Bill Lee
Bill Lee works with owners and managers who are looking for ways to put more money on the bottom line. For more information, you can contact Bill at 864.303.8366 or email him at LeeResourcesInc@Gmail.com.
Are a lot of sales meetings a waste of time?
Ask the outside salespeople in the LBM industry what they think about their company’s sales meetings and nine out of 10 of them will tell you they are a waste of time.
What is the cost when you fail to train salespeople?
What can the failure to properly train a salesperson cost your company? Unfortunately, this is a number that is extremely difficult to precisely determine, but based on my experience, it is substantial.
Is your team trained to deal with price objections?
Regardless of the crisis your business may be suffering, nothing will have a more adverse effect on your company’s gross margin than failing to prepare your people to deal with the price objection.
Is price your elephant in the room?
One characteristic I have observed among struggling salespeople is the percentage of time they spend quoting as opposed to selling.
Short-handed? Keep your eyes on the metrics
At this particular time in the life of an LBM business, owners, managers, salespeople, etc., cannot predict what they are going to be asked to deal with next.
How to lead your business from reacting to rebuilding
During the pandemic, much of the work owners and leaders have been doing every day has been both urgent and important. After the pandemic, much of the work business owners and leaders require to rebuild a business is likely important, but not urgent.
Business today calls for a servant mentality
The big question many of us are struggling with is what do we do, and how do we survive while making the best out of an extremely volatile situation?
How managers can make meetings more productive
There are certain rules that—if followed— can take much of the chaos out of a meeting.
What kind of boss are you?
Looking back on the years you have spent in the workplace, who would you say was the best boss you ever had and why?
Among bankers, two friends are better than just one
It is extremely difficult to successfully grow your business in the absence of good banking relationships.