Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Tom Brady’s wife, Gisele, will go down in history with a quote that goes well beyond football. Walking down the corridor to the safety of an elevator, she was taunted by fans about how the Super Bowl game ended and out came the now famous words about not being able to throw a ball and catch it at the same time. Maybe it was the shame of losing (someone had to), maybe it was the tension of hearing her husband was not as good as Eli (Manning that is), and maybe it was the frustration of expectatio

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Guest post by Lynn Schleeter (learn more about Lynn at the end of this post). “The death of the traditional salesman has been greatly exaggerated,” heralded a recent column in The Economist (October 22, 2011). Why does the media always have to dredge up the Willy Lomans of the world every time the sales function is covered? Sales has made leaps and bounds since Arthur Miller wrote that fateful play in 1949.

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