OKPSA Blog

Growing a business and growing yourself

Dan Hillenbrand

People talk about the entrepreneurial spirit and what drives business owner's, their work ethic, and their ability to push through ...

Four lessons learned from selling something intangible

George Glover

In 2015, my wife, Holly, was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. Like everything else in my life, both personal ...

Two methods for better learning

Steve Cunningham

Recently I've done a deep dive into what it means to be a learner in this day and age. The ...

Growth doesn’t happen when you’re comfortable

Alisha Allen Gardner

I love being comfortable, don't you? My favorite blanket, a job I love, friends and family close—we all strive for ...

Building relationships to build your business

Brian and Kristen Land

I got started in the roofing business when I was 17 working on a roofing crew. Then the summer after ...

5 key processes your business should have

There are two businesses in the same industry that are roughly the same size; they have about the same number ...

Sales and nonprofits can mix

You know the Girl Scouts have cookie sales under control, but that's not the type of sales that we recently ...

Five steps for long-term professional growth

Wondering how you can gain real long-term growth? Most leaders at some point find that they (or their team) would ...

Entrepreneurship as sales

Robin Smith

My sales background heavily influenced my entrepreneurial journey. Two lessons that I learned from sales really helped me start and ...

The key to long term sales

If you’re a Thunder season ticket member, you might get asked questions from your account manager about how many dogs ...

Building client relationships the Thunder way

You might think trying to sell Thunder tickets is possibly the easiest job in the city. In some ways it ...

The best hires I’ve made

Davis Merrey

Who have your best hires been? Believe it or not, my worst hires have been people who had long term ...

The key to a balanced sales plan

Davis Merrey

How do you go about making the sale? What is the best way to prospect for new clients? What is ...

Grow your industry, grow your business

Miles Hall, owner of H & H Shooting Sports sat down with me for a Q&A about how he and ...

Take care of the customers your competitor is ignoring

Miles Hall, Founder & President of H & H Shooting Sports sat down with me for a brief Q&A about ...