good questions, they let buyers talk, and they take notes.
The Productivity Trap: When Doing More Is Holding You Back
Sales has long been a profession that celebrates visible effort, rewarding those who appear relentlessly active with full calendars, high activity metrics, and the reassuring sense that something is always happening, even when tangible results lag quietly behind. Calls are logged, emails are sent, CRM systems are meticulously updated, meetings
Calm in the Close
A prospect goes quiet after you quote the price. A CFO joins unexpectedly. The conversation shifts from “exploring” to “justify your existence” in about eight seconds. Your champion stops defending you. A competitor’s name appears like a jump scare. Or the buyer says, calmly and politely, “I don’t think this
The Story You Tell Yourself After a Lost Deal
A lost deal never ends when the prospect says no. It ends later, quietly, when you decide what that no means about you. That moment matters more than most people realise. A sales rejection is frequent, public, and often ambiguous. You don’t always know why you lost, only that you
Why Great Sellers Burn Out (And How to Stop It)
The start of a new year often brings a noticeable shift in energy. Many sellers and founders return to work after time off feeling more rested, clearer, and more optimistic than they did at the end of the previous year. Space creates perspective. Distance softens pressure. And for a brief
Stop the Noise: Build a High-Focus Sales Team
As we move into the final stretch of the year, sales leaders naturally begin to reflect. You look back at the wins, the surprises, and the opportunities that never quite landed, and you start thinking about what needs to change next year. December offers a rare pause in the sales