Four People You Should Know: How to Connect for Exceptional Sales, Customer Service and Unified Teams (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781516880997)

Stu Schlackman has been in sales and sales management since the early 1980s, eventually founding Competitive Excellence, a company that helps professionals to improve their sales and business skills through workshops that instill 'superior sales results'. His first book, Don't Just Stand There, Sell Something, imparts wisdom, technique and practical advice for corporate executives, sales professionals, corporate trainers and others who have the desire to compete and win in business and in life. He has also written The 180 Rule for the Art of Connecting. Stu holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration from Kennedy Western University. He served as the 2011-2012 president for the National Speakers Association of North Texas and for the Leadership Richardson Alumni Association the same year. He has taught business courses as the Business Division Chair for Dallas Christian College in 2008-2009. Stu also mentors students at the college. He has taught sales classes at University of Texas Dallas and has supported colleagues as a guest speaker at Southern Methodist University and Dallas Baptist University business schools. Stu is also a volunteer for the school and youth program of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Stu resides in Richardson, Texas with his wife Betty and has five children and three wonderful grandchildren. Stu remains active in his community, in business, education, and as an elder at his church.