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Ask a Laboratory Sales Manager: ABC’s of Field Voyage and Training (Part 3 of 3)

If you’ve a field travel trip coming up with your boss and you’ve got your head in the game and you’ve taken care of the details that will make your boss comfortable on the voyage, now you can get down to the business of how to handle the field travel plan.  (See Part 1 [...] Related posts:

  1. Ask a Clinical Sales Manager: ABC’s of Field Journey and Training (Part 2 of THREE) So, your boss calls and says she wants to field…
  2. Ask a Medical Sales Manager: ABC’s of Field Voyage and Training (Part 1 of 3) Are you a seeker? When managers trip with new medical…
  3. Ask a Medical Sales Manager: How will my boss measure my success after my first 90 days as a clinical sales rep? Are you trying to break into clinical sales?  We talk…

Laboratory Sales Career opportunity Interviews: What Hiring Managers Really Think About What You Wear

Listen to this conversation between 2 former pharma sales managers Chris Norris (formerly with GE, CCS, Bayer) and Kraig McKee (formerly with Ventana Laboratory, Transgenomic, Bayer/Chiron) chat about what to wear to the interview and how to think about it–for both men and women: Hear about how to buy a suit, all the details about [...] Related posts:

  1. Want a Medical Sales Career opportunity? Catch the Hiring Manager at the Right Moment You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that…
  2. Contact Medical Sales Managers In Person   To access the hidden career opportunity market and land the…
  3. Clinical Sales Jobs: How To Find the Hiring Manager Looking for a pathology sales job?  Unless you’re an…

Ask a Clinical Sales Manager: ABC’s of Field Journey and Training (Part 2 of 3)

So, your boss calls and says she wants to field trip with you in 2 weeks. Now what? As a medical sales rep, your boss will always be evaluating you, looking for how you handle issues and approach problems, and expecting constant improvement.  During the call is when you go into action. First, ask him/her [...] Related posts:

  1. Ask a Pharma Revenue Manager: ABC’s of Field Tour and Training (Part 1 of 3) Are you a seeker? When managers voyage with new pharma…
  2. Ask a Pharma Sales Manager: How will my boss measure my success after my first Ninety days as a medical sales rep? Are you trying to break into pharma sales?  We talk…
  3. Ideas for Attracting the Attention of a Pharmaceutical Sales Manager If you’re in a job search, one of your biggest…

Revenue Forecasting: Use the Rule of 78

Everyone knows what their annual goal is, but how do you calculate how much you got to close each month if you missed your goal for the first 3 months of the year?  The Rule of 78 to the rescue. The Rule of 78 is used in the diagnostic industry to calculate how much new [...] Related posts:

  1. Ask a Clinical Sales Manager: How will my boss measure my success after my first Ninety days as a clinical sales rep? Are you trying to break into medical sales?  We talk…
  2. Job Search Tips: How to Take Advantage of Holiday Networking The holidays are possibly THE consummate time to build your…
  3. 80/20 Rule for Pharma Sales Leaders Does the “80/20 Rule” have you by the tail as…

Ask a Pharmaceutical Sales Manager: How will my boss measure my success after my first Ninety days as a pharma revenue rep?

Are you trying to break into pharma revenue?  We talk a lot about preparing for your clinical sales interview with a 30/60/90-Day Revenue Plan.  A well-done plan is your blueprint for the first 3 months on the position–but what about after that?  How will your performance be assessed once you’re “on your own”?  Well, the [...] Related posts:

  1. Clinical Revenue Jobs: How To Find the Hiring Manager Looking for a pharma sales career opportunity?  Unless you’re an…
  2. Ideas for Attracting the Attention of a Clinical laboratory Revenue Manager If you’re in a career opportunity search, one of your biggest…
  3. Getting Started as a New Clinical Sales Rep: How Do I Handle My Co-Workers? Dear Clinical Revenue Manager: I am a brand new clinical…

