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Sales management coaching – the power of the positive

Sales Training Connection

It is much easier to focus on the negatives than the positives. As a correction a common how-to instruction for giving feedback suggests – start by saying something encouraging, and then move on to the behavior that needs to be improved and close with something positive. Yet, positive feedback often stops there.

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Women Sales Leaders: From Pioneers to Modern-Day Trailblazers

No More Cold Calling

In 2016, Cynthia Barnes created the National Association of Women Sales Professionals (NAWSP). I first met Cynthia in San Francisco at a meeting about women in sales and learned about NAWSP. Checkout the job board for women looking for sales jobs, and for companies posting their open sales positions.

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Transitioning to sales manager – a rubicon moment

Sales Training Connection

New sales managers. You are now a sales manager. Even after some initial guidance from colleagues, most new sales managers find themselves struggling to figure out how to balance the requirements of the position. So, in reality, the answer is usually one of smart management not prevention.

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5 Reasons Sellers are Leaving Your Organization

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Erica Abt One of the most common complaints of frontline sales managers is employee turnover. After pouring loads of time and effort into onboarding, coaching, and engaging sellers on their team, frontline managers feel defeated when they hear “I’m leaving.” Bad Leadership.

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Sales management coaching training – necessary but not sufficient

Sales Training Connection

A while ago we received a call from a company wanting to talk about coaching training for their front-line sales managers. They were real cheerleaders – they believed sales managers were the pivotal job for sales success and coaching was the sales managers’ key responsibility.

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B2B ABM: Seven Sales & Marketing Tips for 2017 - Tip #1: Should you leave a Voicemail?

Pointclear

One of the best responses to this question that I have seen is from a somewhat dated (2015) article in Eyes On Sales in which the author asks: “How many callbacks do you get if you DON'T leave a voicemail?”. The following is from my favorite author (“New Sales. and “Sales Management. Simplified.”

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Sprint to the Finish-it’s that time of year…

Your Sales Management Guru

With that economic domino effect affecting us all as 2016 begins to wind down, ending the year on a high note will be more challenging than ever. Remember that clients and prospects are seeking help and you’re in a position to both reassure and assist them. Stay positive.” Need more sales management resources?