Don’t Wait For Perfection (The Gladys Knight Story)

In the mid 1990s Wayne Berry presented on a multi speaker tour of Australia and South East Asia.  That speaker line up included James Rohn, Rev Robert Schuler, and Les Brown.  Wayne met Gradys Knight of Motown fame (Gladys Knight and the Pips) at dinner on the first night of the tour.  She was married […]

I Like You! (Using NLP)

Wayne Berry explains a very simply NLP based strategy for developing rapport.   The words we choose to use do have an impact both at a conscious and unconscious level.  It’s worth gaining an understanding of the basics if not a full understanding of NLP if you want to improve your verbal and written communication.

6 Fatal Mistakes To Avoid When Selling – #6

Mistake #6  – Believing that your company is responsible for making you successful! After more than 40 years as a Sales Professional and Sales Trainer and Coach Wayne Berry has identified what he called the 6 Fatal Mistakes to avoid when selling.  Make these mistakes often enough and you’ll be out of business.  Not necessary […]

It Ain’t Over Until The Fat Lady Sings

Should you invest in training someone based on their age?  They say you can’t teach an “old dog” new tricks.  In this video Wayne Berry talks about the wisdom or not or investing in staff who are over 55, 60 or heavens above…65.  Apart from it likely being against labor laws today to discriminate against […]

3 Steps To Making a Sincere Compliment

Using compliments is a great way to build rapport.  However if a compliment is perceived as insincere then it actually will do more harm than good.  In this video Wayne Berry shares a simple 3 step process for ensuring your compliments sound sincere and indeed are sincere,

One choice can change EVERYTHING in life

Where we have arrived today in our life has been the result of a series of choices and decisions we have made along the way in our life.  Think about that.  If you had made even one different choice, it is likely you would not be sitting reading these words right now. You would have […]