This pic shows Jeremy Blake standing next to a statue of Mahatma Ghandi, placed in a shopping square here in Montpellier. We hope it will please all of our new Indian readers!!
Montpellier is a growing city in terms of commerce and population. They are building lots of new developments and offices and it is extending towards the Med. The town has ambition and some class, plus excellent food and wine, and links to Spain and the rest of the continent.
Training Sales Managers is very different from training other types of manager. Because in the majority of cases they are required to a) sell and then b) manage. usually with little or no guidance, except 'learnt behavior' from their previous managers, on how to do this. The group we trained today have a great opportunity to unite on several peices of principle that will propel them forward. As usual in France you get an excellent lunch as well...
This evening we had a light dinner washed down with some excellent beer brewed on the premises (shades of India again!) and then we went ten-pin bowling. Last time we played in Gurgaon Jeremy whupped my behind. This time I thrashed him 3 times! Oh yes! and I am normally useless!!
Tomorrow we do Senior Management facilitation, and afterwards I leave for a 3 hour drive to Gap in the Haute Provence to deliver a talk to 25 female business students on Friday morning whilst Jeremy comes home.
For those of you interested in such things I am currently reading 'Le Colonel Chabert' by Balzac (free download from ibooks) - superb! I have also leant Jeremy 'The Alchemist' by Paolo Coelho.
Thanks for reading...
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