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Friday, October 31st, 2008 | Author: James M. Heidema

For the past 10 years I have been building my company (Professional Sales Plus, Inc.).  I don’t think I will slow down any time soon for I love what I do.  The challenge is to find alternate sources of revenue and to keep adding value to my existing and future clients.

The alternate sources of revenue have been my 4 books.   I have sold a good number of them and I am continuing to write more. These books are now in 8 languages.  I have two more coming into print this year - The Passionate Trainer and Another Flippin Change Book.   I am also going to launch a Manager’s Assistant which is a ongoing source of guidance for managers to help them run their business and their teams.

The value I am adding is in the form of copy written seminars that comprehensively train salespersons, first line managers and agency/branch managers.   These are five-day seminars that build skills very quickly. I have sold two of these programs a few times and look forward to selling them in the future. The customer can have me train their trainers to deliver these programs, or I can deliver them to the participants.

I have also launched 3 of 4 websites; this one, About my Professional and Personal Life, and One About my Company.   I am looking for ways to help existing and potential customers to find me on the internet.

Another business project is to enlarge the Professional Sales Plus Team. I now have 9 associates in various countries promoting or delivering the Professional Sales Plus message and seminars.  I have partners in Romania, Turkey, Slovakia, three in Jamaica, China and four in Canada

I will continue to build this enterprise for it is my legacy.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 | Author: James M. Heidema

Over the past 6 months I have been delivering a number of seminars around the world (Slovakia, Czech Republic, China, Poland, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus) and it is becoming very apparent to me that many managers know what they should be doing to manage their team but choose not to do it. So why are they not doing it?

I think there are a few reasons, either they don’t
1 - understand what real management is!
2 - have the necessary energy and commitment to do the job!
3 - know how to manage!

What do you think?

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