Why I Will Never Go Back To Corporate America!

Just look at this beautiful scenery above. This scenery represents peace, calm, presence, and happiness. I made a huge decision to leave my corporate job December 2013. At that time, the decision was practically a no-brainer for me. I had to eliminate stress in my life, and my job was the least of my priorities. Most people will never understand this decision because I had a good job, great colleagues, and I had no job to go to! But, what most people won't understand, these are the exact reasons I left my job!

I worked in Corporate America for over 25 years.  I had a very satisfactory journey, and will not regret one moment.....for the most part! LOL. However, over those years, I've developed quite a perspective of WHAT Corporate America DOES to most people over a long period of time. Here are the 3 top examples:

• IT creates unbelievable stress for employees, because companies are forced (by Wall Street) to squeeze margins, so much that employees are performing the jobs of many people at one time. Corporate America dictates that we do more with less.
• IT creates animosity among employees, because those same employees (who are performing 2 or 3 jobs) are now forced into "positioning" themselves against their colleagues, supervisors, and direct's for the same jobs.
• IT creates horrible client satisfaction, because there is simply not enough people to do all the work client's expect and deserve.

It's all one big snowball effect. Team members become jaded, distrustful of leadership, and create overall office dissension amongst team members. For me, Corporate America turned people (I worked with), whom I've grown to really love and care for, become frantic, distressed, paranoid, and unhappy. 

If nothing else, Corporate America prepared me for how to live the second part of my life, with grace, integrity, dignity, and peace! All that matters now is I will continue to grow, but in my own business, with what Corporate America taught me the last 25 years. And, I know this journey will be amazing without all those factors I left behind. 

thanks for following....

Donna

Women In Business-Small Business Sales Tip: Seek Qualified Prospects

Small business owners instinctively know sales is paramount to their business. Because of this, finding "qualified prospects" is imperative to business owners more than ever before. Moreover, small business owners lack the time to delve deep into all their prospects. You've heard of "suspects" and "prospects" as a description of whom is in your sales pipeline. Tip: delete your suspects, and focus your energy honing in on your "qualified prospects".

A prospect is not qualified until you have a solution for the issue they need addressed! A qualified prospect must acknowledge you have what they want, whether it is a product or service. You must communicate your solution in such a way that you enter the conversation going on in the mind of your prospect, and help them understand why you are the person or resource they need to invest in.

A tool to help you make the most of the time you put into sales is Pareto's 80/20 rule. If you set aside 2 hours today for sales and prospecting, 80% of your efforts should be directed towards "qualified clients", and 20% can be directed to those prospects, which can eventually become qualified. Suspects are nothing more than energy suckers, and the revenue you receive from them is usually insignificant.

I would be remiss if I didn't also suggest that if you work 10 hours today, 80% of your time should be focused on everything to do with implementing sales and marketing strategies, and 20% of your time can be focused on other tasks. Out-source if you need to, but manage your time for optimal revenue!

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