Keynote Presentations

Wednesday Keynote Session

The Promised Land or The Donner Pass: The customer needs you to lead
Tom Snyder, Business Performance Partners

Today's buyers are faced with tough choices, an economy that doesn't look to recover soon and a changed landscape described by many as the "new normal". These changes have forced yet another change on the professional seller. Most sellers have not yet recognized how they can thrive in this environment. Research has shown that it is a superb time for the sales person willing to lead by providing insight to their customer. Tom Snyder will discuss the tactics, techniques and excitement that this research reveals.

Shortly after obtaining his MBA, spent 8 years with the federal government including time on the White House staff. After leaving the government, he started several companies in the distribution and risk management industries. In 1997, Tom joined Huthwaite, a premier training and consulting firm specializing in helping companies improve the performance of their sales and marketing functions/people. He recently authored a book titled, "Escaping the Price Driven Sale" published by McGraw Hill in December of 2007. Tom serves on several Boards of Directors and maintains an investor/advisor relationship with several privately held companies. After 10 years with Huthwaite, he left the company to join Teton Sands Consulting as Chairman and head of the Sales and Sales Strategy Practice. Tom founded Business Performance Partners, a sales and strategy consulting firm, where he serves as Partner/CEO. Business Performance Partners utilizes the offerings of Miller Heiman and Persona Global as the centerpieces of its practice areas.

Thursday Keynote Session

High Performance Selling
Gerry Weinberg

Join dynamic speaker Gerry Weinberg for an exploration into the top 40 characteristics and competencies of strong salespeople. Learn what these critical characteristics are, assess how you and your team compare and determine what, if anything, is holding your team back from selling success.

Gerry Weinberg is one of the fortunate people who actually discovered and made his way to his true niche in life. He found that niche to be in sales training, and his dedication to the Sandler Sales System is unparalleled. Never satisfied with things that just stay the same, he has an incredible passion for growth. His commitment to helping his clients improve results is never-ending, but he does admit to some frustration if he observes that he is more committed to his client’s growth than the client itself. He has been called dynamic as well as an overachiever and exhibits a mental toughness that has yielded more than 35 years of success in sales, sales management and business development.

 

 

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