In our recent conversations with sales leaders we keep hearing two compelling, yet seemingly conflicting, trends – especially from clients selling high value professional services, SaaS software or indeed any complex solution: Everybody knows you need sales teams to be more consultative in their sales approach – understanding in depth each prospect’s specific business pain-points […]
View Post Virtual Coaching, Virtual Selling, Virtual Training, Virtual WorkshopsWhy 360o feedback is a vital leadership tool If your goal is to make your organisation more successful, you first need to make your people more effective, but of course the million-dollar question is how do we do that? From our experience, a big part of the answer is helping people, especially anyone in a […]
View Post Leadership, Leading Millennial PeopleLeading talented people is challenging. Managing Generation Y (‘Millennial’) people – typical those between the ages of 18 and 25 – has many managers frustrated and confused! From discussions with a wide range of leaders who attend Greenbank programmes they often talk about needing a different approach with the latest generation of team members. One […]
View Post Leadership, Leading Millennial PeopleOne of the differences we have noticed in our conversations with sales managers over the last few years, is that there is a real acceptance that the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to selling simply doesn’t work anymore – not unreasonably, customers and prospects have increasing expectations that a salesperson should tailor their pitch to them. This can […]
View Post Communication, Meetings, Presentations, Sales, Sales Training, Selling, Trust, ValueA simple, but highly effective model that might just transform your life… How often do we sit in a meeting (obviously organised by somebody else…) and think “why am I here and just what am I getting from it?” When you walk away at the end of the interaction still none the wiser, do you […]
View Post Communication, Meetings, Presentations, Sales, Sales Training, Selling, Trust, ValueI can almost guarantee that when coaching or running workshops on the topic of leadership and influence that I am asked 2 questions about this! Let’s start with the first question… ‘Why should I manage my own manager?’ When I am asked this, I often refer back to the classic Harvard Business Review article: “Managing Your […]
View Post coaching, Leadership, manager, Managing UpwardsThe Importance of employee engagement I recently spent a great day with an international group of HR leaders, where a big focus was on their role in developing greater employee engagement and motivation – especially during times of increasing change. They all understood the vital impact of employee engagement – or lack of it – […]
View Post Employee Engagement, HR leadersLeaders are frequently encouraged to ‘celebrate success’ but often seem to struggle with how to do this. So why do managers find this difficult? We look at some of the key blocks and then suggest some practical, everyday actions you can take to celebrate success with your people. In the last few weeks one topic […]
View Post Leadership; celebrate success, praise; recognition