“Coach” Bill Brooks
By Brooks Group on 01 Nov 2007 at 01:22 pm
“Coach” Bill Brooks
February 6, 1945 - October 27, 2007
We deeply mourn the recent passing of our founder, “Coach” Bill Brooks, but his legacy – his brilliance, his ideas and his energy – will live on here at The Brooks Group. Bill had been battling cancer with characteristic tenacity for the last 18 months. Although he was determined to beat the cancer and get back to the work he loved, Bill took steps during those 18 months to install a sound management structure to ensure The Brooks Group would thrive with or without his exceptional leadership.
Through Bill’s illness The Brooks Group has proved vibrant and successful, perhaps more so than ever. 2006 was a record-shattering year for sales and to ice the cake; Selling Power Magazine honored The Brooks Group as “Sales Consulting Organization of the Year.” In his typical fashion, Bill joked, “Who would have guessed all these years I was the one holding this business back; I just needed to get out of the way and let you guys run with it!”
And run with it we will. The best tribute those of us at The Brooks Group can pay to our founder is to continue helping our clients build strong, profitable sales teams using the ideas, methods and systems that he so passionately worked to develop throughout his life. It won’t be quite the same without his thunderous laughter, but we will carry on in his unconquerable spirit.
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Bill has been an inspiration to sales leaders across the nation. He was a thoughtful friend, a mesmerizing speaker, a patient educator, a motivating coach, a prolific writer and perpetual student of the sales profession. He leaves a void as deep as the Grand Canyon. I hope that the Brooks Group will continue to help sales executives discover that Bill’s winning approach can make a huge difference in their bottom line.
Gerhard Gschwandtner
Founder and Publisher
Selling Power
Thank you for notifying Bill’s community. The man was a real professional. I gathered so much from his readings, seminars and tidbits. My condolences to his family.
The Brooks Group Family,
Please accept my heart felt condolences at this loss you have suffered. I have never personally met Bill however I have utilized his tools and have a deep respect and regard for his talents and skills as this has allowed me and my sales staff to achieve a higher level of success, both professional and personal.
There is a quote and I do not know where I read this but I clipped it a while back and felt it was appropriate for this life and loss. “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into lives of others” A perfect fit in my case for what “Coach” left behind.
Regards,
Jack Sapp
The Brooks Family,
My sympathies to the Brooks family and workforce. We’ll forever rememebr the energy, enthusiasm and positive force that Bill was in all facets of his life.
Tom Schott
Canisius College Football (’79-’83)