Turning down a VP of Sales Promotion inside sales leadership sales startups

And this one time... on the sales floor....

I turned down a VP of Sales promotion. #WTF?

I observed that my boss, the current VP of Sales, was working...

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Scott fell asleep on day 1 of sales training inside sales leadership sales startups

And this one time... on the sales floor....

Scott fell asleep on day 1 of sales training.

When you're a sales leader at a start up, you're responsible for...

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Sales Reps Learn The Grass Isn't Always Greener inside sales leadership sales startups

And this one time...on the sales floor....

A rep learned that the grass isn't always greener.

With the #GreatResignation upon us, it reminded about a time...

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I offended a sales rep inside sales leadership sales startups

And this one time... on the sales floor....

I offended a rep. Uh oh.

Okay and truth be told, maybe it happened more than just one time. And it was more...

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Low Cost Sales Recognition Programs

And this one time...on the sales floor...

Low-cost recognition of top salespeople

Went a long, long way.

This was my first Director of Sales role at a...

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Hiring an "Experienced" Sales Leader

And this one time...on the sales floor...

I hired an "experienced" sales manager.

What a mistake that was.

We were scaling my inside sales team and needed...

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