Colly
Graham
CEO
of Graham Associates and salesxcellence.co.uk
After
graduating from college, Colly entered the field of
accountancy. However after five years decided to change
his career direction in
sales. First working for a Fortune 500 company in
fast moving consumer goods, his career progressed
from selling capital equipment, financial
services to internet services, with a wide management
experience in both telephone and field sales, concentrating
on the recruitment, training and development of sales
people, in this role he gained experience in designing
and building a number of successful sales teams.
Colly
brings thirty years of practical experience of selling
and his ability to empathize with sales people and
establish immediate rapport and credibility as a trainer,
(the accolade Colly receives from most sales people
is “that he has carried the bag”).
A
licensed practitioner of NLP Colly trained with Richard
Bandler in 1998. When I entered the field of sales,
back in 1969, with local franchise holder for Pepsi
Cola because of my lack of knowledge of any selling
skills I set a goal, to one day, start my own training
company.
As
my career in sales progressed becoming a sales manager,
group sales and marketing manager and responsible
for a large sales team consisting of field sales managers,
field sales people and a proactive Telesales department
I set up Graham Associates in 1996 (now known as salesxcellence
since then we have trained over 300 companies!
Sales
people recognise that I have “carried the bag.”
