Hal Becker Explained

Hal Becker
Birth Date:October 14, 1954
Birth Place:Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Education:John Carroll University
Occupation:Author, sales trainer, professional speaker
Spouse:Holly Becker (m. 1998)
Children:Nicole Simko
Credits:Can I Have 5 Minutes Of Your Time? (1993)
At Your Service (1998)
Get What You Want!! (2004)
Hal Becker's Ultimate Sales Book (2012)
Lip Service (2001)

Hal Becker (born 1954) is an American author and nationally known expert on the subjects of sales, customer service and negotiating. He conducts seminars or provides consultations to more than 140 organizations a year,https://halbecker.com/ including, IBM, Disney, New York Life, United Airlines, Verizon, Terminix, AT&T, Pearle Vision and Cintas. His best known books are Can I Have 5 Minutes Of Your Time?,[1] Lip Service[2] and Hal Becker's Ultimate Sales Book, A Revolutionary Training Manual Guaranteed to Improve Your Skills and Inflate Your Net Worth.[3]

Education

Becker graduated from Cleveland Heights High School in 1972. In 1993, he was inducted into the Heights Hall of Fame with ten other former graduates.[4]

From John Carroll University,[5] Becker earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1976. At John Carroll, he worked as the union director of special events, booking concerts on campus.[6] He has also been recognized as one of 24 notable alumni of JCU.[7]

Career

In 1977, at the age of 22, Becker was named the #1 salesperson among a national sales force of 11,000 at Xerox Corporation.[8] In 1983, he launched one of America's first customer service telemarketing firms called Direct Opinions. That same year he was diagnosed with and survived cancer. In 1990, he sold Direct Opinions to devote time to consulting and presenting lectures around the world.[9]

Becker is a syndicated writer in 46 business journal newspapers nationwide.[10]

He is a past chairman of Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Cleveland and the Solon Chamber of Commerce,[11] and has also sat on boards including Better Business Bureau, March of Dimes, COSE, University of Akron Business School, Cleveland Health Museum/Natural History Museum, Healthy Cities Ohio, Sales & Marketing Executives and Montefiore Nursing Home, and the Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce.[12]

Publications

A No Nonsense Fun Approach to Sales by Hal Becker and Florence Mustric (1993)

Awards and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Becker, Hal . Mustric, Florence . Can I Have 5 Minutes of Your Time?: A No-Nonsense, Fun Approach to Sales from Xerox's Former #1 Salesperson . Morgan James Publishing . 2008 . 978-1-60037-348-0.
  2. Book: Becker, Hal . Lip Service : 50 Humorous Stories of the Worst Customer Service in America and Interviews with the 10 Best Companies in the World . OakHill Press . 2001 . 978-1-886939-48-6 . registration .
  3. Book: Becker, Ha l. Hal Becker's Ultimate Sales Book, A Revolutionary Training Manual Guaranteed to Improve Your Skills and Inflate Your Net Worth . Career Press . 2012. 978-1-60163-241-8.
  4. News: Fink . Brian . May 18, 1993 . 11 alumni inducted into Hall of Fame . 6 . The Black and Gold .
  5. Web site: Class Notes 1976 . John Carroll University . 2009-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090402194025/http://www.jcu.edu/alumni/johncarrollmagazine/class_notes_1976.htm . 2009-04-02 . dead.
  6. News: 1975-10-03 . Seals and Crofts in Concert . 1 . The Carroll News .
    - News: Jim . Reho . 1976-03-27 . Concert Staging Complex Task . 1 . The Carroll News .
  7. Web site: 2021-08-11 . 24 Notable Alumni of John Carroll University . 2023-04-30 . EduRank .
  8. New Regional Sales Boot Camp Training Program Will Excel Dealer Salespeople as Top Producers . Education Foundation News . Summer 2005 . FEDA Education Foundation . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194039/http://www.fedauniversity.com/files/Summer2005.pdf . March 3, 2016. April 28, 2024.
  9. Web site: Ed Wittenberg . special to cleveland com . 2012-12-07 . Solon resident Hal Becker, a Cleveland Heights High School graduate, writes 'Ultimate Sales Book' . 2024-07-11 . cleveland . en.
  10. News: Syndicated Articles . Bizjournals . 2009-12-10 . December 15, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191215142350/http://www.bizjournals.com/search/results.html?Ntt=%22Hal%20Becker%22&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial . dead .
  11. Web site: Betz . Lindsay . 2011-01-08 . Solon Chamber of Commerce elects officers for 2011 . Sun News . 2022-05-01.
  12. Web site: Chamber Team - Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce, OH . 2024-07-11 . www.cvcc.org.
  13. Book: Becker, Hal . At Your Service: Calamities, Catastrophes, and Other Curiosities of Customer Service . John Wiley & Sons Inc . 1998 . 978-0-471-25542-0 . registration.
  14. Book: Becker, Hal . Lief, Jon . Mustric, Florence . Get What You Want!! A Fun, Upbeat and Fresh Approach to Negotiating . OakHill Press . 2004 . 978-1-886939-68-4.

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