Monday, November 24th, 2025

Your authentic personal brand

Moving beyond the personal branding noise. Personal brand has earned its place in 2025’s buzzword bingo. The term triggers something different in everyone. For some, it’s an eyeroll; for others, it’s anxiety about keeping up. Some people are energised by it. My friend Anna hates it altogether because she refuses to be pigeonholed or put in a box. Your personal… 


Monday, November 24th, 2025

Stand out from the crowd

Personal branding as a competitive advantage in a world of AI and automation. Personal branding has been a fashionable term for some years now and it is often taken as something “we all need to do”. Yet, very often we don’t stop and ask why. For this reason, personal branding seldom has the strategic attention that it perhaps deserves. In… 


Monday, November 24th, 2025

Six pillars of personal branding

Why your personal brand is built one conversation at a time. When social media consultants talk about “personal brand” many instinctively think of LinkedIn. They talk about polished profiles, regular posts, and carefully curated content. There is no doubt that a strong digital presence can raise visibility and credibility. It might make potential customers more willing to respond to our… 


Thursday, November 20th, 2025

Sales competitions 11.4 2025

12th European Sales Competition The European Sales… 


Tuesday, September 30th, 2025

Sales competitions 11.3 2025

Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition, NISC – Hosted… 


Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

Sales competitions 11.2 2025

Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition, NISC – Hosted… 


Thursday, April 10th, 2025

Sales Tips 101 – Making a career of sales

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Thursday, April 10th, 2025

Sales competitions 11.1 2025

Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition, NISC – Hosted… 


Thursday, April 10th, 2025

The Joy of Learning: seven wisdoms

Why leadership inspiration, collaborative learning, and joy impact us all. Wisdom 1: Learning starts with a curious mind “I have seven wisdoms for you. What you do with them is up to you. The only thing I ask of you is to remember them.” “The first wisdom is about curiosity. Any learning starts with a curious mind. Be curious and… 


Wednesday, April 9th, 2025

A Strategic Edge

How an MBA can enhance performance for sales professionals and leaders. In today’s competitive business landscape, exceptional sales performance requires more than persuasive communication and relationship-building skills. As markets become increasingly complex and data-driven, an MBA education can provide a significant competitive advantage for both salespeople and sales leaders. Here, we’ll explores how the strategic framework, analytical capabilities, and leadership… 


Tuesday, April 8th, 2025

Making a career of sales

There is no doubt that sales can be an excellent and satisfying career. As a reader of this Journal, I hope that you already believe this as strongly as I do. I am encouraged by the work being done by a growing number of schools, educational establishments and bodies like the UK’s Institute of Sales Professionals (ISP) to establish and… 


Tuesday, April 8th, 2025

A global sales playbook

Why winning globally starts with one consistent sales methodology. Global sales success demands precision, alignment and a relentless focus on delivering value. Yet many sales organizations expand internationally without a unified plan. This haphazard approach leads to fragmented strategies, inconsistent messaging and unpredictable results. To succeed globally, companies need a single, consistent playbook built on a proven sales methodology. This… 


Monday, January 13th, 2025

Sales competitions 10.4 2024

SEASAC-South-East Asian Sales Competition 1 January 2025https://seasalescompetition.com… 


Monday, September 30th, 2024

Sales competitions 10.3 2024

Steel City Sales Challenge – Hosted by… 


Wednesday, September 18th, 2024

Gender imbalance in sales

To improve female representation in the salesforce in 2024 and beyond, chief sales offers should address gender-based differences at three different career stages, according to Gartner: Despite making up nearly half of the global workforce, women represent only 40% of mid-level B2B sales employees, dropping to 31% at the senior level, Gartner has found. In 2023, the consultancy conducted a… 


Wednesday, September 18th, 2024

ISP publishes new Sales Framework

The Institute of Sales Professionals is publishing a new, modular version of the ISP Sales Framework outlining the knowledge, skills, behaviours, and tools required by sales professionals to be “effective and ethical in the prosecution of their profession, supporting personal development, professional advancement and improved business results”. Acting as a guide for effective, competent sales performance in line with organisational… 


Monday, February 19th, 2024

What salespeople need to succeed in a new sales role

Of course, every new salesperson needs to have a clear understanding of what they are selling. But product knowledge is never enough to ensure success. Bob Apollo lists five things every new (and existing) salesperson needs to master: +


Monday, February 19th, 2024

Five things to consider before stepping up to a sales management role

For many salespeople, their obvious career goal is to advance into sales management. Unfortunately, this can turn into a frustrating move. Here’s what aspiring sales managers need to consider: +


Monday, February 19th, 2024

Sales competitions 10.1 2024

UTISC – University of Toledo Invitational Sales… 


Friday, February 16th, 2024

Your first day

What should a salesperson expect from their first few days in a new sales role? I suppose this article could have been titled “What do I wish I had known or done in my first day as a salesperson?” And maybe I might have benefited from reading it then – but that was a long time ago, and in a…