In judging the contenders we focused on two groups, which excluded political, military and business leaders and focused on those practitioners who develop and instil leadership in others. Those in the Top 30 Gurus are the “Cream of the Crop”, the World’s Top 30 most influential Sales Professionals and received more than 1000 votes each. All not only apply their own leadership principals to achieve superior results in their organizations, but develop and influence Sales throughout the globe.
Our research came from e-mails sent to 22,000 business people, consultants, academics and MBA’s around the world for nominations and our public opinion poll.
We shortlist 60 names then did a Google search for ranking.
The criteria for judging the TOP 30 focused on: Originality of ideas, practicality of ideas, presentation style, international outlook, impact of ideas, quality of publications and writings, dispersion of publications and writings, public opinion, guru factor.
The second group were awarded the Leaderships Gurus Award of Excellence which is bestowed upon individuals who have attained the recognition of their peers and the general public for, originality of ideas, practicality of ideas, presentation style, international outlook, impact of ideas, guru factor. All received more than 100 votes indicating that they have made a major impact on the community and are passionate in their approach to visionary Sales
