TEC – Red Hot Sales Management – Paul Goldner

RED HOT SALES MANAGEMENT THE SECRET OF MOTIVATING OTHERS As CEO, one of your primary roles is to motivate people and create an environment where they want to be successful. Once you create the environment, you have to keep track of it and make sure people are moving...

TEC – Negotiating For Success – Jack W. Kaine

Negotiating For Success Jack W. Kaine   THE POWER OF NEGOTIATION Whether we realize it or not, negotiation is one of the most crucial skills contributing to success in our professional and personal lives. Lawyers, diplomats, and purchasing agents may exercise...

TEC – Value Added Selling – Chuck Reaves

T E C An International Organization of CEOs Resource Presentation Summary Value Added Selling Chuck Reaves Price Is Never The Reason   No single customer in recorded history has said “your price is too high” and really meant it.   When customers say your price is...

TEC – Using Pricing as a Strategic Tool – Eric G. Mitchell

Using Pricing as a Strategic Tool Eric G. Mitchell   THE PRICING PROCESS   The following five factors should be considered when establishing a pricing strategy:   COMPETITION:    Who is your competition? How many competitors do you have? The number of...

TEC – Profits through Sales Distribution Design – Jim Bleech

The “E” Predicament: Profits through Sales Distribution Design   THREE-LEVEL COMMODITIZATION Most product and services start out as a solution, but over time they all move to a commodity. Personal computers are a perfect example. In the early ‘90s, they cost...

TEC – Overcoming Resistance to Change – Jerald M. Jellison

Overcoming Resistance to Change Jerald M. Jellison, PH.D.   INTRODUCTION   When you have politely asked someone to do something for you more than once but you don’t get the behavior you want, you have encountered resistance to change. In each case you give the...

TEC – Managing For Results – John McNeil

Managing For Results John McNeil   INTRODUCTION   The single, most effective motivator of individuals in organizations is clear objectives. This fact has been known since Roman times, but it continues to be overlooked throughout the history of man. If people...

TEC – Managing Change Part 1 – Peter Schutz

Managing Change Part 1: The Porsche Story Getting Things Done! Peter Schutz   INTRODUCTION   Management has three major components: people, process, and structure. Success does not consist of finding and hiring a group of superstars and turning them loose....

TEC – Let’s Get Results, Not Excuses – Jim Bleech

Let’s Get Results, Not Excuses Jim Bleech   TIME-EFFICIENT ECONOMIES   A product life cycle has four stages: Duplication: You are the only one with the product. The big challenge is to meet demands and get your product out the door as fast as you can....

High Performance Organizations by Lee Thayer

High Performance Organizations Lee Thayer, PH.D.   THE PROBLEM   There has been a lot of talk in recent years about “excellence,” “quality,” “empowerment,” and “reengineering.” Unfortunately, that’s all most of it has been -- talk. The fact is, 70% of all...

Gaining An Edge Through Economic Advantage Selling by Jack Harms

Gaining an Edge through Economic Advantage Selling   INTRODUCTION   To begin the seminar, Harms has the members write down the answers to a number of questions listed on the worksheet. The answers are essential to understanding how to move from the...