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In the Age of AI, Training Is More Critical Than Ever

Sales and Marketing Management

Before that happens, though, the AI has to be trained?—? from CRM, sales performance management solutions, sales enablement, CPQ and other sales-related applications. The first step toward sales AI success will be taken not by salespeople, but rather by sales ops and the IT pros determining the right data to train the system.

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A 2026 excursion to the future of sales training

Sales Training Connection

Sales Training – 2026. As a way of exploring the future of sales training, let’s time travel to the year 2026 and examine the major trends of the day. The presentation was developed as a comparison to what is happening in 2026 versus ten years earlier in 2016. Let’s tune in and listen to what Dr. Beckett has to say.

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Allego Customer Spotlight: Voya Delivers Personalized Sales Training and Onboarding

Allego

Hybrid work has disrupted traditional training and the financial services industry—with its emphasis on personal relationships—faced unique issues. As Voya’s one-person training team, Voya Financial ’s Jeff Lovanio has his work cut out for him. Allego: How did you get to be the person in charge of training and development at Voya?

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3 Reasons Why Your Sales Training Program Fails

MJ Hoffman

Sales training is a big investment. Not only are you paying for the training itself and related expenses, your sales team is losing prime selling hours to attend workshops and sessions. Nonetheless, this investment can reap significant dividends.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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Sales training – managing a conundrum

Sales Training Connection

Sales training. You are a new, first time Sales Training Director. You replaced a sales manager who did no sales training for a long time. The VP of Sales now feels that sales training is definitely needed and it needs to be done in short order. Sales training is not inexpensive. Lots of options.

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Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team

Steven Rosen

Annually spending by companies: Sales training $20 billion on sales training. Sales management training a few $100 million. We see this in times of recession when companies scale back on training, sales automation tools, and support materials. Can you relate? Sales and marketing automation tools $20 billion.

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace. Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead.