--- title: durhamlane Blog | leadership description: leadership | Helping businesses and sales professionals improve sales performance with tips, sales advice, and guidance. --- [Skip to content](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/leadership#content) [durhamlane-logo durhamlane | Sales Training, Sales Outsourcing & Sales Recruitment durhamlane Logo | Sales Training, Sales Outsourcing & Sales Recruitment](http://durhamlane.com/) - [What We Do](http://durhamlane.com/sales/) - [Outsourcing](http://durhamlane.com/sales/outsourcing/) - [Training](http://durhamlane.com/sales/training/) - [Recruitment](http://durhamlane.com/sales/recruitment/) - [How We Work](http://durhamlane.com/how-we-work/) - [About](http://durhamlane.com/company/) - [About Us](http://durhamlane.com/company/about-us/) - [Our Team](http://durhamlane.com/company/team/) - [Blog](https://blog.durhamlane.com/) - [Careers](http://durhamlane.com/company/current-vacancies/) - [Our Work](http://durhamlane.com/our-work/) - [Contact](http://durhamlane.com/company/contact-us/) +44 (0) 191 481 3800 - [Created with Sketch.](http://www.twitter.com/durhamlane) - [Created with Sketch.](http://www.linkedin.com/company/durhamlane) - - [tel:+44%20(0)%20191%20481%203800](tel:+44%20(0)%20191%20481%203800) # Blog ![](https://blog.durhamlane.com/hubfs/Phil%20Mulvain-2.jpg) ##### 7 Reasons why sales is a Great Career Posted by [Phil Mulvain](https://blog.durhamlane.com/author/phil-mulvain) on 03/12/17 23:54 [![](https://blog.durhamlane.com/hubfs/Sales_as_a_Career.jpg)](https://blog.durhamlane.com/seven-reasons-for-a-great-career-in-sales) In the UK, an estimated 7% of the working population are employed in sales, some 2.2 million. Yet the reputation of the job lags behind other careers. Only one university in Britain offers a degree in the subject, and the others give short shrift to it as a prospect for their graduates. 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Organisations large and small, but particularly the largest, are having to re-think how they approach their customers in order to remain relevant, competitive and worthy of loyalty.   In my view there's never been a better time to be a sales professional. Yes, the invention and acceleration of the digital world has enabled our customers to have more insight and choice than ever before, however, "choice" seems to be multiplying as fast as everything else and we all need help to choose the right thing, across our lives, in and out of business.  [Read More](https://blog.durhamlane.com/sales-excellence-in-a-customer-first-digital-world) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.durhamlane.com/sales-excellence-in-a-customer-first-digital-world#comments-listing) ##### Topics [sales motivation](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/sales-motivation) [Sales Process](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/sales-process) [business transformation](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/business-transformation) [leadership](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/leadership) [business development](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/business-development) [market intelligence](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/market-intelligence) [Innovation](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/innovation) [sales profession](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/sales-profession) [success](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/success) [digital](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/digital) [digital sales](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/digital-sales) ![](https://blog.durhamlane.com/hubfs/Alison.jpg) ##### Where’s the ‘F’ in Strategy? Leading for the Long Haul Posted by [Alison Freer](https://blog.durhamlane.com/author/alison-freer) on 01/06/17 10:00 [![](https://blog.durhamlane.com/hubfs/Alison-2.jpg)](https://blog.durhamlane.com/wheres-the-f-in-strategy-leading-for-the-long-haul)  How is it that some businesses continue to grow, even in volatile economic times? What are the magic ingredients that separate sustainable businesses from those that crash and burn when the going gets tough? A key part of the answer to these questions is having a clear strategy that leaders and their teams can get behind.  [Read More](https://blog.durhamlane.com/wheres-the-f-in-strategy-leading-for-the-long-haul) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.durhamlane.com/wheres-the-f-in-strategy-leading-for-the-long-haul#comments-listing) ##### Topics [leadership](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/leadership) [sales strategy](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/sales-strategy) [leadership development](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/leadership-development) [Lead Generation](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/lead-generation) ![](https://blog.durhamlane.com/hubfs/Janine%20Rupf.png) ##### A Meeting With: Alison Freer Posted by [Janine Rupf](https://blog.durhamlane.com/author/janine-rupf) on 21/03/17 12:00 [![](https://blog.durhamlane.com/hubfs/AF%20Journal%20Pic%2010%20Mar%2017-1.jpg)](https://blog.durhamlane.com/a-meeting-with-alison-freer) The director of consulting, learning and digital transformation at durhamlane on what drives her professional and personal life. 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