Topic

sport & selling

A collection of 408 issues

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

Aussie Cricketer Presentations

With back-to-back Ashes looming and England favourites for a change, you gotta love this story. After getting walloped in the first two Tests by India, the Australian squad were requireded to prepare for a presentation to management. They were asked to detail how they could improve. Four declined to partake.

Premier League Change Management

Yesterday I watched a fascinating documentary about how the English Premier League became such a dominant football force across the globe. In just twenty years TV rights exploded from around £3m, to £2Bn. Utterly incredible. More Than A Ball Game looked at how the league was formed. There were all

England's Rugby Transition

Let’s not carried away. England are not yet quite the world beaters we crave. Despite walloping New Zealand and now winning in atrocious Dublin weather. The Guardian [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/feb/08/stuart-lancaster-england-flops-force] wrote this interesting piece on how the building blocks for this

Prepare Attack Destroy

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/01/prepare-attack-destroy.jpg] This pic’s been all over the web this week. Where once there was Roger & Rafa, now in their place there’s Murray & Nole. The t-shirt slogan apparently sums up Andy Murray’s thrust. His brilliant development over

Beavers Foxes Dolphins Owls

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2012/12/597px-American_Beaver.jpg] I realise it is a touch self-indulgent to have so many sport related sales wisdom posts, but it is getting close to crimble. And England were truly magnificent in India. Here’s the opening para of one recent suitably

Pressureless Thinking

Is there a more intense position in world sport than being India cricket captain? Rahul Dravid would have an opinion. In the aftermath of the incredible Test series which England just came back to win, there’s plenty of tips for the astute seller. One was this little gem. When