Sales

This week we talk to Nick Raithel from the States about a strategy you can use to stand out in your marketplace. It’s so simple it’ll take just seven hours of your time.

What could a better version of you look like? Yesterday we talked about a skills audit but today Aaron Shiner will focus on growth. Growth of the individual and growth of the business.  

What are the skills you need to develop and improve this year? Is it time to do a skills audit? You may need some help to see the picture clearly and Aaron Shiner outlines his thoughts on how to do that today.

If you haven’t done it already now is a good time to lock yourself away and think about the year ahead and the results you would like to achieve. Aaron Shiner is our guest this week who helps you kickstart your 2017.

Commissions and operating margins will remain a big pressure for us next year according to Mike McCarthy.  He says that the 80/20 rule has become the 95/5 rule.  Attracting and retaining key people will also be a challenge.  Josh Phegan is predicting a lot of movement next year as people look for a better business model.   He says greater results will only come from greater activity.

You will get some great advice today about how to handle some of the disruptors this morning as Simon Jovanovic lays out some of the challenges we will face next year.  John Knight deals with a lot of businesses and sees that many are struggling to remain relevant and dealing with change at a team level.  Getting a ‘buy in’ is proving to be difficult.

Greg Dickason from Core Logic says that some of the challenges we will face next year will be around the evolution of new technology – some of which we don’t even know exists right now. We can learn so much from one of the toughest markets in Australia – Western Australia.  Hear about the lessons from John Percudani.

The biggest challenge for next year will be a continuation of low stock levels according to our two thought leaders today.  John McGrath says you need to focus on your market share and Doug Driscoll says net profit measures will be the true measure of success.