Monday, February 19th, 2024
Sales competitions 10.1 2024
UTISC – University of Toledo Invitational Sales…
Friday, October 13th, 2023
Sales competitions 9.5 2023
Steel City Sales Challenge hosted by Duquesne…
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
Sales competitions 9.4 2023
SEASAC-South East Asian Sales Competition hosted by…
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
Sales leaders celebrate forthcoming book launch
Senior sales leaders from around the globe gathered in London on 7 July to celebrate the forthcoming launch of a unique new book they have created. Leadership Narratives: Reflective Journeys of Sales Professionals is due to be published by leading academic publisher Routledge in December 2023. The sales leaders flew in from as far afield as Nevada and Dubai and…
Monday, July 10th, 2023
Sales competitions 9.3 2023
Keystone Sales Challenge hosted by Bloomsburg University,…
Friday, April 21st, 2023
Sales competitions 9.2 2023
RNMKRS-Spring 2023 (virtual) April 12-13, 2023https://www.rnmkrs.org TCCSTC…
Thursday, April 20th, 2023
Three sales books with a difference
A trio of important research-based sales books are in the pipeline this year and all are well worth checking out for different reasons. Book 1 The first of these is Transforming Sales Management: Lead Sales Teams Through Change by Grant Van Ulbrich, set for launch on 3 May 2023 along with the “Scared-So What” personal change app, which will be…
Tuesday, February 14th, 2023
Sales competitions 9.1 2023
VIRTUAL Redbird National Sales Competition, hosted by…
Monday, February 13th, 2023
SEASAC draws over 100 competitors
Over 100 students from universities across South-East Asia recently competed in three rounds of the latest South-East Asia Sales Competition (SEASAC) 2022, sponsored by paint manufacturer PT Propan Raya. The competition offered participants a “great sales educational experience” one of the leading judges for the final round, Dr Colin Mackenzie told the Journal. The qualifying round was completed on 13-15…
Monday, February 13th, 2023
Apprenticeships offer better ROI than traditional degrees
Marking the start of National Apprenticeship Week on 6 February 2023, senior UK Treasury minister John Glen has called for students to undertake apprenticeships as an alternative to a traditional university degree. As part of the government’s campaign to boost apprenticeships, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury says that apprenticeships can offer better ROI for young people and will also…
Friday, September 30th, 2022
Sales competitions 8.5 2022
Ohio Collegiate Sales Competition – Cleveland State…
Friday, September 30th, 2022
Cranfield KAM Forum (Reports from Q2 2022)
“Putting the customer at the heart” by Mark Bailey Rolls-Royce plc is a company that deals with power and propulsion and should not be confused with the motor-car company, which is entirely separate. Rolls-Royce plc provides power and propulsion systems for land, sea, and air, including nuclear submarines, military and civil aircraft, and major data centres. All of its systems…
Friday, September 30th, 2022
Focus on storytelling
When a group of non-native English speakers wanted to hone their English writing and speaking skills, they joined a programme exploring a range of literary genres via the work of a cross-section of authors. We set these business leaders the task of recounting their most memorable sales experiences in the Journal. In this special feature, we explore the rationale behind…
Friday, April 22nd, 2022
Sales competitions 8.3 2022
ESC-European Sales Competition – Han University of…
Monday, January 10th, 2022
Learning through competition
Three perspectives on enhancing sales skills through sales competitions. What are the challenges of being a sales competition director? Johannes Reiterer: Directors of a sales competition are faced with various challenges. One of the biggest is to establish a realistic and challenging competition case study. The case requires development of a concrete and consistent storyline, generation of briefings for role-play…
Monday, January 10th, 2022
Sales competitions 8.1 2022
NCSSC – National Collegiate Sports Sales Championship…
Friday, November 26th, 2021
The Academics
Dr Frank Cespedes, senior lecturer, Harvard Business School; Professor Mark Johnston, Professor of Marketing and Ethics, Rollins College; Professor Nick Lee, Warwick Business School; Dr Colin Mackenzie, specialist lecturer, Edinburgh Napier University; Dr Javier Marcos, Associate Professor, Strategic Sales Management and Negotiation, Cranfield School of Management; Dr Beth Rogers, Visiting Fellow, Cranfield School of Management Q: What will be the…
Tuesday, September 28th, 2021
A new paradigm for CPD in sales
Why there needs to be a fresh approach to the personal development of sales executives and their managers. Many readers of this article may already be in superb sales organisations; however, for those in the sales field it will come as no surprise that many small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) have little in the way of formal sales training that could be…