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Coaches Benefit from Tryouts, Sales Managers Fail Using Gut Instinct

Understanding the Sales Force

As I think back to high-school baseball, a couple of things came to mind that have a lot to do with sales development. His first high school baseball coach saw his potential, calling him up to play on the varsity team when he was still in the 8th grade. Mike attended two high schools.

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Great Sales Managers are Like Great Baseball Coaches Without the Screaming

Understanding the Sales Force

Speaking of baseball and bringing sales into the discussion, let's talk about coaching. When my son was home for winter break, I asked him to rank all of his baseball coaches, an exercise that he found quite interesting. He played 4 years for his #1 ranked coach. He played 4 years for his #1 ranked coach.

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Sales Manager Rule #1: Coaching to Improve Skills

Steven Rosen

Chris committed to coaching to improve the skills of his sales team. is a district sales manager who just took my Focused Sales Coaching online program. He has done well implementing the program and is so close to being a great sales manager. You are making an impact with these sales managers!

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Get Off Your Butt and Start Coaching Your Reps

Steven Rosen

Sales Managers: Get Off Your Butt and Start Coaching Your Reps In today’s highly competitive sales industry, which has endless analytic tools and virtual interfaces, the role of the sales manager has quietly pivoted to that of a ‘dashboard coach.’

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Who’s Coaching the Coaches?

Steven Rosen

Coaching the Coaches The question of the day is, who’s coaching the coaches on coaching? The reality is there is no one coaching the coaches. Second-line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. The Problem: Coaching isn’t Easy Maybe you’re lucky.

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Who’s Coaching the Coaches on Coaching?

Steven Rosen

Coaching the Coaches The question of the day is, who’s coaching the coaches on coaching? The reality is, there is no one coaching the coaches. Second line sales managers (SLM) don’t coach their FLMs on their coaching. That is where coaching programs fail miserably.

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Part 2: Coaching Your Team Post-Covid Recovery

Steven Rosen

Part 2: Coaching Your Team Post-Covid Recovery. In the pre-COVID days, sales managers would ride along with a sales rep for the day. The most significant impact of COVID on salespeople was the shift from face-to-face to virtual sales calls. This was a painful transition for many sales reps.

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