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The industrial distribution industry faces an existential crisis. Manufacturers are going direct, selling around their channel partners. Amazon Business grows by billions while traditional distributors watch margins erode. AI threatens to automate away the human elements that once differentiated distribution. In the middle of this chaos stand specialists-the technical experts who should be distribution's greatest competitive advantage but often become its most underutilized resource. This book changes everything. Based on decades of field experience and doctoral research, Dr. Carl Tolbert reveals the fundamental principles that separate thriving specialist programs from expensive failures. These aren't suggestions or best practices-they're immutable laws as unforgiving as physics and as reliable as mathematics. Inside, you'll discover why experience trumps education every time and where to find your next great specialist. You'll learn how to escape the crushing burden of 30,000 annual support cases that destroys specialist morale. The Inverted U Paradox reveals when selling expertise becomes counterproductive and triggers customer resistance. You'll understand why proximity beats coverage in building customer relationships and how the best specialists systematically make themselves obsolete for routine work while becoming indispensable for complex challenges. The book exposes the Triangle of Trust between manufacturers, distributors, and customers-and why it's breaking. You'll see how AI amplifies specialist capabilities rather than replacing them, and why specialists who embrace this transformation thrive while others become obsolete. Written for distribution executives building technical differentiation, sales leaders integrating specialists into revenue teams, specialists seeking to maximize their impact, manufacturers wondering why their channel strategies fail, and anyone navigating the complexity of modern industrial distribution. This isn't academic theory. Dr. Tolbert, a PhD in Organizational Leadership and CMRP-certified reliability professional, spent decades in the field-from midnight emergency calls to million-dollar project wins. His wayward philosophy acknowledges that organizational life is messy and complex, requiring practical wisdom over theoretical frameworks. With industrial distribution's share dropping from 70% to potentially 30% in some sectors, and 50% of specialists burning out within two years, the old models are broken. Organizations that master these laws create sustainable competitive advantage. Those that ignore them join the casualty list of distributors wondering why their specialists fail, why costs spiral, and why customers increasingly bypass them. The book provides practical frameworks including the Diamonds and Dogs matrix for managing technical support portfolios, showing how 50% of support requests drain resources without creating value. It reveals calibration strategies for different customer types, from innovative early adopters who need minimal selling to conservative buyers requiring extensive support. Real-world examples demonstrate how leading distributors transform specialists from cost centers into profit drivers.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798993430003
  • Publisher: Wayward Leaders
  • Publisher Imprint: Wayward Leaders
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: How Top-Performing Distributors Build Competitive Advantage Through Technical Expertise
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8993430004
  • Publisher Date: 25 Oct 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 358 gr


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