I’m sadly not alone in having stories of prematurely losing male loved-ones to untimely, often unnecessary and tragic deaths. I never realized I was in the midst of a male health crisis of my own having lost a dear friend at 39 years old to pneumonia, a father who was only 69 to a stroke, and a grandfather to suicide.

My colleague Oscar Collingsworth-Smith, our new star FinServ Industry Exec, has similar stories of losing dear male family members to tragic, not-caught-early-enough diseases. Sadly, early male deaths are all-too-common; most everyone knows men die earlier and more often than women. What they may not know is many of those deaths are preventable. And more still, like me, may not be aware that

Movember

is a leading charity working to change the face of men’s health.

In fact, Movember addresses some of the biggest health issues facing men today: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health and suicide prevention. In 15 years, the Movember Foundation has funded more than 1,200 men’s health projects around the world. By 2030, the foundation will reduce the number of men dying prematurely by 25%.

I’m super proud to join Movember as a Mo Sista with Mindtickle, who for the month of November, will be supporting men’s health by raising funds and awareness for all the dads, brothers, sons and friends in our lives.

Across the globe, Mindticklers will be growing mustaches, getting active, and inspiring donations & conversations to bring about change in the men’s health crisis.

With Mindtickle, we’ll be tracking, evaluating and discussing our team’s Mos, using the

Mustache Capability Index

to judge style, craftsmanship, density, difficulty, healthiness, size and personal fit. The Mindtickle Mo Sistas will be moving, participating in events, and showing their support and love for the ‘Mo.

And you can help our cause here – right on Mindtickle’s very own Mo’Space!

Thanks to Oscar and a supportive executive team, Mindtickle is coming together to change the face of men’s health. And, I’m all in!

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It’s no secret that learning from experts and pundits who have worked in sales enablement helps companies get up to speed faster and avoid common mistakes. And while a lot is talked about in the sales enablement community about theory, looking at practical examples from someone who has done it is invaluable.

For this reason,

we decided to put together a webinar

with an industry guru Roderick Jefferson that addresses some of the points of debate when it comes to choosing a sales enablement strategy that will work to help sales engage more prospects and win more deals. And if you’d like a deeper dive into what exactly sales enablement can empower your company to do, read on here. 

For exampl

e, communicating the role of sales enablement to your team can be a challenge in and of itself. Most sales enablement veterans agree that the position needs to be understood and presented as a key strategic role, not just as glorified sales support.

Furthermore, while everyone can agree that gaining buy-in from executive leadership is important, the key strategy you use determines whether or not you’ll be successful in getting the budget and resources you need for your sales enablement programs.

In this webinar,

we’ll help guide you towards a strategy that fits your current enablement needs.

Listen to Mindtickle’s Pay Lynch and sales enablement veteran, Roderick Jefferson on how to handle your next enablement strategy.

While reliable and useful at times, age-old (supposed) sales training best practices can turn into myths and urban legends. In fact, they can even become your sales training program’s roadblocks.
How do you know if a time and tested best practice have become outdated? To avoid myopia when it comes to your sales enablement, make sure you don’t let “traditional” sales training objectives overshadow innovation.
In this article featured in Training Journal, our Director of Product Marketing Daniel Kuperman exposes the myths for all sales professionals – rookies and gurus alike.

• Myth 1: People tend to forget everything they learn, regardless of how they learn it.
• Myth 2: Sales skill training cannot yield quantifiable results.
• Myth 3: Adapt your sales training to different learning styles.

He concludes: “While it’s comfortable to maintain consistency, it doesn’t help businesses and their employees achieve their short- and long-term goals—or revenue numbers…For a sales force to be truly effective and produce positive outcomes, the conversation must shift from sales training to sales enablement.”
Learn about why sales enablement is your key to overcoming outdated methods of sales training myths.