Colleen Francis

Colleen Francis

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Ottawa, Ontario

Customer Service, Sales and Business Expert

Colleen Francis is driven by a passion for sales – and results. A successful sales leader for over 20 years, she understands the challenges of selling in today’s market. Clients note her frank, no-nonsense approach to solving problems and addressing opportunities – an approach that delivers sales results. Colleen is an award-winning writer, consultant and bestselling author of popular sales books including the recent Right on the Money. A recognized thought leader in sales leadership, she is an inductee in the Professional Speaker Hall of Fame and has been named the #1 sales influencer to follow by LinkedIn.

COLLEEN FRANCIS BIOGRAPHY

Colleen Francis is driven by a passion for sales – and results. A successful sales leader for over 20 years, she understands the particular challenges of selling in today’s crowded and confusing market. She understands that business leaders can no longer rely on approaches to sales based on techniques from decades ago —or even last year. Colleen Francis works with business and sales leaders to synergize the sales DNA of the organization to seize market opportunities. Whether designing a strategy to target a new market or working with a team to improve its productivity, Colleen Francis’ results have attracted clients such as Merck, Abbott, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank, Dow, Adecco, Trend Micro, NCR, Chevron, and thousands of other global organizations.

Time and time again, clients who work with Colleen Francis note her frank, no-nonsense approach to accelerating sales while reducing effort and increasing profits. Colleen’s practical strategies deliver immediate and lasting results. Colleen Francis is an award-winning writer and consultant and bestselling author. She has been distinguished as a Certified Sales Professional (CSP), is a past President of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, and is a member of the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame. Sales and Marketing Magazine has called Colleen Francis and her company, Engage Selling, one of the top 5 most effective sales training organizations in the market today!

Rather than relying on traditional sales techniques that often fall short in today’s market, Colleen Francis delivers proven strategies for immediate and lasting business results. That’s why she is repeatedly called on by businesses and associations to educate and inspire their teams. To ensure her programs produce results, all include customization to meet your most pressing business needs. This unique approach ensures that audiences will be engaged and more open to learning techniques and strategies that will translate into outcomes.

Videos

Podcasts

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Catapulting Commissions Sales

Anthony Garcia

New Way of Selling With Colleen Francis
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Evolved Broker Podcast

Pat Costello

Colleen Francis (#1 Sales Influencer on LinkedIn)
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Evolved Broker Podcast

Pat Costello

Testimonials: Get Quality Over Quality - Colleen Francis

Colleen Francis Topic Presentations

creating a nonstop sales boom - putting an end to boom and bust sales cycles

  • Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
  • How many times have you come off a great month or quarter, only to find that the pipeline is woefully empty and now everyone is struggling to keep up? Worst of all, that kind of development is considered by many to be the norm: simply accepting poor performance and the stresses of up and down results as the cost of doing business. Why does this happen? Because of complacency, inconsistency, and a far too narrow view of the role of sales. Sellers need to look at their job as more than just executing the linear process of converting opportunities to sales. To create consistent results today, you must embrace a 360-degree customer engagement model.

    In this action-packed keynote, Colleen Francis tosses out the traditional opportunity-conversion mindset and replaces it with a winning plan to develop the radar of your sales. She discusses why ubiquity is the best way to attract the best and brightest leads into your pipeline and how qualifying the opportunity is your responsibility as well as that of the buyer. She also covers how your best clients should be selling to your best leads and that not all clients deserve the right to grow equally.

right on the money - your best opportunity for success is right in front of you

in pursuit of more - selling more in today's new economy

the magnetism of value - standout by selling value, not negotiating price

the new performance culture - the end of accepting failure as the norm

Colleen Francis travels from Ottawa, Ontario & delivers customized and tailored keynote speeches, presentations, workshops and training sessions. on the topics enlisted below. These services are designed for a variety of audiences, industries, and event types and event formats.

Testimonials

I am 269% above my numbers from last year thanks to the concepts, actions plans and motivation.

Jennifer Krueger

Director
Global Corporate Challenge

Thanks to the process we built with Colleen’s insight, I have a system now that confidently delivers an 80% closing rate on new contracts.

Scott Kinnser

VP of Sales
Kinnser Software

Thank you so much for the inspirational session. I have 4 new clients in just a week’s time! Hip Hip Hooray!

Nancy Daniels

HelmsBriscoe

Colleen’s vibrant personality lights up a room. Having done her homework on our organization prior to meeting with the group, she was able to apply her principles to relevant sales scenarios we’re facing. The entire sales group is better equipped with a handful of valuable learnings to apply to our account base. What’s more, we all still continue to find ourselves rehashing and applying her insights… six months later!

Marketing Manager
SupremeX

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for the very informative and refreshing sales strategies you presented. I gained some new knowledge and was reminded of a few things I had forgotten over time. I think virtually any business could benefit from your common-sense approach to sales.

Business Development
Orion Software

Colleen Francis presentation kicked off the conference and kept 130+ sales & marketing professionals entertained and enlightened. The response has been positive as the team appreciated hearing Colleen’s perspective. Thank you for contributing to a very successful conference!

Senior Director of Sales
Hard Rock International

Articles & Media

Action COACH UK

James Vincent

What Your Sales Team Need To Do RIGHT NOW with Colleen Francis
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Sales Shebang

Jill Konrath

Colleen Francis - Sales Trainer
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Books

Right on the Money: New Principles for Bold Growth
Right on the Money: New Principles for Bold Growth
Right on the Money offers a compelling blueprint to understand and win over today’s buyers. It also offers a wealth of field-tested, actionable steps to excel in a marketplace far more digital, far less centralized, incredibly dynamic and much more lucrative than ever before. Colleen Francis...
NONSTOP SALES BOOM
NONSTOP SALES BOOM
NONSTOP SALES BOOM
HONESTY SELLS
HONESTY SELLS
HONESTY SELLS
Five Secrets to Selling More Today
Five Secrets to Selling More Today
In a changing sales landscape it's absolutely essential to develop new selling skills. To accomplish this, you need every advantage you can get. Five Secrets to Selling More Today gives you on-target sales-boosting secrets, little advantages if you will, anyone of which can earn you big dollars.

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