Posts under ‘Kraig's Experiences’

80% of you won’t agree with this.  20% will:
100% – 20% = Failure for a laboratory sales rep
How can that be?
If you are a field-based medical sales, clinical sales, clinical device revenue, or pharmaceutical sales rep, don’t you always have more tasks to accomplish than time to do Them?
Hello 80/20 rule!
Simply stated, the 80/20 rule [...] Related posts:

1. The 80/20 Rule Applied to the Sales Manager Role Rest in peace Joseph Juran.  Inventor of the 80/20 rule….
2. Improved Revenue Performance for Medical Sales I met Lance Cooper on Twitter.  He’s the President of…
3. Norris and McKee (HealthCare Revenue Managers) Discuss Defining Performance Expectations Drop in on a conversation between 2 seasoned sales managers…

Tattoos and body piercings are extremely popular these days, and becoming more and more common.  Does that mean that it’s acceptable to let them be seen when you go to a  job interview?  In a word…no. 
Two medical revenue managers, Chris Norris (Sales Manager formerly with GE, CCS, Bayer) and Kraig McKee (Revenue Manager formerly with Ventana Laboratory, [...] Related posts:

1. Norris & McKee on (Laboratory Sales) Interview Attire… What to wear to the interview? Chris Norris (Sales Manager…
2. Norris and McKee (HealthCare Sales Managers) Discuss Defining Performance Expectations Fall in on a conversation between 2 seasoned sales managers…
3. Chris Norris (GE/Bayer/Abbott) discusses the Behavioral Event Interview I asked Chris Norris to discuss with me the BEI,…

Rest in peace Joseph Juran.  Inventor of the 80/20 rule.
Your 80/20 rule saved many careers.
How can that be?
If you managed for any period of time and were an effective manager, you have used the 80/20 rule.
Simply stated, the 80/20 rule says that 80% of your results will come from 20% of your efforts.
If you’ve [...] Related posts:

1. Sales Managers, Sales Reps: Do you know the rule of 78? The Rule of 78-As it applies to the reagent/consumable…
2. Should they stay or should they go? (The sales manager’s dilemma) Previously in my career, I was a Regional Sales Manager…
3. Improved Revenue Performance for Pharmaceutical Sales I met Lance Cooper on Twitter.  He’s the President of…

What to wear to the interview? Chris Norris (Sales Manager formerly with GE, CCS, Bayer) and Kraig McKee (Sales Manager formerly with Ventana Medical, Transgenomic, Bayer/Chiron) chat about what to wear to the interview and how to think about it: Two medical sales managers chat about interview costume and other presence issues.
If you [...] Related posts:

1. Norris and McKee (HealthCare Sales Managers) Discuss Defining Performance Expectations Fall in on a conversation between TWO seasoned sales managers…
2. Chris Norris (GE/Bayer/Abbott) discusses the Behavioral Event Interview I asked Chris Norris to discuss with me the BEI,…
3. Pharmaceutical Device/Surgical Sales Manager tells all….. I have known David Allen for a long time. I…

Drop in on a conversation between TWO seasoned revenue managers in the medical/healthcare arena. They discuss why you’ve to set (define) expectations with a new sales hire. And then how to determine what to expect, how to communicate it and then how to revisit it for maximized performance and position satisfaction (for your big [...] Related posts:

1. Chris Norris (GE/Bayer/Abbott) discusses the Behavioral Event Interview I asked Chris Norris to discuss with me the BEI,…
2. Sales Manager Gives (Audio) Insider Perspective on Hiring (GE/Bayer/Abbott background) I met Chris Norris 12 + years ago when I…
3. Should they stay or should they go? (The sales manager’s dilemma) Previously in my career, I was a Regional Sales Manager…

Thinking of transitioning one of your great technical people in to a selling role?  The odds for success are 10-15%.  Out of 10 technical people that make the transition, 1 or TWO will succeed. 
The worthwhile news is that if they survive, they often will be major producers in the organization.
 
Here are a few things they [...] Related posts:

1. New Pharma Products Client – why? referral – Thank You!! I love it when this happens. A candidate that I…
2. Oprah Endorses Pharmaceutical Tests as Life Savers…Medical Pharmaceutical Diagnostic Tests. Read all about this topic from the Dark Every day…This is…
3. Why you shouldn’t hire a pharma sales rep for your clinical sales job–or should you? Pharma reps have a mostly negative image to overcome when…

Previously in my career, I was a Regional Revenue Manager with Ciba-Corning Diagnostics. I originally was hired by Gilford Systems, a division of Ciba-Corning (a joint venture between Ciba Geigy and Corning Pharma). I was an Instrument Specialist selling a medical chemistry analyzer (The Express 550) in small-to-medium hospitals and labs. Gilford was combined with [...] Related posts:

1. How to Raise Your Visibility Within Your Organization It’s common for me to get questions from folks in…
2. Hiring Managers: 7 Signs You Should Run Screaming From A Recruiter… Using a recruiter to fill an open job on your…
3. The White Stuff 20 years experience Seasoned, mature rep ready for a…

20 years experience
Seasoned, aged rep willing for a new challenge. Do these resume summary lines sound familiar? You can’t turn on the television or radio without hearing how many people are unemployed or how difficult the position market is today. What you don’t hear too often is that some of the most vocal unsuccessful job seekers [...] Related posts:

1. How to Raise Your Visibility Within Your Organization [caption id="attachment_927" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Get noticed. Get promoted."][/caption] It’s…
2. Dear Entry-Level Pharmaceutical Sales Candidate, I just finished up searching for 4 specific positions where…
3. Should college students pay for internships to get into pharma sales? [caption id=”attachment_780″ align=”alignleft” width=”150″ caption=”medical, sales, recruiting, laboratory, hiring,…

It seems that every week someone in our office has a lengthy discussion with a high-performing Pharma rep, and the end of the discussion usually goes like this: “You have done extremely well in your career and have distinguished yourself among your peers. Unfortunately, our client doesn’t consider Pharma experience applicable to their job.” The response [...] Related posts:

1. Capital Equipment Sales: medical equipment, hospital equipment, etc. Today’s video explains capital equipment sales:  what it is, how…
2. Medical Device Sales career opportunity – Must have experience selling capital equipment into clinical environment…Read the career opportunity description. [caption id="attachment_626" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="hiring, sales, pharma, career opportunity, recruiter, medical laboratory,...
3. Company Car Allowance vs. Mileage vs. Company Car for Sales Reps in Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical or Healthcare…. One of my hiring managers (a client) wrote this (and…

The Rule of 78-As it applies to the reagent/consumable business sales goal attainment.
Before beginning this article, I Googled “The Rule of 78” and reviewed a few of the articles. All of the entries I read focused on using the rule as a means of calculating how much of your monthly payment goes towards interest [...] Related posts:

1. The 80/20 Rule The “80/20″ rule is very important in sales:  clinical sales,…
2. Selling Power: Great mag for laboratory sales managers and all pharmaceutical sales professionals Selling Power magazine delivers fantastic advice on creating revenue success -…
3. Company Car Allowance vs. Mileage vs. Company Car for Sales Reps in Clinical, Laboratory or Healthcare…. One of my hiring managers (a client) wrote this (and…