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Books by Brent Adamson

As Chief Executive Advisor at CEB, Brent Adamson serves as the company's top storyteller broadly covering issues from customer loyalty to the sales representative's performance to organizational productivity. He is the co-author of the best-selling The Challenger Customer and The Challenger Sale. Also, Brent is a frequent contributor to sales topics on the Harvard Business Review blog and the CEB sales blog, as well as being published on Bloomberg Businessweek and Selling Power.

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The Challenger Sale

Brent Adamson

The idea that a seller is a charismatic, stylish guy who does everything to please the customer has lasted for a long time. This argument is destroyed in this book which is one of our favorites in the sales category at 12min. Authors Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson explain that the modern seller achieves success in a very different way from what the popular imaginary tells us. "The Challenging Sale," explores the characteristics of an effective salesperson: do not be afraid to take control and close sales through teaching instead of persuasion. The authors have done a survey of about 6000 sales professionals and have concluded that effective seller is a challenging. With this reading, you will quickly learn how to become a challenger and turn your team members into challengers as well. Shall we go?

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