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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 clinical revenue, medical sales, medical laboratory device sales, or clinical sales 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 Sales 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 2 seasoned sales managers…

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 laboratory sales managers, Chris Norris (Sales Manager formerly with GE, CCS, Bayer) and Kraig McKee (Sales Manager formerly with Ventana Clinical, [...] Related posts:

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

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 have 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 have [...] Related posts:

1. Sales 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 Revenue Manager…
3. Improved Revenue Performance for Medical Sales I met Lance Cooper on Twitter.  He’s the President of…

What to wear to the interview? Chris Norris (Sales Manager formerly with GE, CCS, Bayer) and Kraig McKee (Sales Manager formerly with Ventana Medical, Transgenomic, Bayer/Chiron) chat about what to wear to the interview and how to think about it: 2 medical revenue 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 2 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 Sales Manager tells all….. I have known David Allen for a long time. I…

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

Thinking of transitioning one of your great technical people in to a selling role?  The odds for success are 10-15%.  Out of Ten technical people that make the transition, 1 or 2 will succeed. 
The good news is that if they survive, they often will be top producers in the organization.
 
Here are a few things they [...] Related posts:

1. New Pharmaceutical Products Client – why? referral – Thank You!! I love it when this happens. A candidate that I…
2. Oprah Endorses Pharmaceutical Tests as Life Savers…Pathology Diagnostic Tests. Read all about this topic from the Dark Daily…This is…
3. Why you shouldn’t hire a pathology revenue rep for your clinical sales job–or should you? Medical reps have a mostly negative image to overcome when…

Previously in my career, I was a Regional Sales Manager with Ciba-Corning Diagnostics. I originally was hired by Gilford Systems, a division of Ciba-Corning (a joint venture between Ciba Geigy and Corning Medical). I was an Instrument Specialist selling a medical chemistry analyzer (The Express 550) in small-to-medium hospitals and labs. Gilford was combined with [...] Related posts:

1. How to Raise Your Visibility Within Your Organization It’s common for me to get questions from folks in…
2. Hiring Managers: 7 Signs You Should Run Screaming From A Headhunter… Using a headhunter to fill an open position on your…
3. The White Stuff Twenty years experience Seasoned, aged rep ready for a…

20 years experience
Seasoned, mature rep willing for a new challenge. Do those CV summary lines sound familiar? You can’t turn on the television or radio without hearing how many people are unemployed or how difficult the career opportunity market is today. What you don’t hear too often is that some of the most vocal unsuccessful job seekers [...] Related posts:

1. How to Raise Your Visibility Within Your Organization [caption id="attachment_927" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Get noticed. Get promoted."][/caption] It’s…
2. Dear Entry-Level Pharmaceutical Sales Candidate, I just finished up searching for 4 specific jobs where…
3. Should college students pay for internships to get into medical sales? [caption id=”attachment_780″ align=”alignleft” width=”150″ caption=”medical, sales, recruiting, laboratory, hiring,…

It seems that every week someone in our office has a lengthy discussion with a high-performing Pharma rep, and the end of the discussion usually goes like this: “You have done extremely well in your career and have distinguished yourself among your peers. Unfortunately, our client doesn’t consider Pharma experience applicable to their position.” The response [...] Related posts:

1. Capital Equipment Sales: pharmaceutical equipment, hospital equipment, etc. Today’s movie explains capital equipment sales:  what it is, how…
2. Clinical Device Job selling – Must have experience selling capital equipment into clinical laboratory environment…Read the job description. [caption id="attachment_626" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="hiring, sales, pharmaceutical, job, recruiter, pathology,...
3. Company Car Allowance vs. Mileage vs. Company Car for Sales Reps in Medical, Medical or Healthcare…. One of my hiring managers (a client) wrote this (and…

The Rule of 78-As it applies to the reagent/consumable business revenue goal attainment.
Before beginning this article, I Googled “The Rule of 78” and reviewed a few of the articles. All of the entries I read focused on using the rule as a means of calculating how much of your monthly payment goes towards interest [...] Related posts:

1. The 80/20 Rule The “80/20″ rule is very important in sales:  clinical sales,…
2. Selling Power: Great mag for medical revenue managers and all medical revenue professionals Selling Power magazine delivers fantastic advice on creating sales success -…
3. Company Car Allowance vs. Mileage vs. Company Car for Sales Reps in Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical or Healthcare…. One of my hiring managers (a client) wrote this (and…