Proactive Achieving Excellence in Sales and Customer Relationships

Why do Marine Corps leaders eat last? Why does Frito-Lay dominate the market? What do you do when you lose your luggage in a strange city the night before an interview?Proactive: Achieving Excellence in Sales and Customer Relationships shows you how to find success by prioritizing opportunities and mitigating threats through a purpose-driven approach to business and customer relationships.Gray is an award-winning sales and marketing professional with more than 25 years of experience leading teams in Fortune 500 companies. This book is full of real-world stories from inside some of the best companies in the world that show you how to overcome challenging obstacles and fuel successful strategies.It is for the new sales professional or the experienced seller and sales leader looking to ignite their performance and evolve in a highly complex environment.This book will teach you how to:* Identify what is important to the customer and focus on collaborative problem-solving* Develop key objectives and measure progress and success through disciplined planning* Effectively lead and develop others to create a winning environment and positive culture* Leverage human connection to develop preferential and sustainable relationships with customers* Differentiate your product or service to deliver value* Drive excellence through evolving your approach to customers and the business