


Excelling in sales isn’t always about taking the easy road. Sometimes it requires getting out of your comfort zone and leveraging your network to help you succeed. I’m here to share some of the insights I’ve picked up along the way to help you excel in your career.
In this chat you...
Excelling in sales isn’t always about taking the easy road. Sometimes it requires getting out of your comfort zone and leveraging your network to help you succeed. I’m here to share some of the insights I’ve picked up along the way to help you excel in your career.
In this chat you will learn:
Annika Ekdahl is the Regional VP for EMEA North at Elastic, the search company behind the Elastic Stack — that's Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash. Prior to Elastic, she held roles at Splunk and IBM. She has over 20 years experience in business-to-business sales management, complex solution sales and business development and leading teams.
what do you do when people don't respond
What is the best way to handle rejection generally
I'm a petite, late 20s woman and demanding attention is difficult and people may not take me seriously, what steps or tips can you provide to help me towards becoming a woman with a more grounded...
When in a male dominated space, what is the best course of action to remain “visible” throughout the year for career progression?
What’s the best way to handle rejections in the B2B markets?
What are some suggestions on how to connect with speakers/attendees after virtual events?
What are the main challenges managing a 100% remote team?
Seeking networking tips to interact with HRs and to land job opportunities.
How do you feel about LinkedIn inmail vs. connection notes? Specifically, do you think one weighs more than the other or is the sincerity of the connection more important?
How do you expand your network, especially as you try to change careers?
No questions as of right now.
What are the possibilities of breakthrough the hearts people who would not be interested
Do you have any advice for applicants who are pivoting into tech careers?
what are techniques to be sincere in wanting to help... networking events appears so 'robotic' to me.
How to network with quiet and shy people. How can we connect with them?
advice on networking when you're shy
What's the best way to network during covid with primarily digital platforms?
What advice would you give someone that has a hard time coming up with the right words to say while networking? In other words, they are comfortable speaking with others in general but creating...
What are some good practice to build and stay connected with your network? There is no time! Jian
I often get through the first few rounds of interviews, but haven't received an offer. What am I missing? What do I need to improve?
What is your advice to networking with a contact of your contact when you are interested in a particular job in a company you don’t know anybody?
Can you give tips on how to weather bad times? I’ve had years of overall success, but I can let a bad month or quarter (in business development) rattle me.
What's your protip for networking at a distributed company?
How do I network in a virtual job fair? I have not done this- do I need to make a website with my bio on it?
Best way to network with Elastic Austin Teams
How do you know when to take the risk?
How do you combat "analysis paralysis"?
Wanted to know more about this beautiful grant ...and more so I would love to know my superiors for good management orientation
What is your best approach for "cold" networking, i.e. when you want a foot in the door but have very little to go on for an introduction.?
How would you select and qualify an event for networking outside of your own company / network?
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