Her Story
About Sherry
Sherry Thomas is a consultant and coach who offers two-day sales training workshops to corporations and mid-sized businesses on consultative sales. She has been in sales for over 25 years and has provided sales training for the last 10 to 15 years. Her corporate experience includes roles at T-Mobile and First Data, where she managed a billion-dollar portfolio before moving into training sales reps. She created the Boardroom Baddies program, a 13-week group session offered to women in sales to help them navigate the boardroom, build relationships, and close deals effectively. In addition to her training work, she volunteers with a non-profit running Wifey Me sessions for young girls. She is also a professional MC who emcees galas, concert festivals, and serves as a kickoff keynote speaker.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Sherry
01What do you attribute your success to?
I had a love relationship with Target. I wanted to go buy whatever I want, and many times I won't. Everybody has their why. That was one of my whys. I became debt-free early on, because I literally got in a sales job, put my head down, put the amount that I wanted to make, and grinded until the debt was paid off. You just gotta really if you are a woman who desires to be someone that is not just in the room, but impacts the room. You have to be someone that is very observant, slow to speak, quick to listen, and really know that if you set that goal, and you I am the person that I know in my life, if I say I'm gonna do some. The best thing I'. I'm gonna go to Ghana next year, I'm going to Ghana. If I say that I'm going to make $200,000 just doing this one thing, I'm going to do it. Because I have that type of belief in trusting God that whatever He affords me the opportunity to hold in my hand, that He's gonna make provision for me to do it.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Always be learning. Once you become a subject matter expert, which we call a SME. It's always good to have a rabbit to chase, so if you're always learning, there's always someone that you can look up to, admire in business that you can, have a mentorship with. So. If you're the smartest person, you've probably heard this before, but. If you're in the smartest person in the room, you need to get another room. That's a true saying, because in order for you to be the best version of yourself. You have to continually keep feeding yourself morning, noon, and night, breakfast. once in. dinner. Things that help you grow and learn better.
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