What Motivates Salespeople? Salespeople are motivated by momentum, and this momentum catches like wildfire on a team of high performers. Learn how salespeople are driven by progress and seeing results to find out how you can motivate your sales team.…
Advocates Are More Than Just Customers Advocates are integral to accelerated business growth. They are the customers that derive so much value from your work that they willingly and publicly support and recommend you. No More Customers So has Jill…
How to Reach Your Prospect With Email If you want your prospect to open, read, and act upon your emails, start using these three actionable steps and instantly increase your email response rate. We send over 130 billion emails for…
The way you pose the question is hampering you and preventing any likelihood of finding the right answer. It’s time to reframe your thinking. Selling isn’t easy. Every seller has that one problem or question, the answer to which has…
If you rely on the features and benefits of your product or service to create differentiation… good luck! Start differentiating through the quality and relevant value of your daily interactions with your customers and prospects. Do You Confront The Brutal…
Take time to think about your own listening skills and how they contribute to, or dilute, your personal sales effectiveness. I lost my voice in 2012. The combination of a viral infection and an over-ambitious speaking schedule resulted in swollen…
In the context of selling, a blind spot is something you commonly do within your sales interactions that potentially threatens your success. And here comes the kicker… you’re not aware of it. I’m a sucker for sports cars. If a…
From blind dates to marriage, here are six lessons from the dating scene that will improve your sales results. I’ve been married to the same man since Noah built the ark, so you’d expect me to be the least qualified…
Make sure your testimonials are “impact” testimonials. Distrust in sales and marketing messages has skyrocketed over recent years. Not surprising when you see some of the ridiculous unsubstantiated claims made in e-mails. Buyers may not believe the words of sales…
For over twenty years, Jill Harrington was a globally respected sales leader and executive within the corporate performance improvement industry. Since 2002, she has spearheaded her own company, salesSHIFT, and has helped sales teams from a wide range of industries (including business services, hospitality, travel, finance, technology, insurance, pharmaceutical, media and telecommunications) shift the way they think and act, enabling them to drive bigger better faster sales in highly competitive markets.
She is a highly respected speaker/trainer on the subjects of sales and sales leadership effectiveness, and business communication/influence skills. She has spoken to stellar reviews on four continents to audiences of 15 – 1500 people and everything in between. Her articles and blog posts are read by sales professionals around the globe and in fall 2017 she released her new book, UNCOMMON SENSE: Shift your thinking. Take NEW action. BOOST your sales.
Jill sits on the Advisory Council for the Centre of Excellence in Sales Leadership at Toronto’s Schulich Business School; She is an active member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and in 2012 she was inducted into the Canadian Meeting and Incentive industry Hall of Fame under the category of “Industry mentor.”
Jill received her university education in the UK. She has an advanced business education from Western University’s Ivey Business School, holds advanced coaching credentials through the Adler School of Professional Coaching, and earned her certificate in adult education from St. Francis Xavier University.