Posted in Blog on Apr 27th, 2008
If you have visited my site before you may have noticed that I don’t send anyone frantic messages exhorting them to buy my DVDs because they contain the latest ‘secret’ or that they will change your life instantly by reason of you watching them. Also you will see no ‘call to action’ so favoured by [...]
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Posted in Blog, Tips on Apr 20th, 2008
It has been a while since I last posted anything on the blog. I have had an eventful few weeks running sales boot camps. This is where I take, in this latest case, young, inexperienced people and introduce them to the exciting world of sales. I say exciting because it is, or can be if [...]
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Posted in Blog on Mar 10th, 2008
I was in Melbourne Thursday and Friday to conduct some on site training with a sales team and their two sales managers. One of the consultants was having trouble reproducing the results he had achieved in the last quarter. He was certainly trying hard, he was always on the telephone or on the road. He [...]
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Posted in Blog on Sep 27th, 2007
I spend a lot of time training sales consultants. I design courses, conduct them and assess results. I also counsel, encourage, coach and do so many of the actions required to develop excellence. I read a great deal. There is a great deal of wisdom in the world and I try to avail myself of [...]
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Posted in Blog on Jul 28th, 2007
Some weeks ago I did a workshop for the Wing Chun Association. It was a freezing cold Sunday morning and everyone was rugged up. I remember being impressed by the number that turned up despite the weather. We were there to examine how people learn and to foster understanding of how we function when we [...]
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Posted in Blog on May 17th, 2007
“The man who truly knows has no occasion to shout.†Leonardo Da Vinci When I was a small boy I couldn’t wait for the latest edition of Reader’s Digest to arrive at home. I would feverishly rifle through the pages looking for my prize. That prize was any quote I could find from a “wise [...]
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Posted in Blog on Mar 6th, 2007
During his trial Socrates was called upon to reply to the charges that he corrupted the youth of Athens by the arguments he put forth in search of answers to the eternal questions of life. Questions like the nature of justice, beauty, ethics and other vital values that underpin life and living. He was accused [...]
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