Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 11, 2024

I walked into the house with Dinger and a baby toad hopped in with us, snuck under the closet door and disappeared. When I first spotted the toad, I thought it was a tiny piece of mulch and didn’t give it a second thought. When it disappeared into the closet, I thought about it a lot! Eventually, I found it and reintroduced it to the great outdoors.

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Coaching Decision Maker Scale Hiring 203

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2024

The Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra is known for his many “ Yogisms.” The one we are most familiar with is, “It ain’t over til it’s over.” He is also known for saying, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Based on the conversations I have been having with sales experts, CEOs and CROs over the past two weeks, the common themes are: The first quarter sucked Way more delayed closings than we’ve ever seen Budgets being slashed It’s harder

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Hiring Discount Decision Maker Call-back 182

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 1, 2024

Well was the sermon about salespeople? No, of course it wasn’t. But it sure as heck could have been. And although I’m beginning by referencing the sermon, this is not an article about Religion. The Priest was talking about Catholics who attend church only on Christmas and Easter. He was pleased to see a full house at all of the Easter masses and that those of us in attendance should urge our friends and family members to come to church.

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Decision Maker Call-back Training Groups 156

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 3, 2024

Dennis Connelly, Derek Baer and I were sharing our experiences coaching salespeople, sales managers and sales leaders, and comparing those who were and weren’t coachable. It wasn’t personal. It wasn’t about whether we liked them as people. It was about those who did or did not make changes and improve. When it comes to coaching up salespeople, there are many conditions that must be met.

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Data Construction Coaching Face-to-face 130

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2024

Assessments Compared Data on Sales Excellence Coaching Salespeople MUST READ: Are Assessments as Evil as the Persona Movie Suggests? Correlation: Salespeople Strong in This Competency are 2125% More Likely to be Performers The Data: What Percentage of Salespeople are Really Coachable? Found! The Caliper vs OMG Comparison: Which Sales Candidate Assessment is More Predictive?

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Hiring Sales Leadership Sales Forecasts Forecasting 149