Welcome To Theinquisitor Podcast

Warning: Some salty, impassioned language, fuelled by fury and rage! What's wrong with sales? What's wrong with sales management? What's wrong with the intent of salespeople and their bosses? The quest for magic dust and #commissionbreath! Everyone wants to be a rock star - fame and fortune - without putting in the graft. The Beatles were an overnight success only after playing 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for 7 years in a Hamburg cellar. Lack of patience, failure to coach, confusing coaching with telling, lack of leadership, unstructured sales, lack of planning, failure to rehearse, winging it are topics we dig deep on. Imagine what would happen if everyone in your sales team was held account to practice, plan and prepare. And what the hell is going on with the failure to invest in your managers? It's lunacy that senior leaders in business refuse to invest in sales management or veteran salespeople. #SalesManagers are in the most precarious management position there is, and according to #JonathanFarrington