Rob Spence recognised as leader by Institute of Sales Professionals
Paragon Sales Solutions founder joins the Leadership membership of the UK’s professional body for sales.
Rob Spence, founder and Managing Director of Paragon Sales Solutions, has been recognised as a sales leader by the Institute of Sales Professionals (ISP), joining the Institute at Leadership membership level.
The ISP is the membership body and representative voice of the sales profession, working with employers, sales professionals and training organisations to promote excellence in sales. Its Leadership membership recognises those whose role involves leading and developing sales teams, rather than selling alone.
“Sales is one of the few professions people fall into rather than train for, and it shows,” said Spence. “Nobody would let an unqualified person near a set of accounts, but businesses will put someone in front of a customer with a script and a week’s notice, then wonder why it doesn’t work. A body like the ISP exists to change that. Standing behind it publicly matters more to me than the letters after anyone’s name.”
A body of work behind the recognition
Spence founded Paragon Sales Solutions in 2018 and has built a substantial body of sales education alongside the business. He is the author of three books on selling — Relationship Selling, The Paragon Mindset and A Month to Improve Your Sales — and his online sales courses have been taken by more than 12,000 learners worldwide, drawing over 1,500 reviews. He also hosts the Sales Circle podcast, which brings sales leaders and business owners together to share what works.
That work runs alongside Paragon’s training practice, which delivers bespoke sales training, sales consultancy and telemarketing to B2B businesses in the UK and internationally.
Standards at home as well as across the profession
Paragon applies the same principle internally. The company recently created a Head of Telemarketing role to bring campaign delivery, call quality and team development under a single remit.
“You can’t argue for higher standards across the profession and not hold your own team to them,” said Spence. “Everything we ask of the wider industry, we ask of ourselves first. That’s the only version of this that means anything.”
Businesses interested in sales training, sales consultancy or telemarketing can find out more at paragonsalessolutions.co.uk or by calling 0116 502 3900. More about the Institute of Sales Professionals is available at the-isp.org.
About Paragon Sales Solutions
Paragon Sales Solutions is an award-winning sales and marketing agency based in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, founded by Rob Spence in 2018. The company provides telemarketing, lead generation, appointment setting, sales training and sales consultancy to B2B businesses in the UK and internationally. Rob Spence is the author of Relationship Selling, The Paragon Mindset and A Month to Improve Your Sales, hosts the Sales Circle podcast, and teaches sales online to more than 12,000 learners worldwide.
Media contact
Rob Spence Managing Director, Paragon Sales Solutions rob@paragonsalessolutions.co.uk 0116 502 3900 7 Leicester Road, Countesthorpe, Leicester LE8 5QU paragonsalessolutions.co.uk