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Featured Posts
The Customer Service No Excuse Challenge
Shep Hyken - 22 April 2026This article answers the question: Why should you avoid making excuses in customer service? Answer: When employees focus on solutions...[ read more ]Tweet
How to Build Trust Before the First Sales Call
Mark Hunter - 22 April 2026The sale starts before you speak, and what customers see online shapes everything. Digital first impressions aren’t optional anymore. They’re...[ read more ]Tweet
Leading Sales Teams in the Age of AI Agents
Kristie Jones - 21 April 2026The 1% Edge The sales profession is at a critical inflection point. AI agents are poised to replace entry-level SDR...[ read more ]Tweet
The Best Leadership Training Companies, 2026 List
Joe Galvin - 21 April 2026Finding the right leadership training partner can be the difference between stagnation and exponential growth. CEOs and business owners invest...[ read more ]Tweet
Small Business Confidence Slides As Customers Hesitate [WSJ/Vistage April 2026]
Joe Galvin - 21 April 2026Small business confidence drops as customer demand weakens. See what’s driving uncertainty, and how CEOs are responding to rising costs....[ read more ]Tweet
5 Ways to Move the Needle: The Only Way Leaders Can Succeed in Uncertainty
Meridith Elliott Powell - 21 April 2026In the ArticleTo move the needle and succeed in uncertainty, leaders must shift from chasing perfection to driving consistent progress...[ read more ]Tweet
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Featured Books
FOCUSED: A Leadership Discipline For Sales Managers Under Pressure
Steven Rosen
The Leadership Discipline That Protects Performance from Distraction Most sales organizations do not lose performance suddenly. They lose it gradually as attention fragments and priorities blur. Calendars fill with urgency. Leaders stay busy. Standards quietly soften. By the time results [ More Here ]Integrity First Selling: How To Create Better Sales With Better Customers
Mark Hunter
In today’s noisy, trust-depleted marketplace, the most significant differentiator isn’t your product, price, or even your pitch—it’s your integrity. Integrity First Selling delivers a proven, practical framework to help you build long-term relationships with customers, close more deals, and feel [ More Here ]The LinkedIn Edge: New Sales Strategies for Unleashing the Power of LinkedIn + AI to Cold Call Less and Sell More
Jeb Blount & Brynne Tillman
Most sales professionals and entrepreneurs are desperate to find new techniques to help them break through the overwhelming noise and get the attention of high-value decision makers. They want to make fewer cold calls, face less resistance, and have more [ More Here ]Featured Contributors
Meridith Elliott Powell
Voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to watch by Currency Fair, and Top 41 Motivational Sales Speakers, Meridith Elliott Powell is an award-winning author, keynote speaker and ... [More Here ]Matthew Pollard
Matthew Pollard is responsible for five multi-million-dollar business success stories, all before the age of 30. His humble beginnings, the adversities he faced, and his epic rise to success show ... [More Here ]Lori Richardson
With over 15 years in a B2B sales and sales leadership career, Lori created Score More Sales to help mid-market companies solve their sales issues. Areas of focus are in ... [More Here ]Latest Interviews, Videos & Podcasts
Building a Winning Sales Culture with Thomas Waites
Paul Fuller at Membrain
In this episode of The Art and Science of Complex Sales, our guest Thomas Waites, CRO of TW Sales, shares what it really takes to build a winning sales team [ Listen Here ]Human-Led Customer Experience in the Age of AI with Jenni Hawkins
Shep Hyken
A People-First, Tech-Enhanced Approach to Customer Care Shep interviews Jenni Hawkins, Vice President of Customer Care for Gas South. She discusses human-led customer service, employee engagement, and community involvement to [ Listen Here ]How Marginal Gains Drive Sales Success
Mark Hunter
Is there anything in life that you couldn't improve by 5% over 90 days? Gene McNaughton, veteran sales consultant, joins The Sales Hunter Podcast to unpack the concept of the [ Listen Here ]















