Tag: agribusiness author

Part 2:  After we Re-open and then possibly quarantine again          Welcome back to the journey towards Re-Opening Agribusiness.  If you missed part one of this series, please go to Re-Opening Agribusiness Pt 1.  The key message was the Stockdale Paradox and these 5 considerations for selling in agribusiness during quarantine: During quarantine Purpose […]

Part 2:  After we Re-open and then possibly quarantine again          Welcome back to the journey towards Re-Opening Agribusiness.  If you missed part one of this series, please go to Re-Opening Agribusiness Pt 1.  Join me today as we discuss the next phase of re-opening selling in agribusiness. These five considerations are:   A […]

Re-Opening Sales in Agribusiness   Part 1:  The Stockdale Paradox and what to do during the crisis Just as the world re-opened in 1946 following the Great Depression and WWII, we will re-open as well.  And just like 1946, our lives will never be the same.  Not in our personal lives, not in our work […]

Re-Opening Sales in Agribusiness Part 1:  The Stockdale Paradox and what to do during the crisis   Just as the world re-opened in 1946 following the Great Depression and WWII, we will re-open as well.  And just like 1946, our lives will never be the same.  Not in our personal lives, not in our work […]

I really enjoyed the opportunity to interview Kacee Bohle, Regional Manager for Conservis.  We covered a wide variety of topics from the importance of working off the farm at least once in a farm kid’s career to sales to women in Ag.  Join Kacee and I as we spend some time talking agribusiness.   While […]

      As kids, we’re curious.  We ask a lot of questions.  Back in the day, we were told to quit asking dumb questions.  Then we were told that there are no dumb questions.  But we grew up, got busy and simply stopped developing our sense of curiosity.  However, in sales, curiosity is one […]

3 Ways to Improve Sales through Curiosity          As kids, we’re curious.  We ask a lot of questions.  Back in the day, we were told to quit asking dumb questions.  Then we were told that there are no dumb questions.  But we grew up, got busy and simply stopped developing our sense […]

5 Ways comedians teach us to sell It’s no Joke!   Comedian Rodney Dangerfield used to say, “I tell ya, I get no respect.  No respect at all!”  And it seems true for all comedians.  Because they act or say silly things that make us laugh, we think they are not serious about their profession.  […]

The Ag Sales Professional 3.0 What will the successful Ag Sales Professional look like in the year 2030?  Originally published in Wisconsin Agribusiness Magazine   Faster—Smarter—Better   We love the future!  We flock to movies about the future.  Books on the future fly off the shelves.  And I’m sure there are still a steady stream of […]

Often mislabeled as soft skills, they are essential to your ability to sell     It’s in the darkest of times that we find the most value in what is often mislabeled as “Soft Skills”.  I say mislabeled because these are the hardest skills to actually teach, learn or even explain at times.  However, mastery […]

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