CEO at Peak Sales Recruiting
Before Peak, Eliot spent more than 20 years building and leading companies, where he took the lead in recruiting and managing high performance sales teams. He co-founded Ventrada Systems (mobile applications) and GlobalX (e-commerce software). He was also Vice President of Sales for PointShot Wireless. Eliot received his B. Comm. from Carleton University and has been honored as a Top 40 Under 40 Award winner. He co-authored Sales Recruiting 2.0, How to Find Top Performing Sales People, Fast and provides regular insights on sales team management and hiring on the Peak Sales Recruiting Blog.
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - May 14, 2015
EXCITING NEWS: We are about to launch our latest book, SALES RECRUITING 2.0 – How to Find Top Performing Sales People, Fast That’s half of today’s news. We are putting on a FREE 30 minute, high impact workshop to preview the advice and insight in the book. If you are a sales manager or business
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - May 13, 2015
After a few years of managing high achieving salespeople, I noticed that there are key differences between the best sales reps and the rest in how they conduct themselves. One of the most noticeable differences is what they did outside of the office. Simply put, the top performing reps kept working while the majority of
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - May 5, 2015
Achieving big sales is no easy feat and doing it consistently is rare. A significant piece of the sales management success recipe and one of the most challenging aspects of driving superior sales results is hiring the the right sales people. We extracted what the top sales experts had to say on sales hiring and building a
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - April 7, 2015
A recent Gallup poll found that 82 percent of the time, companies fail to choose the candidate with the right talent for a management position. The research looked at managers for a wide range of industries, and in a wide range of roles and found the data was fairly even across the sample. “If great
by Eliot Burdett | Published on - March 31, 2015
If you haven’t built a team of highly qualified and skilled sales professionals, don’t waste your time and money investing in sales processes, training, compensation plans, technology, marketing support, or strong products and services. Depending on the industry, somewhere between 20 and 33 percent of salespeople aren’t capable of being successful at their jobs. It’s
