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A collection of 404 issues

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

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

Success Lesson From Murray's New Number Two Fan

Well. Andy Murray. Amazing. Tennis is blessed with such golden rivalries down the ages. After Rafa and Roger no-one would have guessed that they’d both have to step aside so soon for Andy and Nole. As the new Wimbledon champion he is poised for two or three incredible years

Face A Big Loss Like Federer To Be Grand Slam Champion

Bloody Wednesday the media are calling it. Record numbers of injury withdrawals and super-crazy upsets are hacking away at Wimbledon contenders this year. After Nadal’s shock defeat came perhaps an even bigger one so early doors. Federer’s incredible run of 36 grand slam Quarters-or-better ended to an apparent

Know Boundaries Like Top Cricket Analyst

[/content/images/wordpress/2013/06/sa-cric-analyst-prasanna-agoram-p-dog-400x221.jpg] This is a pic taken of my telly showing, I learned Wednesday, an Indian chap affectionately called P-Dog. I revelled in Wednesday’s latest South African cricket “choke”. Especially as I was watching from their Cape. Mauled by the alarmingly predictable and plodding,

Jurgen Klopp Champion Rise

Not since the young Mourinho has such a breath of fresh air blown through football management. Okay, so the team Jurgen Klopp manages, Borussia Dortmund, got turned over at Wembley in Saturday’s enthralling Champions League final. A crushing last minute Bayern killer denied his team. Man-for-man the Munich superstars

Succession Planning Flawed

Two English news snippets this week past mentioned succession planning. One was the rather arrogant response of the retail grocer Sainsbury’s top man – he’s staying put for years apparently – and the other being a football manager leaving Man United. Their next guy seems to be deliberately chosen as

Cool Slide Format From Management Change PR

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/05/hashtag-unitedcontinued.jpg] Well, I’m not a Manchester United fan. So when this was widely reported (posted prematurely onto their facebook page), I was in the someone’s-losing-their-job camp, rather than the give-them-a-break camp. Who cares if you’ve not had to

Hairdryer Retires

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/05/the-sun-front-page-hairdryer-9May13.jpg] Football manager leaves huge club. Hardly of interest to many a salesperson around the world I guess. Yet this particular manager has claim to be the best ever. In the aftermath of Alex Ferguson’s ‘sudden’ retirement from Manchester United,

Murray & Scott's Focus

A couple of intriguing sales stories emerged today. Last night I was glued to the finale of the Masters Golf major. A gripping ending saw Aussie Adam Scott prevail in a thrilling play-off. It appeared that one reason for his elevation from serial grand slam runner-up over the past couple