Introduction from a Whale Hunter

This blog is for and about women who want to accomplish big ideas and big plans--that is, hunt whales! It's for women who are entrepreneurs, executives, community leaders, thought leaders--and for all of the women who want to become whale hunters!

I'm saying that a whale is a goal that is 10 times or 20 times bigger than your average goal. Your goal might be a big business sale, or a phenomenal new alliance or community action, or a run for office. It might be acquiring significant funds to support your favorite charity, or it might be a new life decision that you want to accomplish--a new job, a new direction, a really major change in who you are and what you do. Your whale is whatever you want to do or need to do that is much bigger than you, much bigger than the ordinary things you do, complex and scary. You know you can't do it alone, and you know that you need a process.

I'm a founder of The Whale Hunters. We're a sales process development and training company, headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, USA. In January 2008 we published Whale Hunting: How to Land Big Sales and Transform Your Company.

It's a book that applies lessons learned from the Inuit whale hunters to modern business, and our business includes consulting with companies that want to implement the process that we've designed. What I've learned is that women business owners, sales managers, and key executives are exceptionally good at whale hunting! In this blog I hope to talk with you about why this is so and how we can leverage our special talents and preferences in doing big deals.

So how about it -- what kind of big deals are you doing or hoping to do? What kind of help will you need?