Don’t Promote Your Top Salesperson to Be Your Sales Manager

In most companies, the leader of the sales organization was most likely one of the top-performing sales reps prior to getting promoted. When the founder or CEO decides to create a sales leadership role in the company, it’s typically to help them scale the business: they need someone — other than themselves — to hire,… Read More

Human Capital Management as Risk Management: An Interview with Cathi Trippe, VP of Risk Management at Phil Long Auto

Cathi Trippe, VP of Risk Management at Phil Long Auto, has 20+ years of experience in Risk Management and knows that one of the biggest risks in business is who you hire to run that business. She was featured my book, in The Best Team Wins: Build Your Business Through Predictive Hiring, because of her… Read More

Recap: DrivingSales Executive Summit 2016

The DrivingSales Executive Summit just concluded, and what an event it was. From social media strategy to sales execution to leadership and human capital management, the three day conference once again delivered the knowledge and insight that attendees have come to expect from one of the largest gatherings of forward-thinking automotive retailers each year. Day one… Read More