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Parts Inventory Management

Parts Inventory Management Today we continue with another guest blog from Steve Day. In the next several blogs we are going to be discussing inventory management.  Please try to stay awake.  There are thousands of books on this topic and I am not going to write another one.  I am not going to go into […]

Grow Your Own

Grow Your Own This week brings our third guest post from Don Shilling. Now it is time to talk about how to “grow your own” workforce. I grew up in a construction family and worked for my Dad several summers during and after high school. Then while working on my degree at North Dakota State […]

Are Salespeople Born or Made?

Are salespeople born or made? This week’s blog post is a continuation of last week’s series Answers to Four Tough Sales Questions. The second question in the series asks us: are salespeople born or made? Don Buttrey is the president of Sales Professional Training Inc., a company that offers in-depth skill development for sales professionals and sales […]

Skilled & Knowledgeable Employees Pay for Themselves

Skilled and Knowledgeable Employees Pay for Themselves. During this difficult time, the ability to restrict discretionary expenses has been quite easy. Stop it. Go back to 2019 and you will also find an attitude of restricting the investment in employee development other than for technicians. We forget that skilled & knowledgeable employees pay for themselves. […]

A New Value Proposition for Leaders

A New Value Proposition for Leaders Tonight’s blog is courtesy of Ed Wallace, in a continuation of his last blog post: How Do We Measure Success? Most executives and managers will tell you that strong human relationships are critical to their success. They say they also need their team members and employees to be great […]

Four Tough Sales Questions

Answers to Four Tough Sales Management Questions Don Buttrey is the president of Sales Professional Training Inc., a company that offers in-depth skill development for sales professionals and sales support. He has trained thousands of salespeople over 25 years and clearly understands the selling environment of equipment dealers and manufacturers. He has given answers to […]