Blogs

Cultivating Leadership Skills in Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace™

Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace is the theme of the Leadership Process and Philosophy I developed and teach. 

May 29, 2019

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California Motivational Speaker: The Power of Collaborative Selling

In my last communication, I talked about my philosophy of “Sitting on the Same Side of the Table as Your Customer”. I explained a bit of what that philosophy entailed. I mentioned that it ties back to a Collaborative Selling process I developed.

April 17, 2019

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The Biggest Roadblock To PROCESS Improvement

I had an epiphany from a recent workshop that I believe can help create clarity around why we struggle so frequently with respect to process improvement.

February 04, 2019

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Charmine’s Story: Creating An Entrepreneurial Workplace™

For me, one of the greatest rewards working with companies is seeing their people thrive and shine when taking them through my “Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace” Leadership Workshop Series. This story however is about the person who supports me on a daily basis. Her name is Charmine Bunker. But no one who knows her calls her Charmine. She prefers to go by Rosebud.

February 02, 2019

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Sales Conversations with Michael Levin “Author of: Sitting on the Same Side of the Table: The Art of Collaborative Selling” A New Perspective in Overcoming Objections and Closing More Sales: Part 5

In my last blog, we talked about the “C” in my LACE system for overcoming objections, handling questions and concerns. In this blog, we’ll talk about the “E”. It’s the last step to help you not only close more sales but more profitable sales. Using this methodology was a key factor in helping me increase my sales close rate from roughly 33% to 75%.

July 12, 2018

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Sales Conversations with Michael Levin “Author of: Sitting on the Same Side of the Table: The Art of Collaborative Selling” A New Perspective in Overcoming Objections and Closing More Sales: Part 4

In my last blog, I shared with you the “A” step in my LACE process for handling questions and concerns. In today’s blog, I’ll share with you the “C” step.

July 11, 2018

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Sales Conversations with Michael Levin: “Author of: Sitting on the Same Side of the Table: The Art of Collaborative Selling” A New Perspective in Overcoming Objections and Closing More Business: Part 3

Last time, I shared more about my LACE Objection Handling Process. This month, I’d like to talk about the “A” in the process. I believe it’s the most difficult to do and the most critical to the success of the process.

July 10, 2018

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Sales Conversations with Michael Levin:  “Author of:  Sitting on the Same Side of the Table:  The Art of Collaborative Selling” A New Perspective in Overcoming Objections and Closing More Business Part 2

In my last article, we started talking about how to view objections and what to do to be in a position to resolve them. We talked about viewing them as questions and concerns versus objections. We also talked about the importance of creating an environment in which your customer is willing to share their questions and concerns.

July 09, 2018

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The Journey and Being The Tour Guide

As I say frequently and fully believe, when I conduct workshops I learn as much from my clients as they do from me.

June 11, 2018

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Keynote Speaker Michael Levin on Leadership: Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace™: The Safety Net

There are several difficult challenges to creating this workplace.  One of those is giving an employee a reason why to be entrepreneurial.  Isn’t it far safer for an employee to simply do what they’re told?  That way, if things go wrong, they can just blame their boss.  And, they don’t put their job security at risk.

May 24, 2018

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