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Shine In Sales Ops With Footie Heat Maps

Relax, this isn’t an old school Activity = Sales blog. This may be a post more for the self-labelled sales ops geek, yet its central idea is widely applicable. I’ve been fairly pleased to see the analysis of football matches develop these past couple of seasons. Following on from

How To Visualise Like Superbowl Winning Quarterback

Okay, so the Americans focus on some ridiculous sports. I’ve been to both baseball and American football games live. What a waste of time. There’s a reason why proper football, and to a lesser extent rugby, charms the rest of the entire globe. Then again, I’m a

How Does Your Training Intensity Compare To A Tennis Champ's?

So Monday night I settled in for a must-see tennis final. Djokovic pummelled Nadal to win the prestigious end-of-year play-off crown. With the start held up slightly, telly provided a whole hour of pre-match chat. The always engaging 1976 French Open winner Sue Barker chaired lively discussions with former British

Do You Innovate Like 50-Yr Old McLaren?

A nice long weekend post as I discover that Formula One racing giant McLaren celebrate their 50th anniversary [http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/29/mclaren-business-formula-one-50th-birthday-f1] at this year’s Monza Grand Prix. (In particular, check out their Tooned series of vids [http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialMcLarenVids]). Their

Don't Choose Arbitrary Goals Like New English FA Chairman

Former TV exec Greg Dyke delivered his vision to the world of English football this week. It’s difficult to not like the chap. Usually such a sensible thinker and outrageously, completely wrongly, hounded out of his job when running the BBC, his judgement tends to be sound. Yet his

If Even The Best Commentator Has An Ever-Present 'Musts' List...

Yes, another ‘sport and selling’ post inspired by the wonder that is cricket. If the five-day battles leave you cold, relax, it’ll likely be the last for a while. The Ashes Summer has just ended with England victorious. Over the bank holiday weekend, the final Test suffered long rain

How To Get Out Of A Selling Rut Like Top Sport Stars

Working away this week I’ve been able to listen to much of the cricket on Test Match Special. The final Ashes Test saw a rare panic selection from England. A worryingly momentum shifting win is now within Aussie’s reach. Ed Smith [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Smith_

Opportunity Outweighs Scariness

[https://twitter.com/xXx_Belle] [http://instagram.com/xxx_belle] This is the fuzzy telly shot tweeted by an athletics World Champs bronze medallist. Annabelle Lewis carried the baton through the third leg of the women’s 4x100m relay Sunday. She’s on the right of the jubilant quartet. When

Be Wary If You 'Follow The Coin' And Other Lessons From Beating Aussies

I do enjoy my sport & selling posts. Especially when finding inspiration from my beloved cricket. If you don’t share my passion for cricket or have no idea what the sport means, feel free to skip the next 700 words! The Ashes are in full swing. England at home are

Have You Gary Player's Focus?

Oh Westie! When will Lee Westwood win a major? Last Sunday he achingly fell away as American lefty Mickleson tore up the links to romp home. The Open golf champ is yet again from other shores. In the build up to the final round, I caught a ten minute video