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Clayton Shold
Member since 28th June 2006
Clayton Shold has 25 years of sales and marketing leadership experience in Canada and the United States. His passion for performance excellence is reflected in his achievements. Comfortable at the executive level or shoulder to shoulder with the field sales force he understands the demands placed on individuals today, be they employees, commissioned sales reps or senior management. He is passionate about sales and service delivery. His experience with strategic planning and on-the-ground tactical execution has provided a wealth of knowledge he utilizes to help sales teams. His ability to distil the simple from the complex complements a straightforward communication style. Clayton's experience includes major change management initiatives, program design and delivery, customer service improvement, and business process architecture. He has worked with all sized sales organizations where he has earned a reputation for adding tangible value. Clayton is an avid runner, a passionate but only mediocre golfer, and a lover of dogs. He lives with his wife in Oakville Ontario. He can be reached at http://www.salesopedia.com
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10th April 2007
The challenge - how can a training department in a large U.S. insurer be a better partner to maximize sales?
Could these statements be coming from your organization?
“The training department has lost much of its focus in being a key partner to th...
01st July 2006
Picture the announcer in the middle of the ring broadcasting - "In this corner, wearing the red shorts we have the challenger, weighing 217 pounds, winner of this year's collegiate championship, introducing Sales Mindset. Defending the long-standing domin...
01st July 2006
Confucius observed, "He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."
Learning and thinking are fundamentally linked. They need to be.
Let me state a working assumption, that is, a person who choos...
01st July 2006
All pumped up to attend that upcoming sales training workshop? Maybe a little anxious as it's been a while since you took a course. Expecting good things for the coin you are shelling out as the company isn't paying the freight this time around. Perhaps a...
01st July 2006
Did you know sales success and icebergs have something in common? And no …this article is not about cold calling!
Many of us know an iceberg has about 7/8th of its mass below water. But did you know the largest Northern Hemisphere iceberg on record w...
01st July 2006
When arranging flowers, balloon bouquets, or business presentations, do you use the rule of three? With flowers and balloons, optically we prefer odd numbered or non-symmetric arrangements. Impress your friends with this tip, don't make a balloon bouquet ...
01st July 2006
Do you think Jullius Caesar worried Marcus Brutus kept a task list …? Perhaps he should have!
So how do you manage your task list? WHAT … you don't have one? Better start one today! One of the biggest challenges we have in our fast paced world is we a...
01st July 2006
Let me ask, have you heard the joke about the light being on inside the fridge? Top sales professionals, like fridges, are always "on".
Let me ask, have you heard the joke about the light being on inside the fridge? You know, where you were asked to op...
29th June 2006
2005 disappeared at a speed that quantum physics is yet unable to explain. Thank goodness I had a goal to achieve!
Let me start by saying I don't do new years resolutions. I do however like to set goals that are practical, measurable, and achievable. ...
29th June 2006
One of my very good friends leads a top performing sales organization selling financial services out of Boise Idaho. His team is consistently rated as the top producing office in North America for his company. We are always exchanging ideas on selling, ...
29th June 2006
I am not a die-hard sports enthusiast, but confess I enjoyed watching the winter Olympics held in Turino Italy. It was nice to watch something positive and motivational for a change and to delight in some truly amazing and generous acts. I find the wide v...
29th June 2006
"Salespeople spend 79 percent of their time doing things other than selling or prospecting. The actual time spent selling averages 11 per cent." Source: Sales and Marketing Management
As they say in England, I was blown away when I read this statistic...
29th June 2006
You may be familiar with the Eagle, Peacock, Dove and Owl from the program that identifies your behavioral social style. This isn't about any of those birds. It's about being a Canary – or not!
From the early 1900's to the mid 1980's, coal miners arou...
29th June 2006
I hope it has been some time since you last had a dead battery. It's not a lot of fun, especially if it is pouring rain and you don't have a set of jumper cables.
Most people know a battery has a positive and a negative terminal. When jump-starting a ...
29th June 2006
Many years ago, I attended a sales workshop in Arizona. It didn't take much to convince me to leave Toronto Canada in the middle of winter and go to Scottsdale. Little did I know how much that trip would change my outlook on selling.
Let me digress for...
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