Bob Beck: An Apparent Case of Plagiarization

There's been some disturbing news this week. There appears to be credible evidence that sales trainer Bob Beck has been plagiarizing other writers' work, and in at least one case, selling the work for his own profit.

To familiarize yourself with this story, read Charles H. Green's The Case of Bob Beck  at Trusted Advisor Associates. You can read the same article, but with different reader comments at The Customer Collective. (thanks to Dave Stein for pointing out the duplicate posts). Charles is an apparent victim of Bob Beck's plagiarization.

Dave Stein is also apparently a victim. Read his post from last month on Dave Stein's blog.

Geoffrey James has information about Bob Beck. Read his post at Sales Machine.

To add insult to injury, Beck's blog is titled "The CEO's Trusted Advisor;" And he's the author of the book "Mutual Respect."

Fellow bloggers, please spread the word about this story so it receives the attention it deserves.

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Skip Anderson is the Founder and President of Selling to Consumers, a B2C sales training and consulting company specializing in sales training in retail, in-home selling, and services. Subscribe to the free Sales Tips newsletter.