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Scott McLellan

Canadian former ice hockey player

Jun 29, 2026

11:53
Now, that can mean a million different things, can't it? In this context, could you tell us a bit more about control?
11:59
Yeah, so in the sales, let's talk fully just on sales and running a sales team or you as a salesperson.
12:06
Control is making sure that you're in control of that sales process and it's not in control of you.
12:11
So for example, let's look at what controls you need.
12:14
So you need to understand and be in control of your day, your week and your month, right? So what does a day look like? It's easiest to break it down to a day, right? So when are my customers most likely to pick up the phone? Yeah, I'll give you a great example.
12:29
I worked with a client who were selling into schools, right? And they couldn't get hold of the schools.
12:35
And I said, when are you making your phone calls? And they said, well, you know, we do them between 11 and 1 every day.
LeonHOST
15:39
So by all means, share one of them for our listeners if you want.

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