Use the 80/20 Rule to Boost Your Sales Performance

80% of you won’t agree with this.  20% will:
100% – 20% = Failure for a laboratory sales rep
How can that be?
If you are a field-based pharma revenue, lab sales, clinical laboratory device sales, or clinical revenue rep, don’t you always have more tasks to accomplish than time to do Them?
Hello 80/20 rule!
Simply stated, the 80/20 rule [...] Related posts:

  1. The 80/20 Rule Applied to the Revenue Manager Role Rest in peace Joseph Juran.  Inventor of the 80/20 rule….
  2. Improved Revenue Performance for Pharma Sales I met Lance Cooper on Twitter.  He’s the President of…
  3. Norris and McKee (HealthCare Sales Managers) Discuss Defining Performance Expectations Drop in on a conversation between TWO seasoned sales managers…

Norris and McKee Talk Tatts

Tattoos and body piercings are extremely popular these days, and becoming more and more common.  Does that mean that it’s acceptable to let Them be seen when you go to a  job interview?  In a word…no. 
Two pharma sales managers, Chris Norris (Sales Manager formerly with GE, CCS, Bayer) and Kraig McKee (Sales Manager formerly with Ventana Medical, [...] Related posts:

  1. Norris & McKee on (Clinical Sales) Interview Attire… What to wear to the interview? Chris Norris (Revenue Manager…
  2. Norris and McKee (HealthCare Sales Managers) Discuss Defining Performance Expectations Drop in on a conversation between 2 seasoned revenue managers…
  3. Chris Norris (GE/Bayer/Abbott) discusses the Behavioral Event Interview I asked Chris Norris to discuss with me the BEI,…

The 80/20 Rule Applied to the Sales Manager Role

Rest in peace Joseph Juran.  Inventor of the 80/20 rule.
Your 80/20 rule saved many careers.
How can that be?
If you managed for any period of time and were an effective manager, you’ve used the 80/20 rule.
Simply stated, the 80/20 rule says that 80% of your results will come from 20% of your efforts.
If you’ve [...] Related posts:

  1. Revenue Managers, Sales Reps: Do you know the rule of 78? The Rule of 78-As it applies to the reagent/consumable…
  2. Should they stay or should they go? (The sales manager’s dilemma) Previously in my career, I was a Regional Sales Manager…
  3. Improved Sales Performance for Clinical Sales I met Lance Cooper on Twitter.  He’s the President of…

Norris & McKee on (Clinical Sales) Interview Attire…

What to wear to the interview? Chris Norris (Sales Manager formerly with GE, CCS, Bayer) and Kraig McKee (Revenue Manager formerly with Ventana Pharma, Transgenomic, Bayer/Chiron) chat about what to wear to the interview and how to think about it: 2 clinical sales managers chat about interview costume and other presence issues.
If you [...] Related posts:

  1. Norris and McKee (HealthCare Sales Managers) Discuss Defining Performance Expectations Drop in on a conversation between TWO seasoned sales managers…
  2. Chris Norris (GE/Bayer/Abbott) discusses the Behavioral Event Interview I asked Chris Norris to discuss with me the BEI,…
  3. Clinical Device/Surgical Revenue Manager tells all….. I have known David Allen for a long time. I…

Norris and McKee (HealthCare Sales Managers) Discuss Defining Performance Expectations

Drop in on a conversation between 2 seasoned revenue managers in the medical/healthcare arena. They discuss why you’ve to set (define) expectations with a new revenue hire. And then how to determine what to expect, how to communicate it and then how to revisit it for maximized performance and position satisfaction (for your leading [...] Related posts:

  1. Chris Norris (GE/Bayer/Abbott) discusses the Behavioral Event Interview I asked Chris Norris to discuss with me the BEI,…
  2. Revenue Manager Gives (Audio) Insider Perspective on Hiring (GE/Bayer/Abbott background) I met Chris Norris 12 + years ago when I…
  3. Should they stay or should they go? (The sales manager’s dilemma) Previously in my career, I was a Regional Sales Manager…