Warren Tyler is dead at 80. Our industry has lost a tremendous leader. I checked his timeline on Facebook recently and that’s how I learned of his death. He died of cancer and other complications from an earlier heart attack.
My first direct association with Warren happened when I was a sales manager at Bob’s Carpet Mart. I made a call to Warren to discuss a selling dilemma that I was not sure how to handle. He returned my call. One of my salespeople found me in the warehouse and with a degree of astonishment said, “Warren Tyler is on the phone for you.” I think my salesperson was astounded that the “great one” found me significant enough to return a call. Five salespeople gathered at my desk to hear our conversation. To them, Warren was the king of salesmanship and they were reading every article he printed.