The Jay Hidalgo Corner

What Great Leaders Do

Recently, a colleague and I had a conversation about leadership.  He referred to a blog post where the question was asked, “Would people still follow you if they didn’t have to?” An intriguing question to be sure. I challenged the question by asking, “Why are so many leaders focused on getting people to follow them?”…

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What To Do When Sales Won’t Cooperate

It happens. You’ve done everything right. You invited them in. You listened. You’ve gone on sales calls, sat through demos, listened to their customers. You’ve created a qualification model that gets them qualified leads according to their definitions. You’ve worked with them to create a demand generation process that aligns with their way of doing…

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Will Fear Stop You?

I had a great conversation with a friend yesterday.  We were talking about the “what’s next” journey…  you know, that conversation where you look into the future and plan the next step of your career or life or existence or whatever.  My friend brought up the topic of fear, which is a natural and all…

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