{"id":82,"date":"2022-07-12T18:42:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T22:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2022-08-15T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T20:00:15","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-194021413\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n   <div id=\"text-box-863800423\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                     <div data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">           <div class=\"text-box-content text dark text-shadow-3\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\"><strong> \u201cMatt worked with our company and quickly demonstrated he is a high-achieving sales leader.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">\u2013 Board Member, President, Medical Products Industry<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n       <\/div>                     \n<style>\n#text-box-863800423 {\n  width: 95%;\n}\n#text-box-863800423 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-863800423 {\n    width: 86%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-194021413 {\n  padding-top: 600px;\n  background-color: #421a85;\n}\n#banner-194021413 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.349);\n}\n#banner-194021413 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#banner-194021413 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-194021413 {\n    padding-top: 600px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1033168060\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-233271826\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1844995546\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-10\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-252017816\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1093085510\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-380518052\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #421a85;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 150%;\">Matt McDarby Bio<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">I began my B2B selling career nearly thirty years ago, and the journey from average seller to highly effective seller and sales leader has been humbling and gratifying.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">While selling and leading the enterprise sales team at Huthwaite, I noticed that organizations were not focusing enough time and resources on training and developing sales managers. I started my own sales management training and development company, <a href=\"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/\">United Sales Resources<\/a>, in 2010 to fulfill that unmet need.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">Since then, my mission has been to help sales managers recognize important opportunities for development, to address problems that are keeping them from achieving their goals, and to help them become more effective leaders. I am happy to report that our focus on sales leadership development is making a huge impact on our clients\u2019 sales performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">I published <u>The Divine Comedy of Sales<\/u> in September 2021, using the same story-telling approach that I used in my first two books, The <a href=\"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/the-cadence-of-excellence\/\">Cadence of Excellence<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/ultimate\">The Ultimate Differentiator<\/a>. I\u2019ve found that stories about virtuous sales leaders are resonating with other leaders, making it possible for them to identify ways they can lead more virtuously, as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Divine-Comedy-Sales-Managers-Leadership\/dp\/1947486209\">reviews of The Divine Comedy of Sales on Amazon<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-380518052 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-776248058\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  data-animate=\"fadeInRight\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1593241464\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Matt-McDarb-photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Matt McDarb photo\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Matt-McDarb-photo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Matt-McDarb-photo-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1593241464 {\n  width: 67%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Matt McDarby<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-568334025\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-568334025 {\n  padding-top: 9px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1844995546 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -24px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1033168060 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n}\n#section_1033168060 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1033168060 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - 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