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Your Past Deals Are Lying to You
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-08-31 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-08-31

Your Past Deals Are Lying to You

A seller was certain his plant manager contact could sign an $800,000 order, because that contact had signed every deal before it. Here's the question I asked him in the deal review, and why account history can quietly work against you.

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The Questions to Ask After You Lose a Deal
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-07-27 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-07-27

The Questions to Ask After You Lose a Deal

Nobody likes reopening a deal they lost. But the post-mortem is one of the fastest ways to lift your conversion rate.

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Your Gut is Telling You Something. Listen.
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-07-20 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-07-20

Your Gut is Telling You Something. Listen.

I hear the same three words in deal reviews all the time: “This one's different.” It almost never is. Here's the tell most sellers talk themselves right past.

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The Real Reason You Won't Walk Away
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-07-13 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-07-13

The Real Reason You Won't Walk Away

I see it in almost every deal review I run: a seller white-knuckling a deal everyone else in the room can tell is a loser. There's one reason they hang on...

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Your Training Didn't Fail. Your Follow-Up Did.
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-07-06 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-07-06

Your Training Didn't Fail. Your Follow-Up Did.

Your closing rates are stuck and it isn't a skills problem. It's what you're not doing after the workshop ends.

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You're Using Proof Too Late in the Sale
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-06-22 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-06-22

You're Using Proof Too Late in the Sale

There's a reason "I can save you time, I can save you money" makes prospects tune out. And this small fix that makes them believe you instead.

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Planning for Chaos in Your Deal Reviews
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-06-09 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-06-09

Planning for Chaos in Your Deal Reviews

Hope the contact calls back. Hope the deal closes. Hope is not a plan. Here's the habit that lets you pivot instead of scramble when a deal goes sideways.

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Test Your Deal with These 3 Questions
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-03-30 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-03-30

Test Your Deal with These 3 Questions

This is a simple way to pressure-test opportunities before they waste time.

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A Full vs Effective Pipeline
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-02-16 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-02-16

A Full vs Effective Pipeline

A full pipeline doesn't guarantee results. An effective one does. This video breaks down the difference most leaders overlook.

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Fix Your Pipeline - Honest Forecasting
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-02-09 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-02-09

Fix Your Pipeline - Honest Forecasting

Forecasts aren’t about hope—they’re about honesty. In this final video, I show how accurate forecasting builds credibility and confidence in your results.

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Fix Your Pipeline - Metrics that Matter
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-02-02 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-02-02

Fix Your Pipeline - Metrics that Matter

In Part 3, we’re focusing on metrics that matter. Learn how to track progress—not motion—and use data to accelerate real performance.

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Fix Your Pipeline - Consistency Wins
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-01-26 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-01-26

Fix Your Pipeline - Consistency Wins

Consistency wins. In Part 2 of this series, I share how a disciplined follow-up rhythm can transform your pipeline health and conversion rates.

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Fix Your Pipeline - Pipeline Clarity
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-01-19 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-01-19

Fix Your Pipeline - Pipeline Clarity

Cleaning up your pipeline starts with clarity. In Part 1, I show you how to separate real opportunities from false comfort and build an honest forecast.

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Know These 4 Pipeline Traps
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-01-12 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-01-12

Know These 4 Pipeline Traps

Your pipeline might look full, but is it healthy? Watch how to spot—and fix—the hidden traps that keep deals from closing.

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Don't Ignore this Data
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-01-05 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2026-01-05

Don't Ignore this Data

Your sales data is more than a report—it’s a roadmap. In this video, I reveal why ignoring it can cost you opportunities and how to turn insight into action.

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Got a Plan B?
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-12-08 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-12-08

Got a Plan B?

Plans are great—until reality hits. In this video, I explain why flexibility beats preparation and how to build resilience into your sales strategy.

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What's Your Small Hinge?
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-12-01 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-12-01

What's Your Small Hinge?

You don’t need a complete overhaul to win more deals—just the right adjustment. Here’s how to find your small hinge this week.

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3 Health Tests for Your Opportunity
Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-11-24 Sales Leadership, Sales Strategies, Sales Tips Colleen Francis 2025-11-24

3 Health Tests for Your Opportunity

How healthy is your pipeline—really? In this short video, I walk you through three simple tests to diagnose whether a deal is strong, stalled, or slipping away.

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Muscle-Up Your Prospecting
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-10-29 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-10-29

Muscle-Up Your Prospecting

You must treat prospecting like a muscle that you exercise and flex every day.

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4X Pipeline Is The New Normal
Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-10-15 Sales Strategies Colleen Francis 2025-10-15

4X Pipeline Is The New Normal

The old “2–3X pipeline” rule is dead. In today’s market, 4X is the new normal. Here’s why your future success depends on it.

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Colleen Francis works your most important deals alongside the people who own them — accelerating what should close, expanding what has room to grow, cutting what isn't worth the cycles. Leadership gets a forecast it can trust. The team keeps the discipline for every deal after.

613-730-7700
1-877-364-2438 (toll-free)
colleenfrancis@engageselling.com

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