Dave Kahle Wisdom

B2B Sales: Narrow Your Focus, Multiply Your Business

B2B Sales: Narrow Your Focus, Multiply Your Business

by Dave Kahle            In my earlier life, I had seven sales positions during the time from age 18 to 34.  The last was selling for a hospital supplies distributor.  I was given a territory that had about $10,000 in existing business, and 77 accounts.  Every year...
How Important are Sales Managers?

How Important are Sales Managers?

by Dave Kahle I have a notoriously bad memory, to the point where I am often the butt of incredulous comments from my spouse and grown kids.  “Don’t you remember when we did this?” they’ll ask.  “No” I respond.And yet, remarkably, I can remember each of the seven...
Four Steps to Continuous Improvement to Succeed in our Turbulent Times

Four Steps to Continuous Improvement to Succeed in our Turbulent Times

by Dave Kahle For much of my career, I’ve been cognizant of the threat posed by the rapid pace of change. Simply put, the world is changing around us at a pace that is unprecedented in human history, and unless we change ourselves and our organizations at least as...
B2B Sales Tools for Business: Friend or Foe?

B2B Sales Tools for Business: Friend or Foe?

You’ve invested in a crack sales team, a well-defined target market, and a killer product. But are you overlooking a crucial element: B2B sales tools for business? Sales tools are everywhere these days. CRMs, automation platforms, social selling tools – the list...
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