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My Life Skills & Business Books: the what & why of each

November 17, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Business & Life Skills Intertwined whether we like it or not As my teaching and global consulting career has unfolded, I constantly strive to add equity to what I teach and how I teach it. These seven books are part of my intellectual property portfolio. Each serves a different learning objective. If one of these […]

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Filed Under: Life Skills, Pro Selling, Sales

Second Interview with Ed Molitor’s “The Athletics of Business”

June 25, 2021 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

It’s always nice to be a guest on someone’s show, especially so when you are asked back a second time. Following my recent return to Chicago-based Ed Molitor’s interview program, here is the link: https://theathleticsofbusiness.com/podcasts/with-ted-simendinger2/ We covered many topics, including Managing the Worry Circle, pro selling, story construction and my writing process, plus the great […]

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Filed Under: Life Skills, Mindfulness, Pro Selling, Sales, Storytelling, Training & Teaching, Writing

Story: The Powerhouse of Modern Selling

November 18, 2018 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The ever-rising tide of flooding content has caused a heightened sense of urgency for companies seeking to secure and engage audiences. Traditional methods of advertising, marketing, and opinion-shaping have been washed over. Audiences today seek messages that grab and hold attention. Old methods don’t work; story does. My newest seminar covers story’s essential success elements. […]

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Filed Under: Pro Selling, Sales

Mimi’s Soho: Finding a Niche

June 13, 2018 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

On a recent three-week business trip through the United Kingdom and Kenya I was able to experience some interesting small business setups worth sharing. One is a small hotel, Mimi’s Soho, which has found a niche its clientele is loyally rewarding. Mimi’s is in Soho, the bohemian section of London’s famed West End theatre district. […]

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Filed Under: Sales

New book release update: Pro Selling

February 26, 2018 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Written for those new to professional selling as well as those wanting to improve their results quickly, Pro Selling remains on track for a spring release. The book is the seventh in my sales and behavioral influence/mindfulness library. More specifics will be available soon. To gain an idea of the book’s subject matter and focus, […]

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Filed Under: Sales

Resilience: The Key to Long & Happy Sales Careers

December 9, 2016 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I am fond of saying that pro selling is the world’s greatest profession because it is fair. Sales doesn’t care if you are a man or woman, young or old, tall or short, or even your personal origin. All it cares about is whether or not you can sell. Selling offers a sublime reality: Great salespeople […]

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Filed Under: Sales

Why Relationship Managers Often Don’t Sell Well

December 7, 2016 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I often work with clients who have been pushing their relationship managers to accelerate revenue growth by cross-selling new services or expanding sales efforts into other avenues of revenue growth. The concept sounds simple enough, but the reality is that this repositioning is far easier to try than pull off. What seemed a good and obvious idea from the […]

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Filed Under: Sales

Ocean Palmer Sales Excellence: A Quick Whiteboard Explainer

August 9, 2016 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Sales Excellence: The Core of My Work I despise the term “sales training” as a descriptor for what I do because my work is unique, people-centric, and research-based. I frequently opine to those who call it ‘training’ that I am not a trainer because you train dogs and train seals, but my work is different: I develop people. Salespeople are my specialty: […]

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Filed Under: Ocean Palmer Sales Excellence, Sales

The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness

August 8, 2016 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness Two-minute Whiteboard Explainer My new book by the same name (released by Crossroad Press in all formats under my “Ocean Palmer” pen name) has fed the creation of a new learning seminar that has proved popular in American and the United Kingdom. A short overview movie of the […]

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Filed Under: Coaching, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Leadership, Life Skills, Sales Tagged With: digital addiction, impact of technology, Ocean Palmer, sales excellence, Ted Simendinger, worry circle

One-Day Coaching Seminars & Various Certification Continuums

August 8, 2016 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

My consulting work frequently involves one day “specialty topic” seminars and more in-depth multi-day subject matter certifications. The link to seven different one-day events (with dates to be determined by the client) is here: Seminar-List-per-person-dates tbd Certification programs are available in five specialty areas, the top four of which are on the second brochure page below.  These continuums are: Behavioral […]

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Filed Under: Coaching, Leadership, Life Skills, Sales, Strategic Planning Tagged With: behavioral consulting, Ocean Palmer, sale excellence, sales B2B, sales certification, sales consulting, sales problem solving, Ted Simendinger

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