Hiring Your First Salesperson? Four Recommendations
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
Release Date: 02/11/2025
Handling Salespeople's Comfort Zones
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
Sooner or later, almost every B2B salesperson slides, often unknowingly, into comfort zones. They find themselves doing the same things, almost mindlessly, because they have become comfortable. Here’s how to deal with this, from a sales manager’s point of view. ************************************************************************* Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on your sales performance. Dave...
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Is There a Good Time for Sales Training?
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
Here's a question I received from a sales manager -- Q. I wanted to do some sales training last year, but it just wasn’t the right time for it. We had too many things on our plate. Looking at our calendar this year, I am coming to the same conclusion. Am I ever going to have time to do sales training? Will it ever be the right time? Listen to my response. ******************************************************************** Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate...
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When Should You Fire A Salesperson?
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
Sooner or later, almost every sales manager must face the difficult decision as to whether or not to terminate the employment of a salesperson. In this podcast, I provide some principles to help you with that decision. ************************************************************************** Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on your sales performance. Dave is a B2B sales expert, and a...
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Supercharging Your Personal Development
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
One of the best ways to supercharge your personal development is to set goals. In this post, I reply to a question about goal setting for personal improvement, with guidelines for every sales executive. *********************************************************** Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on your sales performance. Dave is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought...
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Depressed & Unmotivated? Here's How to Fix It.
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
Every professional and field salesperson must deal with discouragement when something goes poorly. The challenge is to keep motivated, even in the face of adversity. Here’s a proven three-step process to help you. ************************************************************************* Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on your sales performance. Dave is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian...
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How to Sell Commodities
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
How do you sell when the competition has exactly the same product? Are you reduced to being the low price? Unfortunately, many sales people have never thought deeply about how to effectively sell commodities, and, therefore, resort to discounting. Here’s a proven, effective approach. ************************************************************************* Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on your sales performance....
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What Do You Look For When You Hire A Salesperson?
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
Which of these two choices is more likely to result in an effective salesperson: Hiring someone with technical expertise or industry experience and training them to become a salesperson Hiring someone with sales aptitude, and training them in the product knowledge and technical aspects of the job? Join me as I dissect this question. ************************************************************************* Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on...
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How to Amplify Your Sales With A Simple Metric
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
We often get so caught up in the details of a sale and quantity of transactions that we fail to regard the value of our customers. Sales is about people, not money. By giving an economic value to every customer it lifts them up in our radar screen and provides important information to help make decisions about sales and finances. In this article, I’ll show you how. *************************************************************************** Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable...
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The Single Most Powerful Sales Initiative
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
There are lots of things you can do to improve your sales - both individually as well as corporately. However, one initiative rises to the top as the one that will make the biggest impact on a person's and a company's sales productivity. In this podcast, I answer a sales manager's question, and detail the step-by-step process to implement it. *********************************************************************** Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on your sales...
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Hiring Your First Salesperson? Four Recommendations
Practical Wisdom from Kahle Way Sales Systems
I can unequivocally state that there is a 99% chance that you will have a miserable, time consuming, disappointing experience when you attempt to employ your first salesperson. In this article, I show you why, and provide some ways to improve the likelihood of making a good hire. *************************************************************************** Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on your sales performance....
info_outlineI can unequivocally state that there is a 99% chance that you will have a miserable, time consuming, disappointing experience when you attempt to employ your first salesperson. In this article, I show you why, and provide some ways to improve the likelihood of making a good hire.
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Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on your sales performance.
Dave is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with over 500 sales organizations. In these ten-minute podcasts, his unique blend of out-of-the-box thinking and practical insights will challenge and enable you to sell better, lead better and live better.
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