Darius Lahoutifard speaking as part of a Sales Kickoff Agenda
Posts Tagged:Sales Enablement
How to create a Successful Sales Kick-Off (SKO) Agenda, Focusing on Education, Motivation, and Purpose? When asked about the most essential elements for a successful SKO, my immediate answer was clear: Education. Think of it as the foundation of your SKO—much like building a strong base for a high-performing team. Education is the bedrock that…
While eLearning, digital learning with online courses, and, generally speaking, automated learning methods have transformed the landscape of professional training, offering remarkable tools for theoretical learning and preliminary practice, they cannot fully encapsulate the efficient, interactive, and highly personalized nature of blended sales training when used alone. The development of core sales skills—particularly those involving interpersonal interactions, real-time decision-making, and adaptive strategies—still requires the depth and flexibility of live training sessions, either virtual or in person. For businesses looking to develop top-tier sales professionals, a blended approach that combines the best of both eLearning and live sessions will likely be the most effective strategy.
How To Crush Your Goals this quarter A new quarter brings fresh opportunities and a renewed focus on achieving goals. If you are an enterprise B2B account executive, the beginning of a quarter is a critical time to set the stage for success and to crush your goals. Here are our top 5 actionable strategies:…
In the world of business, decisions are often guided by one underlying principle: return on investment (ROI) , something directly resulting from METRICS. While this may sound like a no-brainer, the complexity lies in understanding how various factors contribute to this crucial metric. Just as the Clinton campaign famously declared, “It’s the economy, stupid,” back…
Who is leading your schedule? Not sure? Check on the last ten things you have done today so far, including reading this article. Did you check social media? Did you answer a call or an email or join a meeting, or was there something else that took up your time? The important question to ask…
We are who we are not because of our parents’ status, our place of birth, our education, or even our initial success or failures, but mostly because of the decisions we have made. Each decision affects our journey through life, especially our careers. In fact, recruiters often look at the decisions you’ve made in the…
I have always been fascinated by the magic of LEVERAGE and want to share my view about how leverage applies to learning, particularly to MEDDPICC® sales training. The MEDDPICC leverage is about using the MEDDPICC® Sales Methodology and Training to achieve extraordinary results in a sales team, often unimaginable. The MEDDPICC® learning awakens the potential…
In Transactional sales, Budget is key In transactional sales with a short sales cycle and low value-added sales, it’s been prevalent to use the customer’s budget to qualify a sales opportunity. It makes sense. The budget is a crucial qualifier. The Budget is even a pillar of the framework for several older sales methodologies and…
MEDDIC and Feynman ? Wow, what a combination! Who was Richard Feynman? Have you ever heard of The Feynman Technique for learning? It’s a technique to learn anything more efficiently and faster. It’s called after Professor Richard Feynman who was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, inventor of the Feynman diagrams and the theory of positrons, popularizer of physics through books and…
