--- title: The Rainmaker Blog – Building People, Leaders, Teams & Economic Moats | Sales Selection description: Sales Selection | A Blog sharing strategies on how build People, Leaders, Teams & Economic Moats --- ### THE RAINMAKER Every great organizational change starts with a mindset shift. Start your journey with thought-provoking articles on People, Leadership, Teams, and Moats. - [All Resources](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog) - [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/sales-selection) - [Scaling Up](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/scaling-up) - [Sales Management](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/sales-management) - [Sales Culture](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/sales-culture) - [Sales Performance](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/sales-performance) - [Leadership](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/leadership) - [Mindset](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/mindset) - [Sales Strategy](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/sales-strategy) - [Team Effectiveness](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/team-effectiveness) - [Rockefeller Habits](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/rockefeller-habits) - [Culture](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/culture) - [Metronomics](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/metronomics) - [Blue Ocean Strategy](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/blue-ocean-strategy) - [Employees](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/employees) - [Founder Mode](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/founder-mode) - [Management](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/management) - [Principles](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/principles) - [Ray Dalio](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/topic/ray-dalio) [![My Top Performer Salesperson Just Quit](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/hubfs/Top%20performing%20salesperson%20leaving%20for%20better%20sales%20roles.jpg) ** ](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/top-salespeople-always-have-one-foot-out-the-door) [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-selection) ##### [Top Salespeople Always Have One Foot Out the Door](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/top-salespeople-always-have-one-foot-out-the-door) May 29, 2025 If your best sales representative is not taking recruiter calls or checking the market once a quarter, then you do not have a high performer. You have a comfortable one. Let me be ... [Read More](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/top-salespeople-always-have-one-foot-out-the-door) [![](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/hubfs/Blog_Images/Your_best_salespeople_may_be_destined_to_leave_you_before_you_hire_them.jpg) ** ](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/is-your-new-sales-wolf-destined-to-leave-you) [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-selection) ##### [Is Your New Sales Wolf Destined To Leave You?](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/is-your-new-sales-wolf-destined-to-leave-you) Nov 12, 2021 Too much of a good thing may eventually work against you. Think about the sales wolf who left you before you could clone them. You poured your heart into them. This sales wolf ... [Read More](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/is-your-new-sales-wolf-destined-to-leave-you) [![baseball-2086604_640](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/hubfs/baseball-2086604_640.jpg) ** ](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/what-sales-wolves-deliver) [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-selection) ##### [What Sales Wolves Deliver](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/what-sales-wolves-deliver) Apr 4, 2019 The quality of your sales talent is one of few elements to profoundly impact the long-term success of your business. Yet, few organizations have the recruiting structure in place ... [Read More](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/what-sales-wolves-deliver) [![animal-animal-portrait-animal-world-682361](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/hubfs/animal-animal-portrait-animal-world-682361.jpg) ** ](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/is-the-ideal-sales-team-comprised-of-all-sales-wolves) [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-selection) ##### [Is the ideal sales team comprised of all Sales Wolves?](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/is-the-ideal-sales-team-comprised-of-all-sales-wolves) Feb 26, 2019 I spend a great deal of time writing about Sales Wolves. What defines a Sales Wolf. How many organizations lack them or once they have them, fail to nurture and retain their ... [Read More](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/is-the-ideal-sales-team-comprised-of-all-sales-wolves) [![Sales Wolf Interview](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/hubfs/job-interview-3410427_1280.jpg) ** ](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/sales-wolves-do-not-always-interview-well) [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-selection) ##### [Sales Wolves Do Not Always Interview Well](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/sales-wolves-do-not-always-interview-well) Feb 6, 2019 When a person is purchasing a sports car, they do not go to the dealership and randomly test drive every single car on the lot until one feels right. They do not test drive a ... [Read More](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/sales-wolves-do-not-always-interview-well) [![wolf-1384944_1920](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/hubfs/wolf-1384944_1920.jpg) ** ](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/run-away-from-sales-people-with-these-traits) [Sales Strategy](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-strategy) [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-selection) ##### [Run Away From Sales People With These Traits](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/run-away-from-sales-people-with-these-traits) Nov 28, 2018 Few decisions impact a business model more than the quality of sales talent hired to represent a company. It happens all the time. Sales hiring managers predicting strong sales ... [Read More](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/run-away-from-sales-people-with-these-traits) [![Many salespeople are not sales wolves - they are imposters](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/hubfs/iStock-156304169.jpg) ** ](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/why-your-top-salespeople-arent) [Sales Strategy](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-strategy) [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-selection) ##### [Why Your Top Salespeople Aren’t](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/why-your-top-salespeople-arent) Nov 20, 2018 ...what? [Read More](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/why-your-top-salespeople-arent) [![handshake-2056021_1280](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/hubfs/handshake-2056021_1280.jpg) ** ](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/why-your-job-interviews-bring-in-crappy-sales-people) [Sales Strategy](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-strategy) [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-selection) ##### [Why Your Job Interviews Bring in Crappy Sales People](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/why-your-job-interviews-bring-in-crappy-sales-people) Nov 14, 2018 Most sales job interviews are meaningless. [Read More](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/why-your-job-interviews-bring-in-crappy-sales-people) [![Don Draper IT Consultant Sales Wolf](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/hubfs/Blog_Images/Don%20Draper%20IT%20Consultant%20Sales%20Wolf.jpg) ** ](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/do-your-salespeople-believe) [Sales Selection](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/tag/sales-selection) ##### [Do your salespeople believe?](https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/blog/do-your-salespeople-believe) Aug 28, 2018 Believers sell value. Your salespeople either believe in selling value or they do not. There is no "in-between". Non-believers possess and model a mindset focused on "saving" ... 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