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Mike Kunkle

Mike Kunkle is an internationally recognized expert on sales enablement, sales effectiveness, sales training, sales coaching, sales management, and sales transformations.

He’s spent over 30 years helping companies drive dramatic revenue growth through best-in-class enablement strategies and proven effective sales systems.

Mike is the founder of Transforming Sales Results, LLC where he designs sales training, delivers workshops, and helps clients improve sales results through a variety of sales effectiveness practices and advisory services.

He collaborated to develop SPARXiQ’s Modern Sales Foundations™ curriculum and authored their Sales Coaching Excellence™ and Sales Management Foundations™ courses.

Mike's book, The Building Blocks of Sales Enablement, is available on Amazon, with others coming soon in 2026, starting with The CoNavigator Method for B2B Selling.

Articles by Mike Kunkle

Distribution Sales Strategy

Grow Faster with These 10 Advanced Skills for Your Sales Force

Here are often overlooked skills your sales team needs.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • January 31, 2024
Distribution Sales Strategy

Troubleshoot Your Sales Force to Grow in 2024

A checklist to help distributors amp up growth in 2024.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • January 4, 2024
How to Improve Opportunity Management & Increase Win Rates
Distribution Sales Strategy

How to Improve Opportunity Management & Increase Win Rates

Increase sales velocity and win rates with a more purposeful approach.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • December 11, 2023
Distribution Sales Strategy

How to Improve Your New Business Development Results

A blueprint to elevate business development and grow through account acquisition.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • November 21, 2023
How to Blend Psychological Safety and Accountability When Sales Coaching
Distribution Sales Strategy

How to Blend Psychological Safety and Accountability When Sales Coaching

How can distributors blend these two seemingly contradictory concepts?
  • Mike Kunkle
  • October 20, 2023
Distribution Sales Strategy

The Other-Centric Pass-Through: Empowering Growth Through Mutual Success

A collaborative, altruistic approach can have a big impact on growth.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • September 26, 2023
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7 Reasons Why You Can’t Grow Sales More

Develop a purposeful, consistent approach to growing sales.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • August 25, 2023
Distribution Sales Strategy

Why Change Management is the Skill Sales Leaders Need Most

With a structured approach, improve your chances of successfully implementing change.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • July 21, 2023
Distribution Sales Strategy

Can Distributors Break Free from Age-Old Patterns Holding Sales Teams Back?

Distribution sales is changing. Mike Kunkle outlines how and what distributors should do about it.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • June 13, 2023
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Distribution Sales Strategy

How Distributors Can Exit “The Sales Prevention Business”

Distribution is in danger of being in the sales prevention business.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • June 6, 2023
How to Use Sales Enablement to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Distribution Sales Strategy

How to Use Sales Enablement to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement

Maximize the impact of sales enablement by focusing on developing a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • May 16, 2023
Teach Your Sales Managers Diagnostic Skills
Distribution Sales Strategy

Teach Your Sales Managers Diagnostic Skills

Distributors need to invest in developing front-line sales managers.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • April 3, 2023
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Distribution Sales Strategy

How Distributors Can Maximize Sales Interactions

Find out how to become a force-multiplier for your company.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • March 6, 2023
Hiring Salespeople
Distribution Sales Strategy

Advice You Need to Hear About Hiring Salespeople

Here’s how to hire the right people to achieve Olympic results.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • February 17, 2023
Relationship Selling May Be Dead, But Relationships in Selling Are Not
Distribution Sales Strategy

Relationship Selling May Be Dead, But Relationships in Selling Are Not

Relationship selling is dying, but relationships in selling is alive and well.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • February 3, 2023
Discovery Skills + Patience = The Superpowers of Selling
Distribution Sales Strategy

Discovery Skills + Patience = The Superpowers of Selling

B2B buying research studies consistently report that modern buyers are disappointed with their seller counterparts. Here’s why.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • January 17, 2023
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Distribution Sales Strategy

How to Navigate the Buyer Landscape

Understanding key factors in the buyer landscape.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • January 5, 2023
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How to Get Business Value from Sales Training

Why sales training fails and how to adjust your approach.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • December 19, 2022
Four Acronyms that Can Improve Your Sales Effectiveness
Distribution Sales Strategy

4 Acronyms that Can Improve Your Sales Effectiveness

These four acronyms, and the concepts behind their meaning, will improve your sales force’s effectiveness.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • November 17, 2022
Distribution Sales Strategy

How to Build Key Account Plans That Get Results

Check out this key account management process that gets results for distributors.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • November 2, 2022
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