{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66974a8895ba0dafbf012c6d/66a313af15671487492bc6ca?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"3. Boosting your sales performance with self-accountability strategies w/ Stephen from Sharp & Carter ","description":"<p>Today we are speaking with Stephen Carter from Sharp &amp; Carter. He is one of the managing partners and owners at Sharp &amp; Carter, and I am thrilled to share his experience as a sales professional. In fact, as well as having a wealth of knowledge from his own sales and recruitment experience, he also has the experience of building the high-performing sales organisation that is Sharp &amp; Carter. Steve is a delightful human being who has really strong, practical advice for people of any experience level in the sales world.</p><p>In this episode, he shares:</p><ul><li>The journey of his career to date</li><li>Why he feels he has to keep growing the business</li><li>The most difficult thing he found when he started</li><li>The biggest technical difficulty he had when starting</li><li>What he thinks he did that got him to a point where he won awards</li><li>Some of his inputs that he focused on and made sure he delivered</li><li>What the attributes are that he looks for when recruiting sales staff</li><li>The difficulty of balancing extroverts and less extroverted staff in one workplace</li><li>The things he sees that prevent people from being successful recruiters</li><li>His approach to feedback from others in his workplace</li><li>The thing he wished he'd done differently when starting out</li></ul><p><strong>Key Quotes:</strong></p><p>\"Success as a salesperson is directly linked to your growth as a person.\"</p><p>“If you are compromising your customer experience in order to hit a short-term number, that is to your detriment in the long term.\"</p><p>\"I'm always surprised when I meet arrogant salespeople because as a salesperson, your role is to listen.\"</p><p>“If people can develop relationships internally, they're much more likely to develop relationships externally.”</p><p><strong>More about Stephen:</strong></p><p>You can follow Stephen on LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephencarter1/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephencarter1/</a></p><p>Or check out Sharp &amp; Carter via their website: <a href=\"https://www.sharpandcarter.com.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.sharpandcarter.com.au/</a></p><p><br></p><h2>Learn more about how we support B2B sales teams</h2><p>👉 Sales training programs for B2B teams: https://sellabilities.com.au/sales-training-programs/</p><p>👉 What a high-performing sales training approach looks like: https://sellabilities.com.au/b2b-sales-training-approach/</p><p><br></p><p><strong>You can get involved with the podcast online</strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Find out more about Sellabilities and the podcast on our website: <a href=\"https://sellabilities.com.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://sellabilities.com.au/</a></p><p>Follow us on Instagram at: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sellabilities/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/sellabilities/</a></p><p>Follow us on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sellabilities/</p>","author_name":"Christina Bruce"}