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Three Critical Success Factors of Rainmaker Sales People

Sales Wolf Blog

» May 10, 2010 Three Critical Success Factors of Rainmaker Sales People We are often asked, "Why do some sales people seemingly have what it takes while others do not?"    There are three critical success factors that true "hunter" or "Rainmaker" sales people must have.

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5 Steps to Develop Team Goals

Skip Prichard

Patrick is President of Fulcrum Connection LLC, and is a facilitator, leadership trainer, and professional speaker. The research literature on leadership finds that the most effective leaders are excellent managers and excellent leaders. “Leadership is about determining the right results and management is about achieving results.”

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO. One of my mentors was brilliantly creative, the other skillfully strategic. Strategy.

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How to Lead with Speed

Skip Prichard

It’s a critical success factor in a competitive world. My point is the need for speed is not brand new. The key is to train, coach, and mentor these talents to truly understand and practice the nine ingredients for mastering exceptional leadership. The Importance of Speed. Of course, speed follows strategy.

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Relational Leadership and Employee Retention – A Match, part 3.

Strategy Driven

Relational Leadership is people-centric. The book will expose you to the principles of relational leadership and show you how the principles when applied in tandem, can produce substantial results. People are the core of this leadership style. Community Marketing becomes strategic to a respected organization.

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The Leadership Measurement Shift | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

By now, you might have guessed that measuring the performance of a leader is not as cut and dried as assessing the performance of an individual, mostly because in making this shift to leadership, the environment also moves from being mostly black and white in nature to being mostly gray.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Dan McCarthy, Great Leadership : How to be Accountable and Hold Others Accountable - Accountability seems to be all the rage in recent years.  Dan McCarthy, Great Leadership : How to be Accountable and Hold Others Accountable - Accountability seems to be all the rage in recent years.    Enjoy!   Enjoy!

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