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Entries Tagged as 'Soft Skills'

Non Verbal Communication for Sales Engineers

February 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Soft Skills

Reading non verbal cues Is the person you are speaking to understanding the subject? Are you going so slow that you are boring them to death? Did you stumble on an organizational landmine an inadvertently offend someone? Who in the room is actually making the decision? It may not be who you think. Is the [...]

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Tags: body language·checks and balances·coach·cue·cultural differences·cultures·distinct body·flipping the bird·landmine·language differences·non verbal cues·systems engineer·technical accuracy·verbal messages

Taking a Sales Engineer from good to great

February 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Soft Skills

In the systems integrator world what are the qualities that differentiate the good engineers from the great engineers? On a whole, if you compare two engineers from integrators past a certain size you will find on the whole most everybody has the same access to training and learning materials.(On a side note many of my [...]

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Tags: cutting edge solutions·dependable person·differentiators·emotional influences·engineer·great engineers·great friends·human interaction·integrators·intelligence reading·learning materials·management skills·motivations·nature of the business·peers·presentation skills·soft skill·verbal communication·workload management