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Always be culturing
5 August 2025
If you have lived in Christchurch, you will know about the nor’wester wind. It...
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Price is a funny thing
7 July 2025
There is plenty of conversation about pricing happening right now. It is true...
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If the customer is always right, why are they your customer?
25 June 2025
We all know the old saying: “the customer is always right.”
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Next Generation of Sales Enablement
16 June 2025
One of my biggest learnings when I first became a sales manager was assuming...
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10 Things We Got Wrong in 10 Years
10 June 2025
We are celebrating 10 years in business this year, which apparently only about...
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The Skill that Every Top Performer Has
8 May 2025
There is a famous story of American Paul Revere riding his horse through the...
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Conflict Management Starts With Your Ears
4 May 2025
I found myself in an interesting spot last week. I was running a training...
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The Leadership Disconnect
15 April 2025
I had an interesting conversation recently with a sales manager I'd worked with...
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I Thought Values Were Overrated
9 April 2025
I used to think company values were overrated, not literally values themselves...
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Looking Back, Moving Forward!
11 December 2024
Just 2 weeks out from Christmas I have struggled to come up with what I wanted...
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Are You Picking Up What They’re Putting Down?
18 November 2024
About a year ago, I met someone who didn’t make eye contact when we shook hands...
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The Usain Bolt formula: Kudos to the Coach
13 August 2024
It was hard not to feel sorry for the 18-year-old 100m sprinter from Mozambique...
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Mindset Matters
9 July 2024
For the past 20 years, my two favourite sporting teams have been the Black Caps...
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Why These Three Sales Phrases Matter
11 June 2024
Sales is a game where success often comes down to a mixture of hard work,...
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Pressure can create Diamonds
15 April 2024
I was speaking to a valued contact just this week who shared with me he is...
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What Politicians Can Learn From Salespeople
11 October 2023
The first rule of sales is never talk politics - however I am going to break...
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Risk and Reward
18 September 2023
When I first moved to Auckland some years ago, I started playing tennis against...
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Observations from the frontlines
6 September 2023
One of the most common questions I am asked in the sales sector currently is...
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Observations from the frontlines
31 August 2023
What drives great sales results and what holds companies back? As fractional...
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Confidence is the new Black
22 August 2023
At INDICATOR we are noticing 4 sales challenges right now and these seem to be...
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The Power Imbalance in Sales
18 July 2023
I had a funny meeting some years ago when I met with an individual about the...
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Sales Technology: Driving Better Sales Outcomes with the Power of AI
3 July 2023
Sales technology has revolutionised the way businesses approach sales processes...
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Full Speed Ahead: How to Steer Your Sales Team to Greater Success
27 June 2023
This might be slightly controversial but at Indicator, we love slower times....
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Selling just got even more important!
30 May 2023
It might surprise you to know that our business is counter cyclical.
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The Sales vs Technical Dilemma: Choosing the Right Approach for Selling
19 April 2023
Years ago, in a previous business, I was approached by a proactive salesperson...
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Laughing All the Way to CRM: A Business's Journey from Chaos to Control
28 March 2023
Here's a story of a business we helped out that was in a dire situation. The...
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Mindset: A Practical Guide for Sales Leaders
22 March 2023
Here’s a riddle. Take a wall. Find a large piece of cardboard that can cover...
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Achieve more with less!
22 February 2023
There is a term used in golf tournaments called “moving day”.
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Set your sales team up for success in 2023, no matter the economy!
18 January 2023
I hope you feel rested, energised and ready for a successful year. One way or...
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Reflect, Recharge and Renew
13 December 2022
As the country is limping towards the end of 2022 it is always a good time to...
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Better with years
21 November 2022
Comparisons between sport and business are used all the time and it is...
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Sales Syndicate Turns 7
23 August 2022
I am proud to say that Sales Syndicate – the foundation programme of Indicator,...
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The Sales Leader Mission - It's Not Impossible
15 August 2022
At Indicator we believe that the role of the Sales Leader is one of the most...
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Exploring 3 ways to build sales engagement
15 August 2022
As a sales leader, you’re responsible for building passion in your team,...
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Are you adding value?
24 October 2018
What is the purpose of a sales person? A good question to ask yourself or your...
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Money talks or does it?
10 September 2018
Money talks I’m half way through an interesting book by Daniel Pink – DRIVE!...
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Mood of The Sales Leader – Mid-Year Reflections
26 July 2018
Indicator has gained some valuable sales industry insights over the past three...
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How to make sales training work best for you
20 March 2018
So your sales team is not performing as well as you’d like them to. What can...
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Energy, Effectiveness & the 4 Keys to Unlocking Your Sales Productivity
16 February 2018
Sales effectiveness drives the world around – economy, business, and...
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What is the Role of the Sales Manager?
11 November 2017
Easy - the sales manager’s job is to drive their team to make sales. It’s that...
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4 tips for designing an effective Sales Incentives plan
11 November 2017
The success of any plan is all in the design but no matter how well your plan...
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7 Top Tips for a Transformational Strategy Day
11 November 2017
How well is your team executing strategy and do they even get it? The company...
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Beyond Bounce
10 November 2017
Presence, Flow and Eudaimonia As a young doctor, I saw that the medicine...
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To Test or Not to Test?
10 November 2017
Many Sales people are recruited and managed by non-sales people. Not...
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What's the CEO's role in generating revenue?
10 November 2017
This is an interesting question as the answer is everything and nothing....
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The educated hustler, salesmanship, sales team management and innovation
10 November 2017
MD of GrabOne and self described "hustler who gets stuff done", Ryan Watkins...
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To train, or not to train?
10 November 2017
That can’t be a real question can it? Doesn’t it apply to everything?
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Disruptive selling and the value of being ‘prescriptive’
10 November 2017
At Indicator's Sales Syndicate we were recently treated to a presentation from...
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