Salespodder (Page 16)

More issues

Zoomscape Round Up 2025

And the trends are ... well, there are no new trends. If you don't have a dedicated spot for video meeting from, you are still missing a sizeable trick. You needn't fashion a faux design studio aesthetic. You can also mix things up. But remember, we seek

How Your Humour Style Can Rub Up Against Your Selling

Festive downtime led to me reading we apparently have one of four key humour styles. These scientifically identified styles of humour are suggested as; affiliative, self–enhancing, aggressive, & self–defeating. Affiliative humour suggests you love cracking jokes and engaging in spontaneous witty banter. Self–enhancing humour indicates you have

How Descriptive Praise Unlocks Sustained Sales Success

Through the years I've had quite the interest on Feedback. To such extent I've ran many training sessions on how to harness its power when done right. Which, spoiler alert, is rarely seen. So I was delighted to read a broadsheet end-of-term report of what works

Things I Can't Say Out Loud In Meetings

Yes, 'tis the season for office-based novelty gifts. The kind of thing as shown above doubtless abounds in the You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here But It Helps mould. Remarkably, this 2023 released, 110-page notebook was one of 40 Secret Santa recommendations from the

Getting Your Measure

"I’m no get-the-measure guru, but I can get the measure of whether someone has a strong work ethic and the drive to succeed. I back people, rather than companies. The people are more important than the product." The lens of former England cricket captain turned pundit, Michael

Drive = Quality of Pipeline - Envy

There's many a way you could remix the mantra of English comedian, Jimmy Carr. Hugely successful in his field. Yet when he ventures beyond the funnies, here's his significant contribution; Happiness = Quality of Life - Envy You can see him explain it in sixty seconds via

Getting Back of a Beermat Facts Straight

This campaign had its launch moment on feeds this week. Even featuring frontpage as tabloid splash. There's so much wrong with what's ruining the gift to the world that is the English pub. You know when a govt policy unites those all 'round the horseshoe

Fuzzy Charting

Here's an interesting slant. Pic taken in tricky surrounds from a newspaper print edition. Hopefully the message still visible. When a chart raises questions, it can be a useful exercise. With this assessment, you ask such as, 'why is the top country so ahead?' It'

Frenetic Lowering

The charismatic leader trope is largely mocking right now. The 'force of nature' boss as a totem endures kickings of late. Perhaps the largest 'academic' ripping down came with the From Good To Great "finding'' that the supposedly boring chief exec outshone the

Meeting Done SBAR The Counting

Further to my recent post on the four sentence rule, here's one such template option. SBAR stands for Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation. As the structure for each of your four sentences. This is readily searchable. In essence it suits concise, sharp speech. Apparently borne of medical and naval