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Tom Callinan


Tom Callinan

Tom Callinan is the founding principal of Strategy Development, a management consulting and advanced sales training firm for technology and outsourcing companies. From 1998 to 2005, he was an executive with IKON Office Solutions, most recently vice president and general manager of IKON's largest business unit with revenue of $1.4 billion. Prior to IKON, he was the founder and CEO of Copifax Inc.




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What’s Your Sales Methodology?   5 Nov, 2012
By: Tom Callinan

Let’s think about you building your dream house. You go buy some land and you have the perfect house pictured in your mind. You dig a hole and pour your foundation. You then start to put the first floor on the house. It rains one day and you notice your basement has two feet of water. Maybe you...more >>

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How to Define a Qualified Consultant - Part 2   1 Aug, 2012
By: Tom Callinan

Last month we learned to have a firm commitment to change before engaging a consultant and to have the resources in place to work with the consultant once engaged; we also learned to have clear metrics in place that don’t compartmentalize the improvements—they flow through to the Income...more >>

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So You Want To Grow? MPS, Copier Market or MNS?   25 Jan, 2012
By: Tom Callinan

In the past few months, you probably made some type of resolution to “grow your business in 2012.” You may have decided to add some sales professionals, change your sales manager, make an acquisition, or open a branch in a new territory.

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Founding Principal of Strategy Development Talks Shop   30 Jun, 2010
By: Tom Callinan

Wanting to get another credible perspective on the marketplace today, imageSource magazine invited Tom Callinan, founding principal of Strategy Development, a leading management consulting and advanced sales training firm, to share his viewpoints on the industry at large, his company, and the...more >>

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Hire A Consultant to (Re) Positions Your Dealership   11 Aug, 2009
By: Tom Callinan

The office equipment industry continues to undergo significant changes that are transforming both customer expectations as well as vendor and channel delivery capabilities.  What was once an industry grounded in the delivery of reliable hardware offerings and effective service is now an...more >>

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Leasing The Channel’s Financial Lifeline   30 Mar, 2009
By: Tom Callinan

Two contributors to the health of the copier industry have clearly been steady financing rates and declining aftermarket costs.  I define aftermarket as service, parts, and supplies.  These two occurrences have enabled the copier dealer to upgrade their lease portfolio for basically the...more >>

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Growing Market Share & PROFITS   11 Feb, 2009
By: Tom Callinan

Many times our consulting firm (Strategy Development) will get a  call from a dealer principal   asking  for help in adding more sales people.  After  some discussion on historical revenue growth, annual equipment revenue, quantity of sales reps,...more >>

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Finding the Quality Solutions Pro   16 Jul, 2008
By: Tom Callinan

How do you find the quality solutions sales professional? It certainly isn’t easy in an economy where less than 2% of college educated employees are categorized as unemployed and, despite a dip in the epoch of economic growth, most industries are not reducing their sales force. In other...more >>

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Launching a Print Management Program   26 Feb, 2008
By: Tom Callinan

Print management is a very real and highly profitable segment of outsourcing. I feel compelled to make that statement because of the amount of misinformation floating within the copier dealer community. It seems as if most—if not all—of the ugly war stories can be traced back to failed...more >>

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Profitably Selling Your Business: Mergers & Acquisitions   26 Nov, 2007
By: Tom Callinan

This is the second piece of a two-part article about mergers and acquisitions. This article is about being acquired or selling a business as opposed to purchasing a company—the focus of the first piece. The Acquisition Landscape Over the past 25 years, there have been several large...more >>


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