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The Tennis Score Clock Face And Your Pipeline

Yesterday’s blog (where a boxing clock-face [http://salespodder.com/where-are-your-prospects-on-the-clock-face/] metaphor can help your selling) subsequently reminded me of the original tennis scoring system. I liked the idea of viewing prospects and deals by where they sit on a clock face. If the five minutes either side of the

Where Are Your Prospects On The Clock Face?

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/03/5past12jewelleryquarterclock.jpg] Over the weekend I caught tributes [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/26700744] to Mickey Duff. Polish-born Cockney boxing promoter of last-century renown. Apparently famed [http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/mar/23/mickey-duff-matchmaker-obituary-boxing] for coining the dismissive

Do You Have Precious Sporting Constructive Delusion?

England rugby union seems on the right track to challenge for World Cup glory next year. As this season’s Six Nations conclusion neared, with expert opinion feeling England may well need to rack up a cricket score in Rome to win the tournament, 2003 champion centre Will Greenwood divulged

Are You Managing Meetings Like Irish Rugby Star O'Driscoll?

Brian O’Driscoll retires victorious after a world record 141 international caps. In the run up to his final game, I caught an interview [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/26577848] which touched on what he learned from captaincy. It held this terrific insight; > “I found it

Where England Rugby Resurgence Can Show Your Team The Way

[https://salespodder.com/inspire-section-title-slides-like-media-talkshop/] This weekend the Welsh were sent packing at Twickenham. Despite being favourites, the Warrenball outfit (so named because of the type of play kiwi coach Warren Gatland instils in them, a tedious game plan relying on big backs bashing over the gain-line – good enough for Lions

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